1924 in architecture
The year 1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings completed
- The Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany, designed by Johann Friedrich Höger.
- Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
- Copenhagen Police Headquarters in Denmark, designed by Hack Kampmann.
- Midland Bank :File:Lutyens Midland Bank.JPG|headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
- Queen Mary's Dolls' House in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
- Church Rate Corner in Cambridge, England designed by Baillie Scott.
Awards
- Olympic silver medal – Alfréd Hajós & Dezso Lauber of Hungary for Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.
- Olympic bronze medal – Julien Médecin of Monaco for Stadium for Monte Carlo.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Péchin.
Births
- February 29 – Agustín Hernández Navarro, Mexican architect and sculptor
- March 23 – John Madin, English architect
- June 14 – Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect
- August 14 – Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect
- August 16 – Philip Dowson, South African-born British architect
- December 4 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer
Deaths
- April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism"
- April 23 – Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect
- April 24 – Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer
- August 11 – Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect
- November 7 – Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford
