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* [[June 28]] – [[Alison Smithson]], née Gill, English architect (died [[1993 in architecture|1993]]) | * [[June 28]] – [[Alison Smithson]], née Gill, English architect (died [[1993 in architecture|1993]]) | ||
* [[August 7]] – [[Owen Luder]], British architect (died [[2021 in architecture|2021]]) | * [[August 7]] – [[Owen Luder]], British architect (died [[2021 in architecture|2021]]) | ||
* [[September 8]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]], Japanese architect | * [[September 8]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]], Japanese architect (died [[2024]]) | ||
* [[October 25]] – [[Paulo Mendes da Rocha]], Brazilian architect [[Pritzker Prize]] laureate 2006 | * [[October 25]] – [[Paulo Mendes da Rocha]], Brazilian architect [[Pritzker Prize]] laureate 2006 (died 2021) | ||
* [[December 15]] – [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], Austrian architect and artist (died [[2000 in architecture|2000]]) | * [[December 15]] – [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], Austrian architect and artist (died [[2000 in architecture|2000]]) | ||
* ''date unknown'' – [[James Birrell]], Australian architect | * ''date unknown'' – [[James Birrell]], Australian architect (died [[2019]]) | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
* [[January 23]] – [[A. E. Doyle]], American architect (born [[1877 in architecture|1877]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Graf|first=Victor|title=A.E. Doyle: He set the trend of Portland architecture in the '20s|newspaper=[[The Oregonian|The Sunday Oregonian]]|date=February 5, 1978|at=''Northwest Magazine'' section, pp. 4–7}}</ref> | * [[January 23]] – [[A. E. Doyle]], American architect (born [[1877 in architecture|1877]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Graf|first=Victor|title=A.E. Doyle: He set the trend of Portland architecture in the '20s|newspaper=[[The Oregonian|The Sunday Oregonian]]|date=February 5, 1978|at=''Northwest Magazine'' section, pp. 4–7}}</ref> | ||
* [[June 23]] – [[Konstantīns Pēkšēns]], Latvian-born architect (born [[1859 in architecture|1859]]) | * [[June 23]] – [[Konstantīns Pēkšēns]], Latvian-born architect (born [[1859 in architecture|1859]]) | ||
* [[December 10]] – [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]], Scottish-born architect and designer (born [[1868 in architecture|1868]]) | * [[December 10]] – [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]], Scottish-born architect and designer (born [[1868 in architecture|1868]]) | ||
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 The year 1928 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- February – Hannes Meyer succeeds Walter Gropius as head of the Bauhaus school.
- June – Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne is initiated by Le Corbusier.
- Le Corbusier wins all three competitions for design of the Tsentrosoyuz building in Moscow.
- Léon Azéma is appointed Architect of the City of Paris.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings opened
- January 1 – Milam Building in San Antonio, Texas, designed by George Rodney Willis, the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built-in air conditioning in the United States at this date.
- March 31 – Stockholm Public Library in Sweden, designed by Gunnar Asplund.
- October 6 – Collège Saint Marc, Alexandria, Egypt, designed by Léon Azéma.[1]
- October 25 – Großmarkthalle at Frankfurt am Main, designed by Martin Elsaesser.
Buildings completed
- The Royal Horticultural Society New Building, a second exhibition hall for The Royal Horticultural Society, designed by Easton & Robertson, is completed in Westminster, London, the first in the United Kingdom to have a parabolic curved concrete roof structure.
- Second Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, designed by Rudolf Steiner.
- Rusakov Workers' Club in Moscow, USSR, designed by Konstantin Melnikov.
- Firestone Tyre Factory on the 'Golden Mile' of London's Great West Road, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style (demolished 1980).
- Granada Theatre and Temple Israel (Minneapolis), designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan.
- First Dymaxion House is designed by Buckminster Fuller.
- Balluta Buildings, St. Julian's, Malta, designed by Giuseppe Psaila.
- Industrial Trust Company Building (aka "Superman Building") in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Walker & Gillette.
- Petersdorff Department Store in Wrocław, designed by Erich Mendelsohn.
- Samuel-Novarro House in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, designed by Lloyd Wright
Awards
- Olympic gold medal – Jan Wils of the Netherlands for Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
- Olympic silver medal – Einar Mindedal Rasmussen of Denmark for Swimming pool at Ollerup.
- Olympic bronze medal – Jacques Lambert of France for Stadium at Versailles.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Guy Dawber.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Eugène Beaudouin.
- Concrete house competition winner for the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, won by Frederick MacManus of Sir John Burnet and Partners [2]
Births
- June 24 – Ivan Štraus, Bosnian architect (died 2018)
- June 28 – Alison Smithson, née Gill, English architect (died 1993)
- August 7 – Owen Luder, British architect (died 2021)
- September 8 – Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect (died 2024)
- October 25 – Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect Pritzker Prize laureate 2006 (died 2021)
- December 15 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian architect and artist (died 2000)
- date unknown – James Birrell, Australian architect (died 2019)
Deaths
- January 23 – A. E. Doyle, American architect (born 1877)[3]
- June 23 – Konstantīns Pēkšēns, Latvian-born architect (born 1859)
- December 10 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish-born architect and designer (born 1868)
References
- ↑ Official website.
- ↑ Dictionary of Scottish architects
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