1923 in architecture
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The year 1923 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- June 23 - Stockholm City HallStockholm City HallStockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as...
, designed by Ragnar ÖstbergRagnar ÖstbergRagnar Östberg was a Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall. He is the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden...
, is opened. - ChilehausChilehausThe Chilehaus is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany. It is an exceptional example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture...
in HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, designed by Fritz Höger, is completed.
Events
- Vers une architectureToward an ArchitectureVers une architecture, translated into English as Toward an Architecture and commonly known as Towards a New Architecture is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier , advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture...
by Le CorbusierLe CorbusierCharles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
(later translated into English as Towards a New Architecture) is published. - Berlin secession exhibition.
- BauhausBauhaus', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
expressionist architectureExpressionist architectureExpressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts....
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Awards
- AIA Gold MedalAIA Gold MedalThe AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture."...
- Henry BaconHenry BaconHenry Bacon was an American Beaux-Arts architect who is best remembered for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project.- Education and early career :... - RIBARoyal Institute of British ArchitectsThe Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
Royal Gold MedalRoyal Gold MedalThe Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
- John James BurnetJohn James BurnetSir John James Burnet was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow, Scotland and London, England... - Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Mathon
Births
- June 25 - Harry SeidlerHarry SeidlerHarry Seidler, AC OBE was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.Harry Seidler designed more than 180 buildings and he...
- September 18 - Peter Smithson (died 20032003 in architectureThe year 2003 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*July 8 - Oscar Niemeyer Museum reopens in Curitiba, Brazil, originally designed by Oscar Niemeyer....
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Deaths
- May 19 - Frank DarlingFrank Darling (architect)Frank Darling was a Canadian architect and key player in buildings built in Toronto during the early 20th century and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style.-Life and career:...
(born 18501850 in architectureThe year 1850 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, designed by Henri Labrouste is completed.-Births:* January 10 - John Wellborn Root * November 15 - Victor Laloux...
) - October 25 - Robert S. RoeschlaubRobert S. RoeschlaubRobert Sawers Roeschlaub was a noted Colorado architect.-Biography:Roeschlaub was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany to Michael, private physician to the King of Bavaria, and Margaretta, his Scotland-born mother...
(born 18431843 in architectureThe year 1843 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 25 - The Thames Tunnel in London, constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Marc Isambard Brunel opens to the public....
) - December 23 - Gustave EiffelGustave EiffelAlexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...
(born 18321832 in architectureThe year 1832 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:Holt's Hotel in New York City -Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Births:* September 25 - William LeBaron Jenney...
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