- 1929 in architecture
The year 1929 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
* The
Barcelona Pavilion , designed byLudwig Mies van der Rohe is erected.
*Lovell House in Los Angeles, designed byRichard Neutra .
*Richfield Tower inLos Angeles , designed byStiles O. Clements , is completed.
*Nobel House , the headquarters of ICI, on Millbank,Westminster ,London , designed byFrank Baines , is completed.
*Paimio Sanatorium inFinland , designed byAlvar Aalto is completed.
* Work begins on theRockefeller Center inNew York
* TheRoyal York Hotel inToronto ,Ontario is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British EmpireAwards
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AIA Gold Medal -Milton Bennett Medary .
*Royal Gold Medal -Victor Laloux .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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February 28 -Frank Gehry Deaths
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January 25 -Ralph Knott (born 1878)
*February 24 -Lucien Weissenburger (born 1860)
*April 4 -Francis Sullivan (born 1882)
*October 15 -Émile Bénard (born 1844)
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