1922 in architecture
The year 1922 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings opened
- March 21 – Rebuilt London Waterloo station is officially opened.
- May 30 – Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., United States is dedicated by William H. Taft, in the presence of Abraham Lincoln's son, 79-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln.
- June 9 – Spalding War Memorial in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
- October 14 – Gerrards Cross Memorial Building in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
- November 26 – Rochdale Cenotaph in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
Buildings completed
- Estonian Constituent Assembly building in Toompea Castle, designed by Eugen Habermann and Herbert Johanson.
- Antiguo Casino de Ponce, Puerto Rico, by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez.
- Phitsanulok Mansion in Bangkok, designed by Mario Tamagno.
- Shabolovka tower in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, by Vladimir Shukhov.
- Wolseley Motors showrooms, 160 Piccadilly, London, by W. Curtis Green.
- Wrigley Building in Chicago, Illinois, by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Victor Laloux
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Thomas Hastings
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Robert Giroud.
Births
- January 4 – Mart Port, Estonian architect
- March 14 – Colin St John Wilson, English architect
- April 13 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect
- May 29 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer, music theorist and architect-engineer
- June 14 – Kevin Roche, Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect
- Bill Howell, British architect
Deaths
