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1924 in architecture

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Overview of the events of 1924 in architecture

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The year1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

May –Royal Fine Art Commission appointed to advise thegovernment of the United Kingdom on matters concerning the built environment.
Eileen Gray andJean Badovici begin work on their vacation homeE-1027 atRoquebrune-Cap-Martin in thesouth of France

Buildings and structures

Chilehaus inHamburg, Germany

Rietveld Schröder House inUtrecht, Netherlands

Buildings completed

TheChilehaus inHamburg, Germany, designed byJohann Friedrich Höger.
Rietveld Schröder House inUtrecht, Netherlands, designed byGerrit Rietveld.
Copenhagen Police Headquarters in Denmark, designed byHack Kampmann (died1920).
Midland Bank headquarters in the City of London, designed by SirEdwin Lutyens.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building on Manhattan, designed byYork and Sawyer.
American Radiator Building on Manhattan, designed byJohn Mead Howells,Raymond Hood andJ. André Fouilhoux.
Queen Mary's Dolls' House in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Church Rate Corner (private house) inCambridge, England designed byBaillie Scott.^[1]

Awards

Olympic silver medal –Alfréd Hajós &Dezso Lauber ofHungary forPlan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.
Olympic bronze medal –Julien Médecin ofMonaco forStadium for Monte Carlo (no gold medal was awarded).
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Péchin.

Births

February 29 –Agustín Hernández Navarro, Mexican architect and sculptor (died2022)^[2]
March 23 –John Madin, English architect (died2012)
June 14 –Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (died2009)^[3]
August 14 –Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect (died2009)^[4]
August 16 –Philip Dowson, South African-born British architect (died2014)
December 4 –John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer (died2017)

Deaths

April 14 –Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers"^[5] and "father of modernism"^[6] (born1856)
April 23 –Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect (born1869)^[7]
April 24 –Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer (born1845)
August 11 –Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born1841)
November 7 – SirThomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford (born1835)

References

^The Twentieth Century Society (2017). "1924".100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford.ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
^Margarita Tortajada Quiroz:Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish)
^"Mercer, Katie; Chan, Cheryl. "B.C. architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84,"The Province (Vancouver), Thursday, May 21, 2009". Archived fromthe original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved2014-06-05.
^"Norwegian architect, Sverre Fehn, dies at 84".Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway). 4 March 2009. Retrieved25 April 2013.
^Kaufman, Mervyn D. (1969).Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
^Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. s.v. "Sullivan, Louis Henry,"http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/sullivan_louis_henry(subscription required)
^Oliver, Richard (1983).Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press for the Architectural History Foundation. xii + 297 pp.; 146 illustrations, bibliography, index.ISBN 978-0-262-15024-8

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