1934 in architecture
The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- The Architects (Registration) Act, 1934, is passed in the United Kingdom; the legislation is eventually superseded by a new Act in 1997.
- Narkomtiazhprom stage a design contest for construction of a People's Commissariat of Construction of Heavy Industry in Red Square, Moscow in the Soviet Union.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- May – Penguin Pool, London Zoo, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup.
- July 9 – Isokon building, Hampstead, London, designed by Wells Coates.
- July 17 – Circular Manchester Central Library, England, designed by Vincent Harris; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent Manchester Town Hall Extension is laid on same day.
- October 23 – Guildhall, Swansea, Wales, designed by Percy Thomas.
- October 24 – Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, designed by Angiolo Mazzoni.
- November 24 – ANZAC War Memorial in Sydney, Australia, designed by Bruce Dellit.
Buildings completed
- Gothenburg City Theatre, Sweden.
- 2 Holden Street, Kensington Park, Adelaide. Built by Philip Claridge for Don Bradman as his personal residence.
- 64 Heath Drive, Gidea Park, London, designed by Francis Skinner of Tecton Group.
- Cholmeley Lodge, Highgate, London, designed by Guy Morgan.
- Samuel Goldwyn Estate, Beverly Hills, California, by Douglas Honnold and George Vernon Russell
- Drapacz Chmur apartment building, Katowice, Poland, designed by architect Tadeusz Kozłowski and structural engineer Stefan Bryła.
- Helsingborg Concert Hall, designed by Sven Markelius.
- Synagogue at Skořepka 13, Brno, designed by Otto Eisler.
- New Cambridge University Library and Memorial Court for Clare College, Cambridge, designed as an ensemble, and buildings in North Court, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England, all by Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Tongland Generating Station, Galloway hydro-electric power scheme, Scotland, designed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners.
- Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, designed by.
- Fronton Recoletos, Madrid, designed by Eduardo Torroja.
- Joyería J. Roca at 18, Paseo de Gracia, and Ciutat de Repòs i de Vacances, both in Barcelona and designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
- 57 Ahad Ha'am Street, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Genia Averbuch.
Publication
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henry Vaughan Lanchester.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Hilt.
Births
- January 4 – Zurab Tsereteli, Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect, President of the Russian Academy of Arts
- March 30 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and designer
- April 8 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement
- June 21 – John Outram, English architect
- July 9 – Michael Graves, US architect, one of The New York Five
- September 11 – Cedric Price, English architect
- September 30 – Marco Dezzi Bardeschi, Italian architect
- October 12 – Richard Meier, US Rationalist architect
- November 6 – Barton Myers, US-Canadian architect and teacher
- Nari Gandhi, Indian architect
Deaths
- March 7 – Henry Wilson, English Arts and Crafts architect and metalwork designer
- May 17 – Cass Gilbert, US Beaux Arts architect
- August 12 – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect
- August 14 – Raymond Hood, US Art Deco architect
- August 18 – Sir John Sulman, Australian architect
- October 4 – Henry Sproatt, Canadian architect
- November 27 – Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect