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1947 in architecture
Summary
The year
1947 in architecture
involved some significant events.
List of years in architecture
(
table
)
…
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
…
Buildings and structures
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
edit
February–June – Initial proposals for the
Headquarters of the United Nations
in New York City are drawn up.
April – Initial proposals for
Point Park Civic Center
in
Pittsburgh
by
Frank Lloyd Wright
are presented.
Bankside Power Station
, London, designed by Sir
Giles Gilbert Scott
(completed in early 1960s; converted to
Tate Modern
art gallery in late 1990s).
Le Corbusier
commences construction of the
Cité radieuse
, Marseille
.
Reconstruction plan for the French city of
Nantes
by
Michel Roux-Spitz
is approved.
Jože Plečnik
proposes plans for the "
Plečnik Parliament
" overlooking
Ljubljana
.
Buildings and structures
edit
Zushi Temple
, Taiwan
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project
, Los Angeles
Buildings completed
edit
The
Berkeley Building
, or "Old" John Hancock Tower in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
United States
, designed by
Cram and Ferguson
.
75 Rockefeller Plaza
in New York City.
Altino Arantes Building
in
São Paulo
, Brazil, designed by Plínio Botelho do Amaral with the contractors, Camargo & Mesquita.
Wachovia Building (Mobile)
, Alabama, designed by Platt Roberts & Associates.
Nizami Mausoleum
, Ganja, Azerbaijan (replaced 1991).
[1]
Cathedral of
San Carlos de Bariloche
, Argentina, designed by
Alejandro Bustillo
.
St. Josaphat Cathedral
, McCauley, Edmonton, Alberta, designed by Reverend
Philip Ruh
.
Zushi Temple
, New Taipei City, Taiwan, designed by
Li Meishu
.
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project
in
Los Angeles
, California, designed by
Gregory Ain
.
Hearst Castle
, California, designed by
Julia Morgan
(construction, begun in
1919
, ceases).
Delano
hotel, Miami Beach, designed by Robert Swartburg.
Awards
edit
AIA Gold Medal
–
Eliel Saarinen
RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Albert Edward Richardson
Births
edit
March 8 –
Foad Rafii
, Iranian architect working in Canada
March 22 –
George Ferguson
, English architect and politician working in Bristol
April 20 –
Mark Fisher
, English architect specialising in rock music stage sets (died
2013
)
June 24 –
Ian Ritchie
, English architect working internationally
November 10 – Patrick Berger, French architect
December 9 –
Steven Holl
, American architect
December 12 –
Will Alsop
, English architect (died
2018
)
December 21 – Jacques Lucan, French architect
Aykut Karaman
, Turkish architect
Deaths
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January 22 –
Max Berg
, German architect (born
1870
)
February 21 –
Richard Barry Parker
, English architect and urban planner (born
1867
)
April 1 –
Carl Krayl
, German architect (born
1890
)
June 6 –
José Marques da Silva
, Portuguese architect (born
1869
)
August 5 –
Charles Bateman
, English architect (born
1863
)
September 9 –
Victor Horta
, Belgian architect (born
1861
)
October 1 –
James Gamble Rogers
, American architect (born
1867
)
November 5 –
Fritz Schumacher
, German architect (born
1869
)
November 20 –
Walter J. Mathews
, American architect working in California (born
1850
)
November 28
James Miller
, Scottish architect (born
1860
)
Cecil Wood
, New Zealand architect (born
1878
)
Vjekoslav Bastl
, Croatian secessionist architect working in Zagreb (born
1872
)
Frank Chouteau Brown
, American architect (born
1876
)
Henrietta Cuttino Dozier
, American architect working in the southern states (born
1872
)
Squire J. Vickers
, American architect working on the New York City Subway (born
1872
)
Francis W. Wilson
, American architect working in California (born
1870
)
References
edit
^
Marriott, James; Minio-Paluello,Mika (2012).
The Oil Road: Travels from the Caspian to the City
. Verso Books.
ISBN
978-1-84467-927-0
.