Editing 1924 in architecture

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The year '''1924 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* May – [[Royal Fine Art Commission]] appointed to advise the [[government of the United Kingdom]] on matters concerning the built environment.
* [[Eileen Gray]] and [[Jean Badovici]] begin work on their vacation home [[E-1027]] at [[Roquebrune-Cap-Martin]] in the [[south of France]]

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Chilehaus - Hamburg.jpg|thumb|[[Chilehaus]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany]]
[[File:Rietveld Schröderhuis HayKranen-14.JPG|thumb|[[Rietveld Schröder House]] in [[Utrecht]], Netherlands]]

===Buildings completed===
* The [[Chilehaus]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany, designed by [[Johann Friedrich Höger]].
* [[Rietveld Schröder House]] in [[Utrecht]], Netherlands, designed by [[Gerrit Rietveld]].
* [[Copenhagen Police Headquarters]] in Denmark, designed by [[Hack Kampmann]] (died [[1920 in architecture|1920]]).
* [[Midland Bank]] [[:File:Lutyens Midland Bank.JPG|headquarters]] in the City of London, designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]].
* [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building]] on Manhattan, designed by [[York and Sawyer]].
* [[American Radiator Building]] on Manhattan, designed by [[John Mead Howells]], [[Raymond Hood]] and [[J. André Fouilhoux]].
* [[Queen Mary's Dolls' House]] in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
* Church Rate Corner (private house) in [[Cambridge]], England designed by [[Baillie Scott]].<ref>{{cite book|author=The Twentieth Century Society|author-link=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3|chapter=1924}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Olympic medallists in art competitions|Olympic silver medal]] – [[Alfréd Hajós]] & [[Dezso Lauber]] of [[Hungary]] for ''Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium''.
* Olympic bronze medal – [[Julien Médecin]] of [[Monaco]] for ''Stadium for Monte Carlo'' (no gold medal was awarded).
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Marcel Péchin.

==Births==

*[[February 29]] – [[Agustín Hernández Navarro]], Mexican architect and sculptor (died [[2022 in architecture|2022]])<ref>Margarita Tortajada Quiroz: [http://www.uam.mx/difusion/revista/feb2002/tortajada.html ''Amalia Hernández: audacia y fuerza creativa''] (Spanish)</ref>
*[[March 23]] – [[John Madin]], English architect (died [[2012 in architecture|2012]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Arthur Erickson]], Canadian architect (died [[2009 in architecture|2009]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theprovince.com/architect+Arthur+Erickson+dead/1614087/story.html |title=Mercer, Katie; Chan, Cheryl. "B.C. architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84," ''The Province'' (Vancouver), Thursday, May 21, 2009. |access-date=2014-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624235457/http://www.theprovince.com/architect+Arthur+Erickson+dead/1614087/story.html |archive-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[August 14]] – [[Sverre Fehn]], award-winning Norwegian architect (died [[2009 in architecture|2009]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Norwegian architect, Sverre Fehn, dies at 84|url=http://www.norway.org/ARCHIVE/culture/architecture/sverre_fehn/|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)]]|date=4 March 2009|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref>
*[[August 16]] – [[Philip Dowson]], South African-born British architect (died [[2014 in architecture|2014]])
*[[December 4]] – [[John C. Portman Jr.]], American architect and developer

==Deaths==
*[[April 14]] – [[Louis Sullivan]], American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers"<ref>Kaufman, Mervyn D. (1969). ''Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan.'' Boston: Little, Brown and Company.</ref> and "father of modernism"<ref>Chambers Biographical Dictionary. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. s.v. "Sullivan, Louis Henry," http://www.credoreference.com/entry/chambbd/sullivan_louis_henry {{subscription required}}</ref>  (born [[1856 in architecture|1856]])
*[[April 23]] – [[Bertram Goodhue]], American neo-gothic architect (born [[1869 in architecture|1869]])<ref>Oliver, Richard (1983). ''Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press for the Architectural History Foundation. xii + 297 pp.; 146 illustrations, bibliography, index. {{ISBN|978-0-262-15024-8}}</ref>
*[[April 24]] – [[Ferdinand Arnodin]], French bridge engineer (born [[1845 in architecture|1845]])
*[[August 11]] – [[Franz Heinrich Schwechten]], German architect (born [[1841 in architecture|1841]])
*[[November 7]] – Sir [[Thomas Graham Jackson]], English architect active in Oxford (born [[1835 in architecture|1835]])

==References==
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