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Overview of the events of 1927 in architecture
The year 1927 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Melnikov stands in front of his completed
Kauchuk Factory Club
Centre Block , the main building of the
Parliament of Canada on
Parliament Hill in
Ottawa , Canada
Union and New Haven Trust Building , New Haven, Connecticut
January –
Temepara Tapu o Ihoa (Holy Temple of Jehovah) ,
Rātana Pā , New Zealand, is privately opened.
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July 1 –
Centre Block , the main building of the
Parliament of Canada on
Parliament Hill in
Ottawa , rebuilt after a fire in 1916 to a design by
John A. Pearson and Jean Omer Marchand, is officially opened.
July 6 –
Central Fire Station in
Leicester , England, designed by Albert E. and Tom Sawday, is officially opened.
July 14 –
Scottish National War Memorial at
Edinburgh Castle , designed by
Robert Lorimer , is opened.
July 24 –
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at
Ypres ,
Belgium , designed by Sir
Reginald Blomfield , is unveiled.
October 9 –
Norwich War Memorial in England, designed by Sir
Edwin Lutyens , is unveiled.
October 24 –
Fred F. French Building in
Midtown Manhattan , New York City, designed by H. Douglas Ives with Sloan & Robertson, is opened.
Weissenhof Estate in
Stuttgart , Germany, designed by a team led by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe .
Double house in
Brno , designed by
Otto Eisler .
5 villas in rue Mallet-Stevens, Paris, designed by
Robert Mallet-Stevens .
The rebuilt Quadrant in
Regent Street ,
London , England.
The
Shrine of Remembrance in
Melbourne ,
Australia .
The
Antoniuskirche (Basel) in Switzerland, designed by
Karl Moser .
The Art Deco
LeVeque Tower , designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, in
Columbus, Ohio ,
United States . At 555.5 feet (169.3 meters) tall, it is just slightly higher than the
Washington Monument .
The
Ahwahnee Hotel in
Yosemite National Park ,
California , designed by
Gilbert Stanley Underwood .
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Union and New Haven Trust Building ,
New Haven, Connecticut , designed by
Cross & Cross .
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Lluís Domènech i Montaner