Editing 1920 in architecture

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The year '''1920 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* Construction of [[Welwyn Garden City]] in England begins with [[Louis de Soissons]] as architect and town planner.
* [[Edith Hughes (architect)|Edith Hughes]] establishes her own architectural practice, in [[Glasgow]], the first British woman to do so.
* In the first issue of the [[Purism|Purist]] art magazine ''L' Esprit Nouveau'' co-founded by him, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris adopts the pseudonym [[Le Corbusier]].

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Cenotaph Unveiling, 1920.jpg|thumb|upright|[[The Cenotaph, Whitehall]] in [[London]], on 11 November 1920]]
[[File:Winnipeg - Legislative Bldgs.jpg|thumb|[[Manitoba Legislative Building]] in [[Winnipeg]], Canada]]
===Buildings opened===
* [[November 11]] – [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall]], [[London]], designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Holland and Hannen and Cubitts Ltd.|title=Cubitts: its inception and development|year=1920|publisher=Holland & Hannen and Cubitts Ltd.|location=London|page=10}}</ref>
[[File:Hartford Times Building Connecticut.jpg|thumb|[[Hartford Times Building]]. Architect: [[Donn Barber]]]]
===Buildings completed===
* [[Ajuria Enea]], [[Vitoria-Gasteiz]], Spain, designed by Alfredo Baeschlin.
* [[Coliseum Theatre (Kuala Lumpur)]], Malaysia.
* [[Hartford Times Building]], [[Hartford, Connecticut]], designed by [[Donn Barber]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hartford Times Building (1920) |url=http://historicbuildingsct.com/hartford-times-building-1920/ |website=Historic Buildings of Connecticut |accessdate=13 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[Manitoba Legislative Building]] in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada.
* [[Oak Tower]], [[Downtown Kansas City, Missouri]], USA.
* [[Oslo Synagogue]], Norway.
* [[Teatro Municipal (Lima)]], Peru.
* [[Bankstown Reservoir]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – Egerton Swartwout
* [[Olympic medallists in art competitions|Olympic silver medal]] – [[Holger Sinding-Larsen]] of [[Norway]] for ''Project for a gymnastics school'' (no other medals awarded)
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Louis Girault]]
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[:fr:Michel Roux-Spitz|Michel Roux-Spitz]]

==Births==
* [[January 23]] – [[Gottfried Böhm]], German architect (died [[2021 in architecture|2021]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Peter Yates (architect)|Peter Yates]], English architect (died [[1982 in architecture|1982]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Vincent Scully]], American architectural historian (died [[2017 in architecture|2017]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Romaldo Giurgola]], Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor and author (died [[2016 in architecture|2016]])
* [[October 21]] – [[William Whitfield (architect)|William Whitfield]], English architect (died [[2019 in architecture|2019]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Bruce McCarty]], American architect (died [[2013 in architecture|2013]])

==Deaths==
* [[March 12]] – [[Hermann Eggert]], German architect (born [[1888 in architecture|1888]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Jean-Louis Pascal]], academic French architect (born [[1837 in architecture|1837]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Frank Matcham]], English theatrical architect and designer (born [[1854 in architecture|1854]])
* [[July 31]] – [[Thomas Tryon (architect)|Thomas Tryon]], American architect (born [[1859 in architecture|1859]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Ruggero Berlam]], Italian architect (born [[1854 in architecture|1854]])

==References==
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