- 1932 in architecture
The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Church of the Sacred Heart inPrague , designed byJosip Plecnik is completed.
*Lambeth Bridge , designed byGeoffrey Groves is opened.
*Sydney Harbour Bridge , designed by John Bradfield is opened.Awards
* Olympic gold medal -
Gustave Saacke ,Pierre Bailey andPietter Montenot for "Arena for bulls, Paris".
* Olympic silver medal -John Russell Pope of theUSA for "Design for Payne Whitney Gymnasium".
* Olympic bronze medal -Richard Konwiartz ofGermany for "Design for Schlesierkampfbahn, Breslau".
*Royal Gold Medal -Hendrik Petrus Berlage .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Events
* "International Style" by
Philip Johnson andHenry-Russell Hitchcock is published.
* TheInternational Exhibition of Modern Architecture at theMuseum of Modern Art inNew York spreads the international style.
* John Wiley & Sons publishes Architectural Graphic Standards by Charles George Ramsey (1884-1963) and Harold Reeve Sleeper. It was the very first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.Births
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August 11 -Peter Eisenman Deaths
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Aldo Rossi (died 1997)
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