Editing 1927 in architecture

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The year '''1927 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
[[File:Melnikov Kauchuk club.jpg|thumb|[[Konstantin Melnikov|Melnikov]] stands in front of his completed [[Kauchuk Factory Club]]]]
* [[July 11]] – [[1927 Jericho earthquake]] destroys or damages many [[mosque]]s and other buildings in the area of [[Mandatory Palestine]].
* The opening of the [[Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage]] in [[Moscow]], designed by [[Konstantin Melnikov]] and [[Vladimir Shukhov]], marks the beginning of Melnikov's "golden season", designing over ten buildings in one year, including extant [[Kauchuk Factory Club]], [[Rusakov Workers' Club]], [[Svoboda Factory Club]] and his own residence in Moscow. These buildings are completed in [[1928 in architecture|1928]]–[[1929 in architecture|1929]].
* The 15th century [[St. Joan of Arc Chapel|Chapelle de St. Martin de Seyssuel]] is relocated from [[Chasse-sur-Rhône]] to [[Long Island]], New York.

==Buildings and structures==
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Centre Block, Ottawa, Southeast view 20170422 1.jpg|thumb|[[Centre Block]], the main building of the [[Parliament of Canada]] on [[Parliament Hill]] in [[Ottawa]], Canada]]
[[File:Union and New Haven Trust Building, New Haven, Connecticut.jpg|thumb|[[Union and New Haven Trust Building]], New Haven, Connecticut]]
* January – [[:File:Ratana Pa 11.JPG|Temepara Tapu o Ihoa (Holy Temple of Jehovah)]], [[Rātana Pā]], New Zealand, is privately opened.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Keith|title=The Founding of a Faith|url=http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2010/HNZ10-Ratana.aspx|publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612031449/http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2010/HNZ10-Ratana.aspx|archive-date=2011-06-12|accessdate=2021-01-20}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] – [[Centre Block]], the main building of the [[Parliament of Canada]] on [[Parliament Hill]] in [[Ottawa]], rebuilt after a fire in 1916 to a design by [[John A. Pearson]] and Jean Omer Marchand, is officially opened.
* [[July 6]] – [[:File:Leicester Central Fire Station - geograph.org.uk - 467476.jpg|Central Fire Station]] in [[Leicester]], England, designed by Albert E. and Tom Sawday, is officially opened.
* [[July 14]] – [[Scottish National War Memorial]] at [[Edinburgh Castle]], designed by [[Robert Lorimer]], is opened.
* [[July 24]] – [[Menin Gate]] Memorial to the Missing at [[Ypres]], [[Belgium]], designed by Sir [[Reginald Blomfield]], is unveiled.
* [[October 9]] – [[Norwich War Memorial]] in England, designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], is unveiled.
* [[October 24]] – [[Fred F. French Building]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], New York City, designed by H. Douglas Ives with Sloan & Robertson, is opened.

===Buildings completed===
* [[Weissenhof Estate]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany, designed by a team led by [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]].
* Double house in [[Brno]], designed by [[Otto Eisler]].
* 5 villas in rue Mallet-Stevens, Paris, designed by [[Robert Mallet-Stevens]].
* The rebuilt Quadrant in [[Regent Street]], [[London]], England.
* The [[Shrine of Remembrance]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
* The [[:de:Antoniuskirche (Basel)|Antoniuskirche (Basel)]] in Switzerland, designed by [[Karl Moser]].
* The Art Deco [[LeVeque Tower]], designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, in [[Columbus, Ohio]], [[United States]]. At {{convert|555.5|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} tall, it is just slightly higher than the [[Washington Monument]].
* The [[Ahwahnee Hotel]] in [[Yosemite National Park]], [[California]], designed by [[Gilbert Stanley Underwood]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=Laura Soullière|date=2001-02-26|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/harrison/harrison15.htm|title=The Ahwahnee Hotel|work=Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study |publisher=National Park Service – Department of the Interior|accessdate=2006-07-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716234712/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/harrison/harrison15.htm|archivedate=2006-07-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Union and New Haven Trust Building]], [[New Haven, Connecticut]], designed by [[Cross & Cross]].<ref name="NHBA">{{cite web |title=Union and New Haven Trust Building |url=https://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=5a9304342fd33b23286c5cfd |website=New Haven Building Archive |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Howard Van Doren Shaw]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Herbert Baker]].

==Births==
* [[January 30]] – [[Roberto Gottardi]], Italian architect (died [[2017 in architecture|2017]])<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vaWs_59ZafYC&dq=Roberto+Gottardi+30+jan+1927&pg=PA176 Profile of Roberto Gottardi]</ref>
* [[March 3]] – [[Christian Menn]], bridge architect (died [[2018 in architecture|2018]])<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Famed bridge-builder Christian Menn dies |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/many-rivers-to-cross_famed-bridge-builder-christian-menn-dies/44268754 |work=Swissinfo |date=2018-07-19 |access-date=2018-07-19}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] – [[Ruth Rivera Marín]], Mexican architect (died [[1969 in architecture|1969]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Anton Alberts (architect)|Anton Alberts]], Dutch architect best known for the ING Bank, Amsterdam (died [[1999 in architecture|1999]])
* [[August 26]] – [[B. V. Doshi]], Indian architect (died [[2023 in architecture|2023]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/01/25/celebrated-indian-architect-balkrishna-doshi-dies-aged-95/|first=Razmig|last=Bedirian|date=2023-01-25|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|location=Abu Dhabi|accessdate=2023-02-18}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – [[Gae Aulenti]], [[Italian people|Italian]] architect, interior and lighting designer (died [[2012 in architecture|2012]])

==Deaths==
[[File:DomenechiMontaner1915.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]]]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Antonio Rivas Mercado]], [[Mexican people|Mexican]] architect (born [[1853 in architecture|1853]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Mark Judge (architect)|Mark Judge]], British architect and engineer (born [[1847 in architecture|1847]])
* [[March 12]] – [[John Beavor-Webb]], Irish-born American naval architect (born [[1849 in architecture|1849]])
* [[June 23]] – Colonel Sir [[Robert William Edis]], English architect and interior decorator (born [[1839 in architecture|1839]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Mimar Kemaleddin Bey]], Turkish architect (born [[1870 in architecture|1870]]; cerebral hemorrhage)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://v3.arkitera.com/h24340-mimar-kemaleddin-tarihin-donum-noktalarinda-bir-mimar.html|publisher=arkitera|title=Mimar Kemaleddin: Tarihin dönüm noktalarında bir mimar|date=2008-01-25|language=Turkish|accessdate=2013-02-26}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] – [[Henry Ward (architect)|Henry Ward]], British architect (born [[1852 in architecture|1852]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Hermann Muthesius]], German architect and writer on architecture (born [[1861 in architecture|1861]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Joseph Schwartz (architect)|Joseph Schwartz]], American architect (born [[1858 in architecture|1858]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]], [[Catalonia|Catalan]] [[Spain|Spanish]] architect (born [[1850 in architecture|1850]])

==References==
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