1933 in architecture

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The year 1933 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• The Bauhaus school in Berlin is permanently closed by the Nazi government.
• Modern Architectural Research Group (MARS Group) established as a think tank by younger architects and critics involved in the modernist movement in Great Britain.
• Completion of restoration of Herstmonceux Castle in England by Walter Godfrey.

Buildings opened

• July - New Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, designed by Oliver Hill.^[1]
• August 23 - Leeds Civic Hall, Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1926.
• Royal Masonic Hospital (later Ravenscourt Park Hospital) at Ravenscourt Park in London, designed by Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne.^[2][3]
• Labworth Café on Canvey Island, England, designed by engineer Ove Arup.

Battersea Power Station, first stage

Buildings completed

• Myer Emporium renovation, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia.
• The Round House, designed by Berthold Lubetkin's Tecton Architectural Group to house gorillas at London Zoo, one of the first modernist buildings in Britain.^[4]
• Battersea Power Station, London, with Giles Gilbert Scott as consultant architect,^[5] begins operation.
• College Hall, Royal Air Force College Cranwell, England, designed by James Grey West.
• Mercado de Abastos de Algeciras (market hall), Spain, designed by Eduardo Torroja.
• Villa Markelius in Stockholm, designed by Sven Markelius for himself.
• Schminke house in Löbau, Germany, designed by Hans Scharoun.
• Töss Footbridge, Winterthur, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.^[6]

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Ragnar Östberg.
• Royal Gold Medal - Charles Reed Peers.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture - Alexandre Courtois.

Publications

• John Betjeman - Ghastly Good Taste, or the depressing story of the rise and fall of British architecture.
• The Information Book of Sir John Burnet, Tait & Lorne.

Births

• February 2 - Rodney Gordon, British architect (died 2008)
• June 25 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, and architectural educator
• July 23 - Richard Rogers, British modernist and functionalist architect
• October 29 - John Andrews, Australian architect
• November 4 - Terje Moe, Norwegian architect (died 2009)^[7]

Deaths

• January - Edward Lippincott Tilton, American architect based in New York (born 1861)
• March 10 - Émile André, French architect, artist and furniture designer (born 1871)
• April 16 - Harold Peto, English architect and garden designer (born 1854)
• August 8
  • Luca Beltrami, Italian architect and architectural historian (born 1854)
  • Adolf Loos, Austrian/Czechoslovak architect and writer (born 1870)
• December 4 - W. G. R. Sprague, British theatre architect (born 1863)

References

1. Lord Clonmore (1933). "London, Morecambe & elSewhere". Architectural Review. 74: 93–9.
2. Gold, Susan. "The Royal Masonic Hospital". The Thirties Society Journal. 2: 29–34.
3. Bayer, Patricia (1992). "Civic Structures". Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28149-1.
4. "Berthold Lubetkin". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
5. Stamp, Gavin. "Battersea Power Station". The Thirties Society Journal. 1: 3–8.
6. "Töss Footbridge". Structurae. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
7. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Terje Moe – arkitekt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 December 2009.