1923 in architecture
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The year 1923 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Vers une architecture by Le Corbusier (later translated into English as Towards a New Architecture) is published.
- Bauhaus expressionist architecture phase ends.
Buildings opened
- June 23 - Stockholm City Hall, designed by Ragnar Östberg.
- December 26 - Ottawa Auditorium, Canada[1] (demolished 1967).
Buildings completed
- Chilehaus in Hamburg, designed by Fritz Höger.
- Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Henry Bacon
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal - John James Burnet
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Mathon
Births
- June 25 - Harry Seidler, Austrian-born Australian Modernist architect[2] (died 2006)
- September 18 - Peter Smithson, New Brutalist architect, husband and partner of Alison Smithson[3] (died 2003)
Deaths
- May 19 - Frank Darling, Canadian architect and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style (born 1850)
- October 25 - Robert S. Roeschlaub, Colorado architect (born 1843)
- December 23 - Gustave Eiffel, French civil engineer and architect (born 1832)
References
- ^ Robinson, Dean (1982). Howie Morenz: Hockey's First Superstar. p. 52. ISBN 0-919822-69-X.
- ^ Peter Blake: Architecture for the New World: The Work of Harry Seidler, Sydney 1973, ISBN 3-7828-1459-2
- ^ Alison and Peter Smithson, Design Museum