1929 in architecture

List of years in architecture (Table)
… 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 … … 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s … … 19th century 20th century 21st century …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more

The year 1929 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is erected.
• Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Empire.
• Lovell House in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Neutra.
• Underground Electric Railways Company of London headquarters, 55 Broadway, designed by Charles Holden, is opened.
• Nobel House, the headquarters of ICI, on Millbank, Westminster, London, designed by Frank Baines, is completed.
• Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto is completed.
• Richfield Tower in Los Angeles, designed by Stiles O. Clements, is completed.
• Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is completed
• Villa Savoye, an iconic International Style building by Le Corbusier, substantially completed at Poissy, outside Paris.
• Dominion Theatre London opens.

Events

• September 7 - Ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Palace of Nations in Geneva.
• Work begins on Rockefeller Center in New York

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Milton Bennett Medary
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Victor Laloux
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown)

Births

• February 28 - Frank Gehry

Deaths

• January 25 - Ralph Knott (born 1878)
• February 24 - Lucien Weissenburger (born 1860)
• April 4 - Francis Sullivan (born 1882)
• September 13 - Sir Robert Lorimer (born 1864)
• October 15 - Émile Bénard (born 1844)