1934 in architecture

none 1934 architecture The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events The Architects (Registration) Act, 1934, is passed in the United Kingdom; the legislation is eventually superseded by a new Act in 1997.Chapter 22. Narkomtiazhprom stage a design contest for construction of a People's Commissariat of Construction of Heavy Industry in Red Square, Moscow in the Soviet Union. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1934 Buildings opened May – Penguin Pool, London Zoo, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup.http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/architecture-at-the-zoo,271,NS.html Architecture at the Zoo Zoological Society of London 2006-06-15 2008-03-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20081205202418/http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/architecture-at-the-zoo%2C271%2CNS.html 2008-12-05 dead July 9 – Isokon building (Lawn Road flats), Hampstead, London, designed by Wells Coates. July 17 – Circular Manchester Central Library, England, designed by Vincent Harris; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent Manchester Town Hall Extension is laid on same day. October 23 – Guildhall, Swansea, Wales, designed by Percy Thomas. Anthony Cornish Francis Frith Salisbury, Wiltshire Swansea Pocket Album Frith Book Company Ltd. 2007-07-26 978-1-85937-717-8 October 24 – Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, designed by Angiolo Mazzoni. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/fascist-architecture-through-ages A Look Back at Fascist Architecture Architectural Digest Inaugurazione del Palazzo delle Poste da parte del ministro delle Comunicazioni nell'annuale – YouTube November 24 – ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney, Australia, designed by Bruce Dellit. Buildings completed thumb|Isokon building in Hampstead, London, UK thumb|Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico Gothenburg City Theatre, Sweden.Guide till Sveriges arkitektur Waern, Caldenby 2001 2 Holden Street, Kensington Park, Adelaide. Built by Philip Claridge for Don Bradman as his personal residence.Owen Aaron https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aaron-owen-on-don-bradman-s-home-in-kensington-826633 Bradmania in Adelaide 7 February 2025 ESPNcricinfo 10 March 2025 64 Heath Drive, Gidea Park, London, designed by Francis Skinner of Tecton Group. Cholmeley Lodge (apartments), Highgate, London, designed by Guy Morgan.http://londondecoflats.co.uk/architects/guy-morgan/ London Deco Flats Guy Morgan londondecoflats.co.uk 2018-09-24 Samuel Goldwyn Estate, Beverly Hills, California, by Douglas Honnold and George Vernon RussellJohn Chase Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving: Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular City https://books.google.com/books?id=MXRvA_Hwgq8C&pg=PA67 2004 Verso Books 978-1-85984-138-9 67– Drapacz Chmur ("Silesian Skyscraper") apartment building, Katowice, Poland, designed by architect Tadeusz Kozłowski and structural engineer Stefan Bryła. Helsingborg Concert Hall, designed by Sven Markelius. Synagogue (Agudat Achim) at Skořepka 13, Brno, designed by Otto Eisler. New Cambridge University Library (October 22) and Memorial Court for Clare College, Cambridge, designed as an ensemble, and buildings in North Court, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England, all by Giles Gilbert Scott. Tongland Generating Station, Galloway hydro-electric power scheme, Scotland, designed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, designed by Federico Ernesto Mariscal Piña Federico Mariscal es Federico Ernesto Mariscal Piña. Fronton Recoletos, Madrid, designed by Eduardo Torroja. Joyería J. Roca (modern-day Tous) at 18, Paseo de Gracia, and Ciutat de Repòs i de Vacances, both in Barcelona and designed by Josep Lluís Sert. 57 Ahad Ha'am Street, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Genia Averbuch. Publication Steen Eiler Rasmussen – London, the Unique City Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henry Vaughan Lanchester. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Hilt. Births January 4 – Zurab Tsereteli, Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect, President of the Russian Academy of ArtsMoscow news: Zurab Disney Or Walt Tsereteli? https://web.archive.org/web/20050222173600/http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-3-3 2005-02-22 March 30 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and designer April 8 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement (died 2007)Koolhaas, Rem; Obrist, Hans U. (2011), Project Japan Metabolism Talks... London: Taschen, 978-3-8365-2508-4, p. 181-182. June 21 – John Outram, English architect July 9 – Michael Graves, US architect, one of The New York FiveGoldberger Paul Architecture View: A Little Book That Led Five Men to Fame The New York Times 1996-02-11 https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/books/architecture-view-a-little-book-that-led-five-men-to-fame.html?exprod=permalink&partner=permalink September 11 – Cedric Price, English architect (died 2003) September 30 – Marco Dezzi Bardeschi, Italian architect (died 2018) October 12 – Richard Meier, US Rationalist architectTempest, Rone. "America's Designs on Europe Top quality U.S. architectural firms, feeling the pinch at home, are finding work in Europe-and are snapping up some of the most sought-after projects." https://web.archive.org/web/20130411182534/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61613716.html?dids=61613716:61613716&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT 2013-04-11 , Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1992. Accessed September 19, 2008. November 6 – Barton Myers, US-Canadian architect and teacher Nari Gandhi, Indian architect (died 1993) Deaths March 7 – Henry Wilson, English Arts and Crafts architect and metalwork designer (born 1864) May 17 – Cass Gilbert, US Beaux Arts architect (born 1859)Christen Barbara S. Flanders, Steven Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain W.W. Norton 2001 0-393-73065-4 August 12 – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (born 1856) August 14 – Raymond Hood, US Art Deco architect (born 1881)Baughman Judith S. American Decades: 1920–1929 1996 Gale Research New York 978-0-8103-5724-2 180–1 registration https://archive.org/details/americandecades00tomp/page/180 August 18 – Sir John Sulman, Australian architect (born 1849) October 4 – Henry Sproatt, Canadian architect (born 1866) November 27 – Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect (born 1861) References