1940 in architecture
The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia
Grundtvig's Church in
Copenhagen, Denmark
Buildings completed
- Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.
- 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).
- 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
John A. Pearson
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.