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Overview of the events of 1934 in architecture
The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures [ edit ]
Buildings opened [ edit ]
May – Penguin Pool, London Zoo , designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup .[2]
July 9 – Isokon building (Lawn Road flats), Hampstead , London , designed by Wells Coates .
July 17 – Circular Manchester Central Library , England, designed by Vincent Harris ; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent Manchester Town Hall Extension is laid on same day.
October 23 – Guildhall, Swansea , Wales, designed by Percy Thomas .[3]
October 24 – Palazzo delle Poste , Palermo , Sicily, Italy, designed by Angiolo Mazzoni .[4] [5]
November 24 – ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney , Australia, designed by Bruce Dellit .
Buildings completed [ edit ]
Isokon building in Hampstead , London , UK
Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City , Mexico
Gothenburg City Theatre , Sweden.[6]
64 Heath Drive, Gidea Park , London, designed by Francis Skinner of Tecton Group .
Cholmeley Lodge (apartments), Highgate , London, designed by Guy Morgan.[7]
Samuel Goldwyn Estate , Beverly Hills, California, by Douglas Honnold and George Vernon Russell [8]
Drapacz Chmur ("Silesian Skyscraper") apartment building, Katowice , Poland, designed by architect Tadeusz Kozłowski and structural engineer Stefan Bryła .
Helsingborg Concert Hall, designed by Sven Markelius .
Synagogue (Agudat Achim) at Skořepka 13 , Brno , designed by Otto Eisler .
New Cambridge University Library (October 22) and Memorial Court for Clare College, Cambridge , designed as an ensemble, and buildings in North Court, Trinity Hall, Cambridge , England, all by Giles Gilbert Scott .
Tongland Generating Station , Galloway hydro-electric power scheme , Scotland, designed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners .
Palacio de Bellas Artes , Mexico City , designed by Federico Mariscal [es ] .
Fronton Recoletos, Madrid , designed by Eduardo Torroja .
Joyería J. Roca (modern-day Tous) at 18, Paseo de Gracia, and Ciutat de Repòs i de Vacances, both in Barcelona and designed by Josep Lluís Sert .
57 Ahad Ha'am Street, White City (Tel Aviv) , Mandatory Palestine , designed by Genia Averbuch .
Publication [ edit ]
January 4 – Zurab Tsereteli , Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect, President of the Russian Academy of Arts[9]
March 30 – Hans Hollein , Austrian architect and designer
April 8 – Kisho Kurokawa , Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement (died 2007 )[10]
June 21 – John Outram , English architect
July 9 – Michael Graves , US architect, one of The New York Five [11]
September 11 – Cedric Price , English architect (died 2003 )
September 30 – Marco Dezzi Bardeschi , Italian architect (died 2018 )
October 12 – Richard Meier , US Rationalist architect[12]
November 6 – Barton Myers , US-Canadian architect and teacher
Nari Gandhi , Indian architect (died 1993 )
References [ edit ]
^ Chapter 22.
^ "Architecture at the Zoo" . Zoological Society of London . 2006-06-15. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-03-05 .
^ Frith Book Company Ltd, ed. (2007-07-26). Swansea Pocket Album . Frith Book Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85937-717-8 .
^ A Look Back at Fascist Architecture | Architectural Digest
^ Inaugurazione del Palazzo delle Poste da parte del ministro delle Comunicazioni nell'annuale – YouTube
^ Waern, Caldenby (2001). Guide till Sveriges arkitektur .
^ "London Deco Flats | Guy Morgan" . londondecoflats.co.uk . Retrieved 2018-09-24 .
^ John Chase (2004). Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving: Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular City . Verso Books . pp. 67–. ISBN 978-1-85984-138-9 .
^ Moscow news: Zurab Disney Or Walt Tsereteli? Archived 2005-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Koolhaas, Rem; Obrist, Hans U. (2011), Project Japan Metabolism Talks… London: Taschen , ISBN 978-3-8365-2508-4 , p. 181-182.
^ Goldberger, Paul (1996-02-11). "Architecture View: A Little Book That Led Five Men to Fame" . The New York Times .
^ Tempest, Rone. "America's Designs on Europe Top quality U.S. architectural firms, feeling the pinch at home, are finding work in Europe-and are snapping up some of the most sought-after projects." Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine , Los Angeles Times , August 25, 1992. Accessed September 19, 2008.
^ Christen, Barbara S.; Flanders, Steven (2001). Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain . W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-73065-4 .
^ Baughman, Judith S., ed. (1996). American Decades: 1920–1929 . New York: Gale Research. pp. 180–1 . ISBN 978-0-8103-5724-2 .