1933 in architecture
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The year 1933 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- The Bauhaus school in Berlin is permanently closed by the Nazi government.
- Modern Architectural Research Group (MARS Group) established as a think tank by younger architects and critics involved in the modernist movement in Great Britain.
- Completion of restoration of Herstmonceux Castle in England by Walter Godfrey.
Buildings opened
- August 23 - Leeds Civic Hall, Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1926.
- Royal Masonic Hospital (later Ravenscourt Park Hospital) at Ravenscourt Park in London, by Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne.[1][2]
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Battersea Power Station, first stage
Buildings completed
- Myer Emporium renovation, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia.
- The Round House, designed by Berthold Lubetkin's Tecton Architectural Group to house gorillas at London Zoo, one of the first modernist buildings in Britain.[3]
- Battersea Power Station, London, with Giles Gilbert Scott as consultant architect,[4] begins operation.
- College Hall, Royal Air Force College Cranwell, England, designed by James Grey West.
- Mercado de Abastos de Algeciras (market hall), Spain, designed by Eduardo Torroja.
- Villa Markelius in Stockholm, designed by Sven Markelius for himself.
- Schminke house in Löbau, Germany, designed by Hans Scharoun.
- Töss Footbridge, Winterthur, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.[5]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Ragnar Östberg.
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles Reed Peers.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture - Alexandre Courtois.
Publications
- John Betjeman - Ghastly Good Taste, or the depressing story of the rise and fall of British architecture.
- The Information Book of Sir John Burnet, Tait & Lorne.
Births
- February 2 - Rodney Gordon, British architect (died 2008)
- June 25 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, and architectural educator
- July 23 - Richard Rogers, British modernist and functionalist architect
- October 29 - John Andrews, Australian architect
- November 4 - Terje Moe, Norwegian architect (died 2009)[6]
Deaths
- January - Edward Lippincott Tilton, US architect based in New York (born 1861)
- March 10 - Émile André, French architect, artist, and furniture designer (born 1871)
- August 8
- Luca Beltrami, Italian architect and architectural historian (born 1854)
- Adolf Loos, Austrian/Czechoslovak architect and writer (born 1870)
References
- ↑ Gold, Susan. "The Royal Masonic Hospital". The Thirties Society Journal 2: 29–34.
- ↑ Bayer, Patricia (1992). "Civic Structures". Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28149-1.
- ↑ "Berthold Lubetkin". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ↑ Stamp, Gavin. "Battersea Power Station". The Thirties Society Journal 1: 3–8.
- ↑ "Töss Footbridge". Structurae. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Terje Moe – arkitekt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
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