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 and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1933}}
=Buildings opened=
- February 21 – Nebotičnik skyscraper, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, designed by Vladimir Šubic.
- July – New Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, designed by Oliver Hill.{{cite journal|author=Lord Clonmore|author-link=William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow|title=London, Morecambe & elSewhere|journal=Architectural Review|volume=74|year=1933|pages=93–9}}
- 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.{{cite journal|first=Susan|last=Gold|title=The Royal Masonic Hospital|pages=29–34|journal=The Thirties Society Journal|volume=2}}{{cite book|last=Bayer|first=Patricia|title=Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties|location=London|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1992|chapter=Civic Structures|isbn=0-500-28149-1}}
- Labworth Café on Canvey Island, England, designed by engineer Ove Arup.
=Buildings completed=
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- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |title=Berthold Lubetkin |publisher=Design Museum |accessdate=2008-03-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325093119/http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |archivedate=25 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}
- Battersea Power Station, London, with Giles Gilbert Scott as consultant architect,{{cite journal|first=Gavin|last=Stamp|author-link=Gavin Stamp|title=Battersea Power Station|journal=The Thirties Society Journal|volume=1|pages=3–8}} 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.
- [http://www.hausschminke.de/ 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.{{cite web|title=Töss Footbridge|url=http://structurae.net/structures/toss-footbridge|work=Structurae|accessdate=2015-07-16}}
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Ragnar Östberg.
- RIBA 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
- Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (died 2010){{cite web|title=Raimund Abraham, Architect With Vision, Dies at 76|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/arts/design/06abraham.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=12 March 2017}}
- Richard Rogers, Italian-born British modernist and functionalist architect (died 2021)
- October 29 – John Andrews, Australian architect (died 2022){{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Vale John Andrews AO |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/vale-john-andrews-ao |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Australian Institute of Architects}}
- November 4 – Terje Moe, Norwegian architect (died 2009){{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Terje Moe – arkitekt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Terje_Moe/arkitekt|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 December 2009}}
- November 24 - Isaac Fola-Alade, Nigerian architect (1004 Estate) (died 2021)
Deaths
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- 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)