1934 in architecture
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The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- The Architects (Registration) Act, 1934, is passed in the United Kingdom; the legislation is eventually superseded by a new Act in 1997.[1]
- Narkomtiazhprom stage a design contest for construction of a People's Commissariat of Construction of Heavy Industry in Red Square, Moscow in the Soviet Union.
Buildings opened
- July 17 - Circular Manchester Central Library, England, designed by Vincent Harris; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent Manchester Town Hall Extension is laid on same day.
- October 23 - Guildhall, Swansea, Wales, designed by Percy Thomas.[2]
- November 24 - ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney, Australia, designed by Bruce Dellit.
Buildings completed
- Gothenburg City Theatre, Sweden.[3]
- Penguin Pool, London Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup.[4]
- Isokon building, Hampstead, London, designed by Wells Coates.
- Helsingborg Concert Hall, designed by Sven Markelius.
- New Cambridge University Library and Memorial Court for Clare College, Cambridge, designed as an ensemble, and buildings in North Court, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England, all by Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, designed by Federico Mariscal.
- Fronton Recoletos, Madrid, designed by Eduardo Torroja.
- Joyería J. Roca (modern-day Tous) at 18, Paseo de Gracia, and Ciutat de Repòs i de Vacances, both in Barcelona and designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
Publication
- Steen Eiler Rasmussen - London, the Unique City
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Henry Vaughan Lanchester.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Hilt.
Births
- January 4 - Zurab Tsereteli, Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect, President of the Russian Academy of Arts[5]
- March 30 - Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and designer
- April 8 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement (died 2007)[6]
- July 9 - Michael Graves, US architect, one of The New York Five[7]
- September 11 - Cedric Price, English architect (died 2003)
- October 12 - Richard Meier, US Rationalist architect[8]
- November 6 - Barton Myers, US-Canadian architect and teacher
Deaths
- March 7 - Henry Wilson, English Arts and Crafts architect and metalwork designer (born 1864)
- May 17 - Cass Gilbert, US Beaux Arts architect (born 1859)[9]
- August 12 - Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (born 1856)
- August 14 - Raymond Hood, US Art Deco architect (born 1881)[10]
- August 18 - Sir John Sulman, Australian architect (born 1849)
- October 4 - Henry Sproatt, Canadian architect (born 1866)
- November 27 - Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect (born 1861)
References
- ↑ Chapter 22.
- ↑ Frith Book Company Ltd, ed. (2007-07-26). Swansea Pocket Album. Frith Book Company Ltd. ISBN 1-85937-717-3.
- ↑ Waern, Caldenby (2001). Guide till Sveriges arkitektur.
- ↑ "Architecture at the Zoo". Zoological Society of London. 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ↑ Moscow news: Zurab Disney Or Walt Tsereteli?
- ↑ Koolhaas, Rem; Obrist, Hans U. (2011), Project Japan Metabolism Talks… London: Taschen, ISBN 978-3-8365-2508-4, p. 181-182.
- ↑ Goldberger, Paul (1996-02-11). "Architecture View: A Little Book That Led Five Men to Fame". The New York Times.
- ↑ Tempest, Rone. "America's Designs on Europe Top quality U.S. architectural firms, feeling the pinch at home, are finding work in Europe-and are snapping up some of the most sought-after projects.", Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1992. Accessed September 19, 2008.
- ↑ Christen, Barbara S.; Flanders, Steven (2001). Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain. W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-73065-4.
- ↑ Baughman, Judith S., ed. (1996). American Decades: 1920-1929. New York: Gale Research. pp. 180–1. ISBN 9780810357242.
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