1924 in architecture explained

The year 1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• May – Royal Fine Art Commission appointed to advise the government of the United Kingdom on matters concerning the built environment.
• Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici begin work on their vacation home E-1027 at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the south of France

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• The Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany, designed by Johann Friedrich Höger.
• Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
• Copenhagen Police Headquarters in Denmark, designed by Hack Kampmann (died 1920).
• Midland Bank headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building on Manhattan, designed by York and Sawyer.
• American Radiator Building on Manhattan, designed by John Mead Howells, Raymond Hood and J. André Fouilhoux.
• Queen Mary's Dolls' House in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• Church Rate Corner (private house) in Cambridge, England designed by Baillie Scott.^[1]

Awards

• Olympic silver medal – Alfréd Hajós & Dezso Lauber of Hungary for Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.
• Olympic bronze medal – Julien Médecin of Monaco for Stadium for Monte Carlo (no gold medal was awarded).
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Péchin.

Births

• February 29 – Agustín Hernández Navarro, Mexican architect and sculptor (died 2022)^[2]
• March 23 – John Madin, English architect (died 2012)
• June 14 – Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (died 2009)^[3]
• August 14 – Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect (died 2009)^[4]
• August 16 – Philip Dowson, South African-born British architect (died 2014)
• December 4 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer

Deaths

• April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers"^[5] and "father of modernism"^[6] (born 1856)
• April 23 – Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect (born 1869)^[7]
• April 24 – Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer (born 1845)
• August 11 – Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)
• November 7 – Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford (born 1835)

Notes and References

1. Book: The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3. 1924.
2. Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa (Spanish)
3. Web site: Mercer, Katie; Chan, Cheryl. "B.C. architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84," The Province (Vancouver), Thursday, May 21, 2009. . 2014-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100624235457/http://www.theprovince.com/architect+Arthur+Erickson+dead/1614087/story.html . 2010-06-24 . dead .
4. News: Norwegian architect, Sverre Fehn, dies at 84. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway). 4 March 2009. 25 April 2013.
5. Kaufman, Mervyn D. (1969). Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
6. Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. s.v. "Sullivan, Louis Henry," http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/sullivan_louis_henry
7. Oliver, Richard (1983). Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press for the Architectural History Foundation. xii + 297 pp.; 146 illustrations, bibliography, index.