1934 IN ARCHITECTURE

The year '1934 in architecture' involved some significant events.

Contents

Buildings

Events

Awards

Births

Deaths

Buildings

★ Penguin Pool at London Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup.

★ The ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney, designed by C. Bruce Dellit, is completed.

Events

★ ''London, the Unique City'' by Steen Eiler Rasmussen published.

Awards

★ Royal Gold Medal - Henry Vaughan Lanchester.

★ Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

★ March 30 - Hans Hollein

★ April 8 - Kisho Kurokawa

★ July 9 - Michael Graves

★ October 12 - Richard Meier

Deaths

★ May 17 - Cass Gilbert (born 1859)

★ August 12 - Hendrik Petrus Berlage (born 1856)

★ August 14 - Raymond Hood (born 1881)

★ October 4 - Henry Sproatt (born 1866)