1943 in architecture

none 1943 architecture The year 1943 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events The Athens Charter is published by the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne group of architects. Nikolaus Pevsner's book An Outline of European Architecture is published in Britain. The County of London Plan is prepared by J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie. Buildings and structures thumb|The Pentagon thumb|Sandö Bridge Buildings opened January 15 – The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., United States, designed by George Bergstrom April 13 – The Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., designed by John Russell Pope Peace River Suspension Bridge, Canada (collapsed 1957)http://collections.ic.gc.ca/north_peace/transport/02.07.html Collapsed Peace River Bridge History of the North Peace 2006-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20050409094945/http://collections.ic.gc.ca/north_peace/transport/02.07.html 2005-04-09 dead Sandö Bridge, Sweden Surp Hagop Church, Aleppo, Syria Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India, designed by Henry Vaughan Lanchester (begun 1929) Block D, Bletchley Park, England. Buildings completed Casa Malaparte on Capri, house for Curzio Malaparte designed by him with Adalberto Libera and builder Adolfo Amitrano (begun 1937) Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Herbert Reilly. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Chatelin and Jean Dubuisson. Births January 3 – Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, German-born architect (died 2004) March 14 – Peter Vetsch, Swiss architect April 1 – Mario Botta, Swiss architect April 24 – Franco Stella, Italian architect April 26 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architectRobin Pogrebin 2009-04-12 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/arts/design/13pritzker.html Pritzker Prize Goes to Peter Zumthor The New York Times August 7 – Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Egyptian architect working in Islamic and New Classical styles Deaths June 27 – Knud Arne Petersen, Danish architect and director of Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen (born 1862) July 19 – Giuseppe Terragni, Italian Rationalist architect (born 1904; thrombosis) November 29 – John Virginius Bennes, Oregon architect (born 1867) References