Buildings

• The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   is completed.
• The Pentagon
  The Pentagon
  The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
  
   in Washington D.C., United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   is completed.

Events

• The Athens Charter
  Athens Charter
  The Athens Charter, or Charte d'Athènes was a document about urban planning published by the Swiss architect, Le Corbusier in 1943. The work was based upon Le Corbusier’s Ville Radieuse book of 1935 and urban studies undertaken by the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne in the early...
  
   is published by the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne group of architects.
• Nikolaus Pevsner
  Nikolaus Pevsner
  Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
  
  's book An Outline of European Architecture is published in Britain.
• The County of London Plan
  County of London Plan
  The County of London Plan was prepared for the London County Council in 1943. Its authors were John Henry Forshaw and Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ....
  
  is prepared by J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie
  Patrick Abercrombie
  Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ) was an English town planner. Educated at Uppingham School, Rutland; brother of Lascelles Abercrombie, poet and literary critic.-Career:...
  
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Awards

• Royal Gold Medal
  Royal Gold Medal
  The 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....
  
   - Charles Herbert Reilly
  Charles Herbert Reilly
  Sir Charles Herbert Reilly, was an English architect and teacher. After training in two architectural practices in London he took up a part-time lectureship at the University of London in 1900, and from 1904 to 1933 he headed the Liverpool School of Architecture, which became world-famous under...
  
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• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Deaths

• July 19 - Giuseppe Terragni
  Giuseppe Terragni
  Giuseppe Terragni was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism...
  
   (born 1904
  1904 in architecture
  The year 1904 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bergeret House in Nancy is completed by Lucien Weissenburger, with ironwork by Louis Majorelle, interior paintings by Victor Prouvé, stained glass by Jacques Gruber, and woodwork by Eugène Vallin.* The Villa des...
  
  )