1920 in architecture
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The year 1920 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- Construction of Welwyn Garden City in England begins with Louis de Soissons as architect and town planner.
- Edith Hughes establishes her own architectural practice, in Glasgow, the first British woman to do so.
- In the first issue of the Purist art magazine L' Esprit Nouveau co-founded by him, Charles-Ãdouard Jeanneret-Gris adopts the pseudonym Le Corbusier.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- November 11 â The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, designed by Edwin Lutyens.[1]
Buildings completed
- Ajuria Enea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, designed by Alfredo Baeschlin.
- Coliseum Theatre (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia.
- Hartford Times Building, Hartford, Connecticut, designed by Donn Barber[2]
- Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Oak Tower, Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Oslo Synagogue, Norway.
- Teatro Municipal (Lima), Peru.
- Bankstown Reservoir in Sydney, Australia
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal â Egerton Swartwout
- Olympic silver medal â Holger Sinding-Larsen of Norway for Project for a gymnastics school (no other medals awarded)
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Charles Louis Girault
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Michel Roux-Spitz
Births
- January 23 â Gottfried Böhm, German architect (died 2021)
- July 16 â Peter Yates, English architect (died 1982)
- August 21 â Vincent Scully, American architectural historian (died 2017)
- September 2 â Romaldo Giurgola, Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor and author (died 2016)
- October 21 â William Whitfield, English architect (died 2019)
- December 28 â Bruce McCarty, American architect (died 2013)
Deaths
- March 12 â Hermann Eggert, German architect (born 1888)
- May 17 â Jean-Louis Pascal, academic French architect (born 1837)
- May 18 â Frank Matcham, English theatrical architect and designer (born 1854)
- July 31 â Thomas Tryon, American architect (born 1859)
- October 22 â Ruggero Berlam, Italian architect (born 1854)