1924 in architecture

The year 1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• May – 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

Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany

Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands

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.
• 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 – Alfréd Hajós & Dezso Lauber of Hungary for Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.
• Olympic bronze medal – Julien Médecin of Monaco for Stadium 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[2]
• March 23 – John Madin, English architect (died 2012)
• June 14 – Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (died 2009)[3]
• August 14 – Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect (died 2009)[4]
• August 16 – Philip Dowson, South African-born British architect (died 2014)
• December 4 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer

Deaths

• April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers"[5] and "father of modernism"[6] (born 1856)
• April 23 – Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect (born 1869)[7]
• April 24 – Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer (born 1845)
• August 11 – Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)
• November 7 – Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford (born 1835)

References

1. The Twentieth Century Society (2017). "1924". 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
2. Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish)
3. "Mercer, Katie; Chan, Cheryl. "B.C. architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84," The Province (Vancouver), Thursday, May 21, 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
4. "Norwegian architect, Sverre Fehn, dies at 84". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
5. Kaufman, Mervyn D. (1969). Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
6. Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. s.v. "Sullivan, Louis Henry," http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/sullivan_louis_henry (subscription required)
7. 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