1930 in architecture
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The year 1930 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- June 9 – The Chicago Board of Trade Building, designed by Holabird & Roche opens.
- 40 Wall Street (then called the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building) is completed and is briefly the tallest building in the world.
- Chrysler Building in New York, designed by William van Alen, succeeds the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building as the tallest building in the world.
- Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna, designed by Karl Ehn, opens (massive half-mile-wide apartment building, 1100 m).
- The Terminal Tower complex in Cleveland, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White is completed.
- Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva in Lublin, Poland is completed.
[edit] Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Charles A. Platt.
- Royal Gold Medal - Percy Scott Worthington.
[edit] Births
- September 1 - Charles Correa, Indian architect, planner and activist
[edit] Deaths
- August 21 - Sir Aston Webb,