1940 in architecture
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The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Oscar Niemeyer begins to design landmark public buildings around the artificial lake of Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil.
- The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, begun in 1916, is published.
- Thomas Sharp's Pelican book Town Planning is published in the United Kingdom.
Buildings completed
- Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.[1]
- St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timişoara, Romania.
- Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Denmark.
- Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
- Replacement Llao Llao Hotel at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo.
- Civic Centre of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Ernesto de Estrada.
- New Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Atatürk Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey (the fourth bridge on this site).[2]
- Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal in Ann Arbor, United States, designed by Banfield and Cumming with Douglas Loree.
- Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames, England, designed by Jane Drew.
- No. 4 Boathouse at HMNB Portsmouth, England, designed by E. A. Scott.
Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – William Adams Delano.
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles Voysey.
Births
- January 14 - Helmut Jahn, German-American architect
- May 31 - Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist (died 2012)[3]
- June 24 - Claude Vasconi, French architect (died 2009)
- September 3 - Frank Duffy, British architect
Deaths
- February 27 - Peter Behrens, German architect and designer (born 1868)
- June 11 - John A. Pearson, Canadian architect (born 1867)
- August 22 - Paul Gösch, German artist, architect, lithographer, and designer (born 1885)
- October 20 - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish Nordic Classicist architect (born 1885)
- December 13 - Marc Camoletti, Swiss architect (born 1857)
References
- ↑ Ponciano, Levino (2001). Bairros Paulistanos de A a Z. Senac. p. 12. ISBN 978-85-7359-223-8. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ "Türkçe Bilgi: Unkapanı Atatürk Köprüsü" (in Turkish).
- ↑ "Lebbeus Woods, Experimental Architect, Dies". archdaily.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
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