1926 in architecture explained
The year 1926 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- May 13 – Hercilio Luz Bridge, Florianopolis, Brazil, designed by Robinson & Steinman.
- September 13 – Clapham South, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon and Morden tube stations, London, designed by Charles Holden (also Balham, opened December 6).
- October 3 – City Methodist Church (Gary, Indiana), designed by Lowe and Bollenbacher.
- November 11 – Northampton War Memorial, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled in England.
- December 4 – Bauhaus Dessau building, designed by Walter Gropius, opened in Dessau, Germany.
Buildings completed
- Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Satu Mare, Romania, designed by Ioan Liteanu
- Mausoleum of Yugoslavian Soldiers in Olomouc, designed by Hubert Aust
- Sacred Heart Cathedral of Harbin, China
- Church of The English Martyrs (Roman Catholic), Reading, Berkshire, England, designed by Wilfred C. Mangan
- Southwestern Bell Building, downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA, designed by Mauran, Russell & Crowell with I.R. Timlin
- Sourdough Inn, Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA
- Remodeling of Twin Peaks, 102 Bedford Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, by Clifford Reed Daily
- 900 Stewart Avenue (Ithaca, New York), USA
- New Ways (house for Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke), 508 Wellingborough Road, Northampton, England, designed by Peter Behrens, "a pioneer of modern architecture in Britain"[4]
- Villa Wolf in Gubin, Poland, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Awards
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Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Johannessen, Neil. Telephone Boxes. Princes Risborough. Shire Publications. 1994. 0-7478-0250-5.
- Book: Férrin, Ana María. Gaudí, de piedra y fuego. 978-84-932015-0-0. Spanish . Jaraquemada . Barcelona. 2001. 415.
- Karen. Melching. Frankfurt Kitchen: patina follows function. Conservation Journal. 53. 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218121255/http://www.vam.ac.uk/res_cons/conservation/journal/number_53/frankfurt/index.html. 2009-12-18.
- Book: The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3. 1926.
- Web site: Quebec to take over Games' contracts.
- Web site: Roger Taillibert publie ses mémoires.