1908 in architecture
# 1908 in architecture

The year 1908 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* April 6 – The foundation stone of Knox College, Otago, is laid.
* St. Mary's Church, Wellingborough, England, is designed by Ninian Comper.
* The Georgian Society is founded in Dublin on the 21st of February 1908 by John Pentland Mahaffy, Walter G. Strickland and Richard Orpen.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* May 1 – Singer Building in New York City, completed with tower, designed by Ernest Flagg. It is the world's tallest building for a year. Demolished 1968.
* July 20 – Casa de Nariño, official residence of the President of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, designed by Gastón Lelarge.
* November 8 – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy, France, designed by Emile Toussaint and Louis Marchal and featuring ironwork by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Gruber.

### Buildings completed

* The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, designed by Henry Mather Greene and Charles Sumner Greene.
* British Medical Association Building, London, designed by Charles Holden with sculptures by Jacob Epstein, is completed.
* St. Andrew's United Church in Cairo, Egypt.
* St. Patrick's Church, Toronto, Canada, designed by Arthur W. Holmes.
* Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend, Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
* Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
* Old Colony Club on Madison Avenue in New York City, designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White.

## Awards

* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Honore Daumet

## Births

* January 7 – Frederick Gibberd, English architect (died 1984)
* May 23 – Max Abramovitz, American architect (died 2004)
* October 13 – Francis Skinner, Malaysian-born English architect (died 1998)
* December 22 – Max Bill, Swiss architect, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer (died 1994)

## Deaths

* January 2 – Alexander Davidson, Scottish architect active in Australia, 68
* February 3 – Ferdinand Meldahl, Danish architect best known for the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, 80
* February 13 – Sir James Knowles, English architect and editor, 76
* September 15 – Friedrich Adler, German architect and archaeologist, 80
* November 26 – William Swinden Barber, English architect, 76
