Overview of the events of 1932 in architecture
The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
International Style by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock is published.
The International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York spreads the International Style .
John Wiley & Sons publishes Architectural Graphic Standards by Charles George Ramsey (1884–1963) and Harold Reeve Sleeper, the first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form.
Buildings opened
July 19 – Lambeth Bridge , London, designed by engineer Sir George Humphreys and architects Sir Reginald Blomfield and G. Topham Forrest .
August 1 – Thiepval Memorial , designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , is inaugurated in the Somme (France).
September 19 – Arnos Grove tube station , London, designed by Charles Holden .
September 22 – Sheffield City Hall , Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1920 .
November 16 – Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland) , Belfast , designed by Sir Arnold Thornely .
November 25 – Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin , China.
November 27 – Bixby Creek Bridge at Big Sur , California, designed by C. H. Purcell and F. W. Panhorst.
Other new buildings
PSFS Building in Center City, Philadelphia , designed by George Howe and William Lescaze , first International Style skyscraper in the United States.
High Cross House, Dartington Hall , Devon, England, designed by William Lescaze .
Deneke Building at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford , England, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott .
Alameda Theatre (Alameda, California) , United States, designed by Timothy L. Pflueger .
Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord in Prague , designed by Jože Plečnik .
The Daily Express Building, London , designed by Sir Owen Williams .
The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale , West London, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style.
Maison de Verre , Paris, France, by Pierre Chareau , Bernard Bijvoet and Louis Dalbet.
Paimio Sanatorium in Finland , designed by Alvar Aalto .
Unilever House in the City of London , designed by James Lomax-Simpson of Unilever with Sir John Burnet and Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet and Partners.[2]
Immeuble Clarté apartment building in Geneva , designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret .
Narkomfin building (collective apartments) in Moscow, designed by Moisei Ginzburg with Ignaty Milinis in 1928.
Harnischmacher House in Wiesbaden , Germany, designed by Marcel Breuer .
Wohnbedarf furniture stores in Switzerland, designed by Marcel Breuer.
Douaumont ossuary , designed by Léon Azéma to house the bones of at least 130,000 unidentified soldiers of both sides who died in the Battle of Verdun .
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex , Shaft 12, Schacht Albert Vögler , Germany, designed by Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer.
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References
^ Pringle, Marian (1994). The Theatres of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1875–1992: an architectural history . Stratford-upon-Avon Society. p. 29. ISBN 0-9514178-1-9 .
^ Aslet, Clive . "Unilever House, Blackfriars". The Thirties Society Journal . 1 : 18–21.