1935 in architecture
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The year 1935 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May 29 – Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ocean liner {{SS|Normandie}}, with Art Déco and Streamline Moderne interiors designed under the supervision of Roger-Henri Expert, begins her maiden voyage.
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1935}}
=Buildings opened=
- May 31 - Jubilee Pool, Penzance in Cornwall, England by Frank Latham.{{cite web |title=Captain Latham, His Monument |url=https://www.penwithlocalhistorygroup.co.uk/on-this-day/?id=137 |website=Penwith Local History Group |access-date=6 December 2021}}
- June 2 – Saint Constantine and Elena Cathedral, Bălți, Moldova.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vipmagazin.md/retro/?p=1 |title=2 june 1935. |access-date=2015-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219173632/http://www.vipmagazin.md/retro/?p=1 |archive-date=2015-02-19 |url-status=dead }}
- July 6 – New building for Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, by Ad van der Steur.
- July 13 – Shoreham Airport terminal building in England, by Stavers Tiltman.
- July 22 – Odeon, Kingstanding cinema in Birmingham, England, by Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering.{{cite web|url=http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Odeon+Cinema+Kingstanding/|title=Odeon Cinema Kingstanding, Birmingham|work=Modernist Britain|accessdate=2014-02-21}}
- August 3 – Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, South Island of New Zealand, by Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman after Esther Hope, is consecrated.
- August 5 – Eastbourne Bandstand in Eastbourne, England.
- September 30 – Boulder Dam, by John L. Savage (design engineer) with Gordon Kaufmann (supervising architect), is dedicated.
- November 4 – Hornsey Town Hall, London, by Reginald Uren.
- November 5 – Faringdon Folly tower, England, by Lord Gerald Wellesley for Lord Berners.
- November 18
- Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia, by Kārlis Zāle, is unveiled.
- Opelwerk Brandenburg, Germany, begins production, 190 days after the laying of the foundation stone.Schneider, Hans-Jürgen. (1987). 125 Jahre Opel, Autos und Technik. Verlag Schneider+Repschläger. No known ISBN.
=Buildings completed=
- Fallingwater in southwestern Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion, Istanbul, designed by Seyfi Arkan and gifted to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk{{cite web|url=http://www.ataturk.net/ata/florya.html|publisher=ataturk.net|title=Florya Atatürk Deniz Köşkü|accessdate=2011-11-10|archive-date=2015-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607034821/http://www.ataturk.net/ata/florya.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-861/florya-ataturk-kosku.html|publisher=Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı|title=Florya Atatürk Deniz Köşkü|language=Turkish|accessdate=2011-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029182742/http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-861/florya-ataturk-kosku.html|archive-date=2011-10-29|url-status=dead}}
- Highpoint I apartment block, Highgate, north London, by Berthold Lubetkin with structural design by Ove Arup
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff
- Supreme Court of the United States by Cass Gilbert, completed posthumously
- Von Sternberg House, Northridge, California, by Richard Neutra
- Stern House, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa, by Rex Distin Martienssen and partners
- Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, by Piero Portaluppi{{cite web|url=http://catesthill.com/2014/01/28/villa-necchi-campiglio-milan-by-piero-portaluppi/|title=Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan by Piero Portaluppi|first=Cate|last=St Hill|date=2014-01-28|accessdate=2017-03-30}}
- Stockholm Collective House by Sven Markelius with Alva Myrdal
- Dispensario Antituberculoso, Barcelona, by Josep Lluís Sert
- An-Nasr Mosque, Nablus, Palestine{{cite book|last=Salameh|first=Khader Ibrahim|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vckRtGOVf3YC&q=Nasr+Mosque+Nablus&pg=PT203|title=The Qurʼān Manuscripts in the Al-Haram Al-Sharif Islamic Museum, Jerusalem|publisher=Garnet & Ithaca Press|page=190|isbn=1-85964-132-6}}
- Grand Mosque of Mopti, French Sudan
- El Omrane Mosque, Tunis{{cite web|url=http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_lieu_culte0.htm|title=Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis|publisher=Government of Tunis|language=French|accessdate=2010-07-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811155804/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_lieu_culte0.htm|archivedate=2009-08-11}}
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi, India, designed by Henry Medd{{cite web|url=http://sacredheartcathedraldelhi.com/|title=Sacred Heart Cathedral, Delhi|publisher=sacredheartcathedraldelhi.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718094706/http://sacredheartcathedraldelhi.com/|archivedate=2012-07-18}}
- Church of Our Lady and the First Martyrs, Heaton, West Yorkshire, England, designed by J. H. Langtry-Langton
- Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden, designed by Nils Einar Ericsson
- Vyborg Library, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto{{cite book|first=Christian|last=Norberg-Schulz|title=Nightlands: Nordic Building|publisher=MIT Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-262-64036-7|page=164}}
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands, designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Exhibitions
- Opened to the public April 19 - Industrial arts exposition at the Forum at Rockefeller Center in New York City; where models and plans for Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed Broadacre City were displayed for the first time.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00119253.1935.10740981?journalCode=vzde20|doi = 10.1080/00119253.1935.10740981|title = Industrial Art Exhibit|year = 1935|last1 = Naylor|first1 = Blanche|journal = Design|volume = 37|issue = 2|pages = 14–43|url-access = subscription}}{{cite web| url = https://franklloydwright.org/reading-broadacre/| title = Reading Broadacre - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation}}
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Willem Marinus Dudok.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Paul Domenc.
Births
- March 3 – Corinne Bennett, née Wilson, English conservation architect (died 2010)
- May 7 – Michael Hopkins, English architect (died 2023)
- June 1 – Norman Foster, English architect, head of international design practice Foster and Partners{{cite book|author1=Philip Jodidio|author2=Norman Foster|title=Sir Norman Foster. Edition en anglais, allemand et français|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kA3AQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Taschen|isbn=978-3-8228-8071-5|page=168}}
- November 20 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (died 2011){{cite web|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/imre-makovecz-%281935-%E2%80%93-2011%29/5025237.article|first=Edwin|last=Heathcote|title=Imre Makovecz (1935–2011)|work=bdonline|date=2011-09-28}}
- October 27 – Giorgio Grassi, Italian architect
- October 31 – John Melvin, English architect
Deaths
- March 27 – Francis Rattenbury, English architect, worked chiefly in Canada (born 1867; murdered)
- April 5 – Basil Champneys, English architect and author (born 1842)
- July 6 – Claude Ferrier, British Art Deco architect (born 1879)
- July 7 – George W. Keller, American architect and engineer (born 1842)
- September 2 – Sir Henry Tanner, English public building architect (born 1849){{cite ODNB|last=Port|first=M. H.|date=January 2008|orig-year=2004|id=63423|title=Tanner, Sir Henry (1849–1935)}}