Editing 1922 in architecture

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The year '''1922 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* Construction of [[Böttcherstraße]] in [[Bremen]], Germany, in the [[Brick Expressionism|Brick Expressionist]] style, begins.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tim Benton|title=Expressionism|publisher=Open University Press|year=1975|page=28}}</ref>
* The proposed construction of a [[Tatlin's Tower|Monument to the Third International]], designed by [[Vladimir Tatlin]], is cancelled.<ref name=HF>[[Hugh Honour|Honour, H.]] and Fleming, J. (2009) ''A World History of Art''. 7th edn. London: Laurence King Publishing, p. 819. {{ISBN|978-1-85669-584-8}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1922}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Lincoln Memorial at National Mall & Memorial Parks (5254d588-ab6b-417e-9100-8c7db9279168).jpg|thumb|[[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], USA]]
* [[March 21]] – Rebuilt [[London Waterloo station]] with war memorial entrance is officially opened (engineers: J. W. Jacomb-Hood and A. W. Szlumper; architect: J. R. Scott).
* [[May 30]] – [[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] is dedicated by William H. Taft, in the presence of Abraham Lincoln's son, 79-year-old [[Robert Todd Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Lincoln Memorial |last=Pfanz |first=Donald C. |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |url=http://image1.nps.gov/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=/Text/NRHP-6340b4580b4649f499fbab210684e03f.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT) |date=1981-03-24 |accessdate=2009-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224002508/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=%2FText%2FNRHP-6340b4580b4649f499fbab210684e03f.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29 |archivedate=2012-02-24 }} p. 5.</ref>
* [[June 9]] – [[Spalding War Memorial]] in England, designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], is dedicated.
* [[October 14]] – [[Gerrards Cross Memorial Building]] in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
* [[November 26]] – [[Rochdale Cenotaph]] in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Casino de Ponce.JPG|thumb|[[Antiguo Casino de Ponce]] in Puerto Rico]]
* [[Estonia]]n Constituent Assembly ([[Riigikogu]]) building in [[Toompea Castle]], designed by [[Eugen Habermann]] and [[Herbert Johanson]].
* [[Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria]] (Roman Catholic) [[Droitwich Spa]], England, by Frank B. Peacock.
* [[Antiguo Casino de Ponce]], Puerto Rico, by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez.<ref>''Historia del Antiguo Casino de Ponce.'' Government of the Municipality of Ponce. p.1 (14 pages). Available from the Casino's walk-in office.</ref>
* [[Phitsanulok Mansion]] in [[Bangkok]], by [[Mario Tamagno]].
* [[Shabolovka tower]] in [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]], by [[Vladimir Shukhov]].
* [[Wolseley Motors]] showrooms, 160 [[Piccadilly]], [[London]], by [[William Curtis Green|W. Curtis Green]].
* [[Wrigley Building]] in [[Chicago]], Illinois, by [[Graham, Anderson, Probst & White]].
* [[Shukhov Tower]] in [[Moscow]], by [[Vladimir Shukhov]].

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Victor Laloux]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Hastings (architect)|Thomas Hastings]]
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Robert Giroud.

==Births==
* [[January 4]] – [[Mart Port]], Estonian architect (died [[2012 in architecture|2012]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Colin St John Wilson]], English architect (died [[2007 in architecture|2007]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1551654/Sir-Colin-St-John-Wilson.html|title=Sir Colin St John Wilson|journal=The Daily Telegraph|date=15 May 2007|access-date=2019-09-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] – [[Valve Pormeister]], Estonian architect (died [[2002 in architecture|2002]])<ref>[http://www.sirp.ee/archive/2002/01.11.02/Kunst/kunst1-6.html "Valve Pormeister 13. IV 1922 – 27. X 2002"], ''Sirp.ee''. {{in lang|et}} Retrieved 14 February 2012.</ref>
* [[May 29]] – [[Iannis Xenakis]], Greek composer, music theorist and architect-engineer (died [[2001 in architecture|2001]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Kevin Roche]], Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect (died [[2019 in architecture|2019]])
* [[Bill Howell (architect)|Bill Howell]], British architect (died [[1974 in architecture|1974]])

==Deaths==
[[File:HB Storck.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Hermann Baagøe Storck]]]]
* [[April 18]] – [[Hjalmar Welhaven]], Norwegian architect, palace manager and sportsman (born [[1850 in architecture|1850]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=  https://nkl.snl.no/Hjalmar_Welhaven|title= Hjalmar Welhaven|publisher=  Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author= Ole Petter Bjerkek |accessdate= September 1, 2017}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] – [[Eugène Vallin]], French architect, furniture designer and manufacturer (born [[1856 in architecture|1856]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Benjamin D. Price]], American architect known principally for his catalogue sales of plans for churches (born [[1845 in architecture|1845]])
* [[December 4]] – [[Hermann Baagøe Storck]], Danish architect and heraldist (born [[1839 in architecture|1839]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Ernest George]], English architect and painter (born 1839)
* [[William Henry Miller (architect)|William Henry Miller]], American architect based in [[Ithaca, New York]] (born [[1848 in architecture|1848]])

==References==
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