1932 in architecture

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The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

March 19 - Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by John Bradfield, is opened in Sydney, Australia.
April 23 - New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, designed by Elisabeth Scott, is opened, becaming the first important work erected in the United Kingdom by a woman architect.^[1]
Church of the Sacred Heart in Prague, designed by Josip Plecnik, is completed.
The Daily Express Building, London, designed by Sir Owen Williams, is built.
The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale, West London, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style, is opened.
Lambeth Bridge, designed by Geoffrey Groves, is opened.
Unilever House in the City of London, designed by James Lomax-Simpson of Unilever with Sir John Burnet and Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet and Partners, is opened.^[2]
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China, is completed.

Olympic gold medal - Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailey and Pierre Montenot for Arena for bulls, Paris.
Olympic silver medal - John Russell Pope of the USA for Design for Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
Olympic bronze medal - Richard Konwiartz of Germany for Design for Schlesierkampfbahn, Breslau.
Royal Gold Medal - Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

International Style by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock is published.
The International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York spreads the international style.
John Wiley & Sons publishes Architectural Graphic Standards by Charles George Ramsey (1884–1963) and Harold Reeve Sleeper, the first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.

^ Pringle, Marian (1994). The Theatres of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1875-1992: an architectural history. Stratford-upon-Avon Society. p. 29. ISBN 0951417819.
^ Aslet, Clive. "Unilever House, Blackfriars". The Thirties Society Journal 1: 18–21.