1932 in architecture
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The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- March 19 - Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by John Bradfield, is opened in Sydney, Australia.
- April 23 - New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, designed by Elisabeth Scott, is opened, becaming the first important work erected in the United Kingdom by a woman architect.[1]
- Church of the Sacred Heart in Prague, designed by Josip Plecnik, is completed.
- The Daily Express Building, London, designed by Sir Owen Williams, is built.
- The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale, West London, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style, is opened.
- Lambeth Bridge, designed by Geoffrey Groves, is opened.
- Unilever House in the City of London, designed by James Lomax-Simpson of Unilever with Sir John Burnet and Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet and Partners, is opened.[2]
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China, is completed.
- Douaumont ossuary, designed by Léon Azéma to house the bones of at least 130,000 unidentified soldiers of both sides, is completed.
[edit] Awards
- Olympic gold medal - Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailey and Pierre Montenot for Arena for bulls, Paris.
- Olympic silver medal - John Russell Pope of the USA for Design for Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
- Olympic bronze medal - Richard Konwiartz of Germany for Design for Schlesierkampfbahn, Breslau.
- Royal Gold Medal - Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Events
- International Style by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock is published.
- The International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York spreads the international style.
- John Wiley & Sons publishes Architectural Graphic Standards by Charles George Ramsey (1884–1963) and Harold Reeve Sleeper, the first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.
[edit] Births
- August 11 - Peter Eisenman
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ Pringle, Marian (1994). The Theatres of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1875-1992: an architectural history. Stratford-upon-Avon Society. p. 29. ISBN 0-9514178-1-9.
- ^ Aslet, Clive. "Unilever House, Blackfriars". The Thirties Society Journal 1: 18–21.