1927 in architecture
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The year 1927 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- The opening of the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov, marks the beginning of Melnikov's his "golden season", designing over ten buildings in one year, including extant Kauchuk Factory Club, Rusakov Workers' Club, Svoboda Factory Club and his own residence in Moscow. These buildings are completed in 1928-1929.
Buildings opened
Melnikov stands in front of his completed Kauchuk Factory Club
- July 24 - Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is unveiled.
Buildings completed
- Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by a team led by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
- The rebuilt Quadrant in Regent Street, London, UK.
- The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
- The Art Deco LeVeque Tower, designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. At 555.5 feet (169 meters) tall, it is just slightly higher than the Washington Monument.
- The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood.[1]
Awards
Births
- July 6 - Anton Alberts, Dutch architect best known for the ING Bank, Amsterdam
- December 4 - Gae Aulenti Italian architect, interior and lighting designer (died 2012
Deaths
- January 3 - Antonio Rivas Mercado, Mexican architect (born 1853)
- July 13 - Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect (born 1870; cerebral hemorrhage)[2]
- December 27 - Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Catalan Spanish architect (born 1850)
References
- ↑ Harrison, Laura Soullière (February 26, 2001). "The Ahwahnee Hotel". Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service - Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 16 July 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
- ↑ "Mimar Kemaleddin: Tarihin dönüm noktalarında bir mimar" (in Turkish). arkitera. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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