1924 in architecture
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The year 1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May â Royal Fine Art Commission appointed to advise the government of the United Kingdom on matters concerning the built environment.
- Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici begin work on their vacation home E-1027 at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the south of France
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- The Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany, designed by Johann Friedrich Höger.
- Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
- Copenhagen Police Headquarters in Denmark, designed by Hack Kampmann (died 1920).
- Midland Bank headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building on Manhattan, designed by York and Sawyer.
- American Radiator Building on Manhattan, designed by John Mead Howells, Raymond Hood and J. André Fouilhoux.
- Queen Mary's Dolls' House in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
- Church Rate Corner (private house) in Cambridge, England designed by Baillie Scott.[1]
Awards
- Olympic silver medal â Alfréd Hajós & Dezso Lauber of Hungary for Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.
- Olympic bronze medal â Julien Médecin of Monaco for Stadium for Monte Carlo (no gold medal was awarded).
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Péchin.
Births
- February 29 â AgustÃn Hernández Navarro, Mexican architect and sculptor (died 2022)[2]
- March 23 â John Madin, English architect (died 2012)
- June 14 â Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (died 2009)[3]
- August 14 â Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect (died 2009)[4]
- August 16 â Philip Dowson, South African-born British architect (died 2014)
- December 4 â John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer (died 2017)
Deaths
- April 14 â Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers"[5] and "father of modernism"[6] (born 1856)
- April 23 â Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect (born 1869)[7]
- April 24 â Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer (born 1845)
- August 11 â Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)
- November 7 â Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford (born 1835)