Overview of the events of 1932 in architecture
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 (1884–1963) 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 Sydney Harbour Bridge , AustraliaSheffield City Hall , Yorkshire, EnglandNarkomfin building in Moscow , RussiaMarch 19 – Sydney Harbour Bridge , designed by John Bradfield (engineer) , is opened in Sydney , Australia.April 23 – 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 – Lambeth Bridge , London, designed by engineer Sir George Humphreys and architects Sir Reginald Blomfield and G. Topham Forrest .August 1 – Thiepval Memorial , designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , is inaugurated in the Somme (France).August 7 – 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 – Arnos Grove tube station , London, designed by Charles Holden .September 22 – Sheffield City Hall , Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1920.November 16 – Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland) , Belfast , designed by Sir Arnold Thornely .November 25 – Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin , China.November 27 – 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 Plečnik .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 Herman Hertzberger
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