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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_7/ylKjs7QG">September 7</a> – Ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new <a href="/facts/Palace_of_Nations%2c_Geneva/YvYFEVRa">Palace of Nations</a> in Geneva.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_18/ahlTnDHt">November 18</a> – Ceremony to break the ground for the <a href="/facts/Umaid_Bhawan_Palace/XbXJB7la">Umaid Bhawan Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Jodhpur/llc7woJ8">Jodhpur</a>, India, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Vaughan_Lanchester/dGjUzkvz">Henry Vaughan Lanchester</a> (completed <a href="/facts/1943_in_architecture/CxuDu7P1">1943</a>).</li> <li>Plan of <a href="/facts/White_City_(Tel_Aviv)/t6yr6X3r">White City (Tel Aviv)</a> in <a href="/facts/Mandatory_Palestine/mv0NGUBy">Mandatory Palestine</a> by <a href="/facts/Patrick_Geddes/s01fHJGY">Patrick Geddes</a> agreed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/WUWA_(Wroc%25C5%2582aw)/Gl259ehN">WUWA (Wrocław)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1929</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li>April – <a href="/facts/Williamsburgh_Savings_Bank_Tower/cmSJWmHR">Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower</a>, <a href="/facts/Brooklyn/UnUzxCFe">Brooklyn</a>, New York city, designed by Halsey, McCormack and Helmer.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> – Chapel, <a href="/facts/Stowe_School/BBU5qHjl">Stowe School</a>, England, designed by Sir <a href="/facts/Robert_Lorimer/QgIvT8Vz">Robert Lorimer</a> (died September 13).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_23/pQFpKSIn">July 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Landakotskirkja/75aus6BE">Landakotskirkja</a>, Reykjavik, Iceland.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Baker_City_Tower/qY7SlurN">Baker City Tower</a> hotel, <a href="/facts/Baker_City%2c_Oregon/t6I4jSzH">Baker City, Oregon</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Tourtellotte_%2526_Hummel/JWHmmszo">Tourtellotte & Hummel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Dominion_Theatre/5v6aC9Jj">Dominion Theatre</a>, London, England, designed by W. and T. R. Milburn.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London/GyLB4SDq">Underground Electric Railways Company of London</a> headquarters, <a href="/facts/55_Broadway/yH4lgp11">55 Broadway</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Holden/G8wbALaD">Charles Holden</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li>Station reconstructions on <a href="/facts/Berlin_U-Bahn/hlqVPSqy">Berlin U-Bahn</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Alfred_Grenander/SJxsE9fg">Alfred Grenander</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Barcelona_Pavilion/mrzhFUTt">Barcelona Pavilion</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe/9vC2LK1S">Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fairmont_Royal_York/rnuFW3XW">Royal York Hotel</a> in Toronto, Ontario; it becomes the tallest building in the British Empire.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frauenfriedenskirche/WYGx1lxx">Frauenfriedenskirche</a>, Frankfurt, Germany.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_Our_Lady_%2526_St_Alphege%2c_Bath/tFEeceaj">Church of Our Lady & St Alphege, Bath</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Giles_Gilbert_Scott/jEkk0Gdj">Giles Gilbert Scott</a> (July).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lovell_House/W6lVcHuW">Lovell House</a> in Los Angeles, designed by <a href="/facts/Richard_Neutra/HzNNzhpk">Richard Neutra</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/E-1027/QJmxybRL">E-1027</a> vacation home at <a href="/facts/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin/CAsL4Nsc">Roquebrune-Cap-Martin</a> in the south of France, designed for themselves by <a href="/facts/Eileen_Gray/Ut8mKtEM">Eileen Gray</a> and her lover <a href="/facts/Jean_Badovici/Us5KDEBr">Jean Badovici</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Imperial_Chemical_House/TA7n11hy">Imperial Chemical House</a> on Millbank, <a href="/facts/City_of_Westminster/8pvuYHq2">Westminster</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Frank_Baines/RGJfIvye">Frank Baines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paimio_Sanatorium/0jnS8NSf">Paimio Sanatorium</a> in Finland, designed by <a href="/facts/Alvar_Aalto/vhHeMTTz">Alvar Aalto</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Boston_Avenue_Methodist_Church/VgorfC0z">Boston Avenue Methodist Church</a> in <a href="/facts/Tulsa%2c_Oklahoma/2s2CcSHe">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richfield_Tower/qQPSqnuX">Richfield Tower</a> in Los Angeles, designed by <a href="/facts/Stiles_O._Clements/dw2WhrXy">Stiles O. Clements</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Van_Nelle_Factory/4byFTSxG">Van Nelle Factory</a> in Rotterdam, Netherlands.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Plaza_de_Toros_de_Las_Ventas/okXTkjEn">Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas</a> in Madrid, Spain, designed by José Espeliú.</li> <li>Melnikov-House, designed by <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Melnikov/E5gUj5yg">Konstantin Melnikov</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rodmarton_Manor/tgUKRnTj">Rodmarton Manor</a> in Gloucestershire, England, designed by the <a href="/facts/Barnsley_brothers/gICeQwBr">Barnsley brothers</a> and <a href="/facts/Norman_Jewson/hT9kJ0VR">Norman Jewson</a> (begun 1909).</li> <li>Functionalist villa by Bohdan Lachert in Warsaw, Poland.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Milton_Bennett_Medary/CPIorjHC">Milton Bennett Medary</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Victor_Laloux/jjGPqKCs">Victor Laloux</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture – Jean Niermans</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Dmitri_Bruns/12aLzoUg">Dmitri Bruns</a>, Estonian architect and theorist</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Gehry/tSunALsf">Frank Gehry</a>, Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_3/qXsPDWwH">April 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Fazlur_Rahman_Khan/Nd5oVSXm">Fazlur Rahman Khan</a>, Bengal-born structural engineer (died <a href="/facts/1982_in_architecture/PCInSr4m">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_22/Skm5fcCt">May 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Neave_Brown/ljTs6K88">Neave Brown</a>, American-born British residential architect (died <a href="/facts/2018_in_architecture/5mlyqCEd">2018</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_15/Gv1phhWL">June 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Derek_Walker_(architect)/aGA7yAVL">Derek Walker</a>, English architect and urban planner (died <a href="/facts/2015_in_architecture/oWuPuKqk">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Vy%25C5%25A1kovsk%25C3%25BD/byhxSuNH">Richard Vyškovský</a>, Czech architect and creator of paper models (died <a href="/facts/2019_in_architecture/mKpHM6UC">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Raymond_Moriyama/ngrXlyR9">Raymond Moriyama</a>, Canadian architect</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Ralph_Knott/xny94z7U">Ralph Knott</a>, English architect (born <a href="/facts/1878_in_architecture/bwXUknFA">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_24/Bw3LGK6c">February 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Lucien_Weissenburger/4DD5qeNk">Lucien Weissenburger</a>, French Art Nouveau architect (born <a href="/facts/1860_in_architecture/kgmxBlhx">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Francis_Conroy_Sullivan/oak0TNh4">Francis Conroy Sullivan</a>, Canadian architect and pupil of <a href="/facts/Frank_Lloyd_Wright/bdIS237F">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> (born <a href="/facts/1882_in_architecture/QyKyFUuh">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Knox_Taylor/aEVfYEMd">James Knox Taylor</a>, Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury (born <a href="/facts/1857_in_architecture/q92wvqgs">1857</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_13/1fQluuol">September 13</a> – Sir <a href="/facts/Robert_Lorimer/QgIvT8Vz">Robert Lorimer</a>, Scottish architect and furniture designer (born <a href="/facts/1864_in_architecture/6B3ew0uI">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589mile_B%25C3%25A9nard/1upECwKV">Émile Bénard</a>, French architect and painter (born <a href="/facts/1844_in_architecture/eBeNyPdK">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Axel_Berg_(architect)/ESnhUXRp">Axel Berg</a>, prize-winning Danish architect (born <a href="/facts/1856_in_architecture/HRJJIJ3G">1856</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Suisse-ONU: une longue histoire…" (in French). Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2009. <a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/dossiers/adhesion_onu/Suisse_ONU_une_longue_histoire_8230.html?siteSect=21011&sid=1316785&cKey=1031226960000&ty=st" target="_blank">http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/dossiers/adhesion_onu/Suisse_ONU_une_longue_histoire_8230.html?siteSect=21011&sid=1316785&cKey=1031226960000&ty=st</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Critchley, David J. (2019). "Heaven on Earth: Sir Robert Lorimer and Stowe School Church 1926–29". Records of Buckinghamshire. 59: 195–247. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Neave Brown: architect who transformed Camden dies aged 88. Camden New Journal, 19 February 2018. <a href="https://camdennewjournal.com/article/neave-brown-architect-who-transformed-camden-dies-aged-88" target="_blank">https://camdennewjournal.com/article/neave-brown-architect-who-transformed-camden-dies-aged-88</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Housing pioneer Neave Brown dies aged 88. Dezeen, 10 January 2018. <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/10/architect-neave-brown-dies-obituary/" target="_blank">https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/10/architect-neave-brown-dies-obituary/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"James Knox Taylor likely to be appointed over New Yorkers", The New York Times,17 October 1897. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>