1927 in architecture

none 1927 architecture The year 1927 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events thumb|Melnikov stands in front of his completed Kauchuk Factory Club July 11 – 1927 Jericho earthquake destroys or damages many mosques and other buildings in the area of Mandatory Palestine. The opening of the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov, marks the beginning of Melnikov's "golden season", designing over ten buildings in one year, including extant Kauchuk Factory Club, Rusakov Workers' Club, Svoboda Factory Club and his own residence in Moscow. These buildings are completed in 1928–1929. The 15th century Chapelle de St. Martin de Seyssuel is relocated from Chasse-sur-Rhône to Long Island, New York. The first photo-mural is used to decorate a living room.Spanke, Johanna (2023). Photomurals: Fotografische Wandbilder in transnationalen Aushandlungsprozessen zwischen Mexiko und den USA. De Gruyter. pp. 13, 21, 137-139, 325-364. 978-3-11-078924-9. 2941-4032. It is soon embraced by architectural designers, becoming common in the 1930s.Naegele, Daniel (1998). "Le Corbusier and the space of photography". History of Photography. 22 (2): 133. Buildings and structures Buildings opened thumb|Centre Block, the main building of the Parliament of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada thumb|Union and New Haven Trust Building, New Haven, Connecticut January – Temepara Tapu o Ihoa (Holy Temple of Jehovah), Rātana Pā, New Zealand, is privately opened.Newman Keith The Founding of a Faith http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2010/HNZ10-Ratana.aspx New Zealand Historic Places Trust https://web.archive.org/web/20110612031449/http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2010/HNZ10-Ratana.aspx 2011-06-12 2021-01-20 July 1 – Centre Block, the main building of the Parliament of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, rebuilt after a fire in 1916 to a design by John A. Pearson and Jean Omer Marchand, is officially opened. July 6 – Central Fire Station in Leicester, England, designed by Albert E. and Tom Sawday, is officially opened. July 14 – Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle, designed by Robert Lorimer, is opened. July 24 – Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is unveiled. October 9 – Norwich War Memorial in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is unveiled. October 24 – Fred F. French Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by H. Douglas Ives with Sloan & Robertson, is opened. Buildings completed Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by a team led by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Double house in Brno, designed by Otto Eisler. 5 villas in rue Mallet-Stevens, Paris, designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens. The rebuilt Quadrant in Regent Street, London, England. The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia. The Antoniuskirche (Basel) in Switzerland, designed by Karl Moser. The Art Deco LeVeque Tower, designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. At 555.5 ft m off us tall, it is just slightly higher than the Washington Monument. The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood.Harrison Laura Soullière 2001-02-26 http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/harrison/harrison15.htm The Ahwahnee Hotel Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study National Park Service – Department of the Interior 2006-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20060716234712/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/harrison/harrison15.htm 2006-07-16 dead Union and New Haven Trust Building, New Haven, Connecticut, designed by Cross & Cross.Union and New Haven Trust Building https://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=5a9304342fd33b23286c5cfd New Haven Building Archive 15 August 2020 Awards AIA Gold Medal – Howard Van Doren Shaw. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Herbert Baker. Births January 30 – Roberto Gottardi, Italian architect (died 2017)Profile of Roberto Gottardi March 3 – Christian Menn, bridge architect (died 2018) Famed bridge-builder Christian Menn dies https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/many-rivers-to-cross_famed-bridge-builder-christian-menn-dies/44268754 Swissinfo 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 June 18 – Ruth Rivera Marín, Mexican architect (died 1969) July 6 – Anton Alberts, Dutch architect best known for the ING Bank, Amsterdam (died 1999) August 26 – B. V. Doshi, Indian architect (died 2023)Celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95 https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/01/25/celebrated-indian-architect-balkrishna-doshi-dies-aged-95/ Razmig Bedirian 2023-01-25 The National Abu Dhabi 2023-02-18 December 4 – Gae Aulenti, Italian architect, interior and lighting designer (died 2012) Deaths thumb|upright|Lluís Domènech i Montaner January 3 – Antonio Rivas Mercado, Mexican architect (born 1853) January 25 – Mark Judge, British architect and engineer (born 1847) March 12 – John Beavor-Webb, Irish-born American naval architect (born 1849) June 23 – Colonel Sir Robert William Edis, English architect and interior decorator (born 1839) July 13 – Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect (born 1870; cerebral hemorrhage)http://v3.arkitera.com/h24340-mimar-kemaleddin-tarihin-donum-noktalarinda-bir-mimar.html arkitera Mimar Kemaleddin: Tarihin dönüm noktalarında bir mimar 2008-01-25 Turkish 2013-02-26 September 9 – Henry Ward, British architect (born 1852) October 29 – Hermann Muthesius, German architect and writer on architecture (born 1861) December 26 – Joseph Schwartz, American architect (born 1858) December 27 – Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Catalan Spanish architect (born 1850) References