1931 in architecture
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The year 1931 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- July 1 - The rebuilt Milano Centrale railway station opens in Italy.
- July 19 - Sudbury Town station on the London Underground Piccadilly line opens as rebuilt by Charles Holden, the first of his iconic modern designs for the network.[1]
- The first of the Architects (Registration) Acts is passed in the UK.
- St Olaf House (Hay's Wharf head offices), Tooley Street, London Borough of Southwark, by H. S. Goodhart-Rendel.[2]
- Commerce Court North is completed in Toronto, Ontario and becomes the tallest building in the British Empire.
- The Empire State Building is completed in New York and becomes the tallest building in the world.
- Completion of the House of Atlantis in Böttcherstraße, Bremen.[3]
- City Hall, Hilversum, North Holland, designed by Willem Marinus Dudok, is completed.
- India Gate in New Delhi is completed.
- Student Union at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, designed by Sven Markelius and Uno Åhrén.
- The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois is demolished.
[edit] Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Edwin Cooper.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
- May 3 - Aldo Rossi, Italian architect and designer (died 1997)
- May 7 - Ricardo Legorreta, Mexican architect (died 2011)
- July 17 - Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect
- date unknown - Alessandro Mendini, Italian architect and designer
[edit] Deaths
- March 7 - Theo van Doesburg, Dutch polymath, leader of De Stijl (born 1883)
- September 1 - Nahum Barnet, Melbourne-based Australian architect (born 1855)
- September 20 - Max Littmann, German architect (born 1862)
- December 3 - Frederick Walters, Scottish architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, notable for his Roman Catholic churches (born 1849)
[edit] References
- ^ Lawrence, David (2008). Bright Underground spaces: the London Tube station architecture of Charles Holden. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-320-4.
- ^ Details from listed building database (471397) - Grade II* - St Olaf House. Images of England. English Heritage.
- ^ "Sky Hall". Guidebook Bremen. http://www.belocal.net/bremen/sights/sky_hall/seite_1,6,2,1484.html. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
