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Overview of the events of 1938 in architecture
The year 1938 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- July –
Saltdean Lido and Ocean Hotel,
Saltdean, East Sussex, England, both designed by
R.W.H. Jones.
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October 22 –
Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, designed by
Edward Maufe.
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October 29 –
City Hall, Norwich, England, designed by
C. H. James and
S. R. Pierce.
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November 14 –
Lions Gate Bridge in
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada.
Buildings completed
- The
Reich Chancellery in
Berlin, designed by
Albert Speer (rebuilt).
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Great Mosque of Asmara in
Italian Eritrea, designed by Guido Ferrazza.
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Church of the Epiphany, Gipton, Leeds, England, designed by
Nugent Cachemaille-Day.
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Metro Theatre (Toronto), designed by Kaplan and Sprachman.
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Finsbury Health Centre, London, designed by
Berthold Lubetkin and the
Tecton Group.
- Metropolitan Water Board Laboratories, London, designed by
Howard Robertson.
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Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay, California, USA, designed by
George W. Kelham and William Peyton Day.
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Palace of Justice, Lima, Peru.
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City Hall,
Mar del Plata, Argentina, designed by
Alejandro Bustillo.
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Manchester Town Hall Extension, England, designed by
Vincent Harris in
1927.
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São Bento Palace, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Kröller-Müller Museum,
Otterlo, Netherlands, designed by
Henry van de Velde.
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland, designed by
Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti.
- Brackenfell (house),
Brampton, Carlisle, England, designed by
Leslie Martin and
Sadie Speight.
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The Homewood (house) near
Esher, Surrey, England, designed by
Patrick Gwynne (for his parents).
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Charters House, Berkshire, England, designed by
Adie, Button and Partners.
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Hamstone House, St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, designed by Ian Forbes.
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Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, England, the last great country house designed by
Edwin Lutyens (with his son Robert).
- Houses in Hampshire, Sussex and at
Eton, Berkshire in England by
Marcel Breuer and
F. R. S. Yorke.
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Gropius House,
Lincoln, Massachusetts, designed by
Walter Gropius with Marcel Breuer.
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Belvedere Court (apartments) in
East Finchley, London, designed by
Ernst L. Freud.
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Josephine M. Hagerty House,
Cohasset, Massachusetts, designed by Walter Gropius with Marcel Breuer.
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Luma Tower, built as British Luma Co-Operative Electric Lamp factory,
Glasgow, designed by Cornelius Armour.
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Fiat Tagliero Building, Asmara, Italian Eritrea, designed by
Giuseppe Pettazzi.
Other
- Construction work begins on
Publications
Awards
Births
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April 16 –
Wolf Hilbertz, German-born futurist architect, inventor and marine scientist (
died 2007)
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May 12 –
Terry Farrell, English architect, designer of the
KK100 and
SIS Building
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July 10 –
Paul Andreu, French airport architect (
died 2018)
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July 14 –
Moshe Safdie, Israeli/Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist and author
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September 3 –
Richard MacCormac, British architect (
died 2014)
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November 30 –
Andrea Branzi, Italian architect and designer
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December 30 –
Susan Maxman, née Abel, American architect
Deaths
References