1948 in architecture explained

The year 1948 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• Le Modulor by Le Corbusier is published.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• September 10 – The Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States is dedicated.^[1]
• December – Carswell House in Newark, Delaware, by Edward Durell Stone, completed.^[2]
• Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado completed.
• V. C. Morris Gift Shop (later, Xanadu Gallery) in San Francisco, by Frank Lloyd Wright.^[3]
• Morannedd Café (later, Dylan's), Criccieth Esplanade, Wales, by Clough Williams-Ellis, built (approximate date).
• Mampong Teacher's Training College and Prempeh College, Kumasi, both in Ghana, by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.
• Burleigh Primary School, Cheshunt, England, by Mary Crowley, opened.
• Equitable Building (Portland, Oregon), by Pietro Belluschi, completed.^[4]
• Holy Family Old Cathedral (Anchorage, Alaska), by Augustine A. Porreca, is completed.
• Calvert Manor apartment building in Arlington, Virginia, by Mihran Mesrobian, built.^[5]
• Bachman House in Chicago, remodeling by Bruce Goff, completed.
• Ledbetter House in Norman, Oklahoma, by Bruce Goff, completed.
• Elkay Apartments in Los Angeles, California, by Richard Neutra, built.
• Herman T. Mossberg Residence in South Bend, Indiana, by Frank Lloyd Wright, built.
• Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House in Madison, Wisconsin, by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed.
• Jack Lamberson House in Oskaloosa, Iowa, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built.
• Haines Shoe House in Hallam, Pennsylvania, built.^[6]

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Charles Donagh Maginnis
• Olympic gold medal – Adolf Hoch of Austria for Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl
• Olympic silver medal – Alfred Rinesch of Austria for Watersports centre in Karinthia
• Olympic bronze medal – Nils Olsson of Sweden for Baths and sporting hall in Gothenburg
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Auguste Perret

Births

• March 15 – Gavin Stamp, British architectural historian (died 2017)
• October 6 – Ken Yeang, Malaysian ecoarchitect
• December 3 – Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect
• Louis D. Astorino, American architect
• Miguel Cabrera Cabrera, Spanish architect and politician working in the Canaries
• Michael Sorkin, American architect and theorist (died 2020)

Deaths

• January 19
  • Ignjat Fischer, Croatian architect (born 1870)
  • Tony Garnier, French architect (born 1869)
• January 22 – Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, English architect (born 1868)
• February 2 – Sir Charles Herbert Reilly, English architect and teacher (born 1874)
• March 29 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (born 1881)
• June 16 – Horace Field, English architect (born 1861)
• August 1 – George Skipper, English architect (born 1856)
• August 20 – Emery Roth, Hungarian-born American architect (born 1871)
• September 3 – Frank Mills Andrews, American architect (born 1867)
• October – Benedict Williamson, English-born architect and Roman Catholic priest (born 1868)
• October 1 – Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, Polish architect (born 1883)
• October 27 – Albert Randolph Ross, American architect (born 1868)
• John Robert Dillon, American architect

Notes and References

1. Book: Tripler Inpatient's Guide. Tripler Army Medical Centre. 2007. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1–35.
2. Web site: Preserving History. Maguire. Ryan. 2018. UDaily. March 22, 2020.
3. Web site: Frank Lloyd Wright's San Francisco Gift Shop Meets Iconic Italian Design. 2017-10-05. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. en. 2020-03-22.
4. Web site: Equitable Building. Leland. Roth. February 26, 2020. The Oregon Encyclopedia. March 22, 2020.
5. Web site: Calvert Manor. Projects & Planning. en-US. 2020-03-22.
6. Web site: The Haines Shoe House. March 22, 2020.