1921 in architecture
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The year 1921 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Einstein Tower near Potsdam, Germany, designed by Erich Mendelsohn is completed.
- Berliner Tageblatt designed by Erich Mendelsohn is opened.
- Simon Rodia begin constructing the Watts Towers in Los Angeles.
- The current Central Railway Station in Sydney, Australia is completed.
- Harkness Tower in Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States is completed after 4 years of construction.
- The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States is completed however the domes were added in 1937.
- The Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, China is moved to its current site and completed.
- Michel de Klerk's Het Schip housing development for Eigen Haard in Amesterdam is completed.
- Monument to the March Dead is completed by Walter Gropius in Weimar.
- The Mayslake Peabody Estate is finished in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Events
- Hugo Häring and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe submit a competition entry for a Friedrichstrasse office building, fully made of glass.
Awards
Births
- 15 January - Ulrich Franzen in Düsseldorf, Germany
- 26 February - Angelo Mangiarotti in Milan, Italy
Deaths
- March 3 - Pierre Cuypers (born 1827)
- June 1 - Robert Rowand Anderson (born 1834)