1923 in architecture

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The year 1923 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Vers une architecture by Le Corbusier (later translated into English as Towards a New Architecture) is published.
• Bauhaus expressionist architecture phase ends.

Buildings opened

Stockholm City Hall

• June 23 - Stockholm City Hall, designed by Ragnar Östberg.
• December 26 - Ottawa Auditorium, Canada^[1] (demolished 1967).

Buildings completed

• Chilehaus in Hamburg, designed by Fritz Höger.
• Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Église Notre-Dame du Raincy in France, designed by Auguste Perret.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Henry Bacon
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - John James Burnet
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Mathon

Births

• March 2 - Sam Scorer, English architect (died 2003)
• June 25 - Harry Seidler, Austrian-born Australian Modernist architect^[2] (died 2006)
• September 18 - Peter Smithson, English New Brutalist architect, husband and partner of Alison Smithson^[3] (died 2003)
• Eulie Chowdhury, Indian architect (died 1995)

Deaths

• May 19 - Frank Darling, Canadian architect and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style (born 1850)
• October 25 - Robert S. Roeschlaub, Colorado architect (born 1843)
• December 23 - Gustave Eiffel, French civil engineer and architect (born 1832)

References

1. Robinson, Dean (1982). Howie Morenz: Hockey's First Superstar. p. 52. ISBN 0-919822-69-X.
2. Blake, Peter (1973). Architecture for the New World: The Work of Harry Seidler. Sydney. ISBN 3-7828-1459-2.
3. "Alison and Peter Smithson". Design Museum.