1932 in architecture
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The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.
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 (1884â1963) and Harold Reeve Sleeper, the first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- March 19 â Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by John Bradfield (engineer), is opened in Sydney, Australia.
- April 23 â New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, designed by Elisabeth Scott, is opened, becoming the first important work erected in the United Kingdom by a woman architect.[1]
- July 19 â Lambeth Bridge, London, designed by engineer Sir George Humphreys and architects Sir Reginald Blomfield and G. Topham Forrest.
- August 1 â Thiepval Memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is inaugurated in the Somme (France).
- August 7 â Douaumont ossuary, designed by Léon Azéma to house the bones of at least 130,000 unidentified soldiers of both sides who died in the Battle of Verdun.
- September 19 â Arnos Grove tube station, London, designed by Charles Holden.
- September 22 â Sheffield City Hall, Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1920.
- November 16 â Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland), Belfast, designed by Sir Arnold Thornely.
- November 25 â Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China.
- November 27 â Bixby Creek Bridge at Big Sur, California, designed by C. H. Purcell and F. W. Panhorst.
Other new buildings
- Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Center City Philadelphia, designed by George Howe and William Lescaze, the first International Style skyscraper in the United States.
- Leopoldine-Glöckel-yard (residence), Vienna, Austria, designed by Josef Frank (in honour of Leopoldine Glöckel).
- High Cross House, Dartington Hall, Devon, England, designed by William Lescaze.
- Deneke Building at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Alameda Theatre (Alameda, California), United States, designed by Timothy L. Pflueger.
- Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord in Prague, designed by Jože PleÄnik.
- Catholic Church of St Engelbert, Cologne, Germany, designed by Dominikus Böhm.
- The Daily Express Building, London, designed by Sir Owen Williams.
- The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale, West London, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style.
- Maison de Verre, Paris, France, by Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet and Louis Dalbet.
- Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto.
- 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.[2]
- Immeuble Clarté apartment building in Geneva, designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret.
- Narkomfin building (collective apartments) in Moscow, designed by Moisei Ginzburg with Ignaty Milinis in 1928.
- Harnischmacher House in Wiesbaden, Germany, designed by Marcel Breuer.
- Wohnbedarf furniture stores in Switzerland, designed by Marcel Breuer.
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Shaft 12, Schacht Albert Vögler, Germany, designed by Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer.
- Sol Wurtzel House, Bel Air, Los Angeles, designed by Wallace Neff.
- Niagara Mohawk Building in Syracuse, New York, designed by Melvin L. King and firm Bley and Lyman[3]
Awards
- Olympic gold medal â Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailey and Pierre Montenot for Arena for bulls, Paris.
- Olympic silver medal â John Russell Pope of the United States for Design for Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
- Olympic bronze medal â Richard Konwiartz of Germany for Design for Schlesierkampfbahn, Breslau.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture â Camille Montagné.
Births
- June 22 â Anthony Hunt, English structural engineer (died 2022)
- July 6 â Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
- July 19 â William S. W. Lim, Singaporean architect (died 2023)
- August 11 â Peter Eisenman, American architect
- September 9 â Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (died 2008)[4]
Deaths
- April 17 â Sir Patrick Geddes, Scottish urban theorist (born 1854)
- August 19 â E. S. Prior, English Arts and Crafts movement architect and theorist (born 1852)
- November â Abraham E. Lefcourt, American real estate developer (born 1876)
- December 8 â Gertrude Jekyll, English garden designer (born 1843)
- December 28 â Léon Jaussely, French architect and urban planner (born 1857)