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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.
  • November 9 – Major fire at Castle Howard in England.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

  • Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas, Slovenia, designed by Jože Plečnik.
  • Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania.
  • Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (d.1930) in 1913 and completed by his son Kaare Klint.
  • Church of the Divine Unity, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, designed by Cackett, Burns Dick and Mackellar.
  • Church and Priory of Christ the King, Cockfosters, London, designed by Dom Constantine Bosschaerts.
  • 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).
  • Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal in Ann Arbor, United States, designed by Banfield and Cumming with Douglas Loree.
  • Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan) Tank Plant, designed by Albert Kahn.
  • 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.
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Voysey.

Births

  • January 14 – Helmut Jahn, German-American architect
  • March 26 – Jörg Streli, Austrian architect and academic (died 2019)
  • May 31 – Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist (died 2012)
  • June 24 – Claude Vasconi, French architect (died 2009)
  • September 3 – Frank Duffy, British architect
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Deaths

  • February 27 – Peter Behrens, German architect and designer (born 1868)
  • March 24 – Thomas Adams, British urban planner (born 1871)
  • June 11
    • Alfred S. Alschuler, Chicago architect (born 1876)
    • 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

References

  1. ''Hull Daily Mail'' (1940-11-11) p.3.
  2. Ponciano, Levino. (2001). "Bairros Paulistanos de A a Z". Senac.
  3. "Türkçe Bilgi: Unkapanı Atatürk Köprüsü".
  4. "Lebbeus Woods, Experimental Architect, Dies". archdaily.com.
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