Overview of the events of 1940 in architecture
The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.[2]
- St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas, Slovenia, designed by Jože Plečnik.
- Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania.
- Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (d.1930) in 1913 and completed by his son Kaare Klint.
- Church and Priory of Christ the King, Cockfosters, London, designed by Dom Constantine Bosschaerts.
- Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
- Replacement Llao Llao Hotel at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo.
- Civic Centre of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Ernesto de Estrada.
- New Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Atatürk Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey (the fourth bridge on this site).[3]
- Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal in Ann Arbor, United States, designed by Banfield and Cumming with Douglas Loree.
- Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan) Tank Plant, designed by Albert Kahn.
- Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames, England, designed by Jane Drew.
- No. 4 Boathouse at HMNB Portsmouth, England, designed by E. A. Scott.
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Hull Daily Mail (1940-11-11) p.3.
- ^ Ponciano, Levino (2001). Bairros Paulistanos de A a Z. Senac. p. 12. ISBN 978-85-7359-223-8. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "Türkçe Bilgi: Unkapanı Atatürk Köprüsü" (in Turkish).
- ^ "Lebbeus Woods, Experimental Architect, Dies". archdaily.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.