1905 in architecture

• October 18 – London County Council's new street at Kingsway and redevelopment of Aldwych are opened. • Work begins on Stoclet Palace, Brussels, designed by Josef Hoffmann. • Work begins on Casa de les Punxes, Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. • Formation of the Dresden Die Brücke expressionist architecture movement. ==Buildings and structures==

Buildings opened around date of completion , Brussels • February 27 – Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, is inaugurated. • June 11 – National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela • September 27 – Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, opened by Leopold II of Belgium. • November – The Plaza Grill and Cinema, Ottawa, Kansas, possibly the oldest movie theater in the United States that is still in operation. Buildings completed • January – Eitel Building in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by William Doty van Siclen. • Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. • Zacherlhaus in Vienna, Austria, designed by Jože Plečnik. • Land Administration Building in Brisbane, Australia, designed by Thomas Pye. • St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by Miklós Ybl. • Salepçioğlu Mosque in İzmir, Turkey. • Chancel and lady chapel to St John the Divine, Richmond, London, England, designed by Arthur Grove. • Hôtel de ville (city hall) in Sfax, Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy. • National Library of Greece, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen. • Parliament House in Stockholm, Sweden is completed. • Voewood, High Kelling, Norfolk, England, designed by E. S. Prior. • Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie. • Murry Guggenheim House in West Long Branch, New Jersey, designed by Carrère and Hastings. ==Awards==

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Aston Webb. • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel. ==Births==

• February 13 – Werner Schindler, Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died 1986) • March 19 – Albert Speer, German architect and Nazi minister during Adolf Hitler's regime (died 1981) • April 4 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (died 1987) • April 13 – Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died 1988) • June 24 – Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989) • December 18 – Roy Grounds, Australian architect (died 1981) ==Deaths==

• March 9 – Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833 • March 11 — William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (born 1830) • July 24 – Adolf Cluss, German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born 1825) • August 2 – Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana • August 22 – Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830) ==References==