1933 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1933 in architecture

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

## Events

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* 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 and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1933

### Buildings opened

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* February 21 – Nebotičnik skyscraper, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, designed by Vladimir Šubic.
* 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.
* November 29 – Schwandbach Bridge, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.
* 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.

### Buildings completed

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Battersea Power Station, first stage

* St Gabriel's Anglican Church in Blackburn, England, designed by F. X. Velarde.
* Városmajori Roman Catholic church in Budapest, completed by Bertalan Árkay following the death in 1932 of his father Aladár Árkay.
* 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.
* Mardon Hall, first of the University of Exeter Halls of Residence in England, designed by Vincent Harris.
* Darbishire Quad at Somerville College, Oxford, England, designed by Morley Horder.
* 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.
* Engel House, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Zeev Rechter.
* Töss Footbridge, Winterthur, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.[6]

## Awards

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* AIA Gold Medal – Ragnar Östberg.
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Reed Peers.
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Alexandre Courtois.

## Publications

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* 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

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* February 2 – Rodney Gordon, British architect (died 2008)
* June 25 – Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect and architectural educator
* July 23
* Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (died 2010)[7]
* Richard Rogers, Italian-born British modernist and functionalist architect (died 2021)
* October 29 – John Andrews, Australian architect (died 2022)[8]
* November 4 – Terje Moe, Norwegian architect (died 2009)[9]
* November 24 \- Isaac Fola-Alade, Nigerian architect (1004 Estate) (died 2021)

## Deaths

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Luca Beltrami

* 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)
* December 24 – Sir Frank Baines, English architect (born 1877)

## References

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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. ^ "Raimund Abraham, Architect With Vision, Dies at 76". nytimes.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
8. ^ "Vale John Andrews AO". Australian Institute of Architects. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
9. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Terje Moe – arkitekt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 December 2009.

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