Editing 1933 in architecture

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The year '''1933 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* The [[Bauhaus]] school in [[Berlin]] is permanently closed by the [[Nazism|Nazi]] government.
* Modern Architectural Research Group ([[MARS Group]]) established as a think tank by younger architects and critics involved in the [[International style (architecture)|modernist movement]] in [[Great Britain]].
* Completion of restoration of [[Herstmonceux Castle]] in England by [[Walter Godfrey]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1933}}

===Buildings opened===
* [[February 21]] – [[Nebotičnik]] skyscraper, [[Ljubljana]], Yugoslavia, designed by [[Vladimir Šubic]].
* July – New [[Midland Hotel, Morecambe]], Lancashire, England, designed by [[Oliver Hill (architect)|Oliver Hill]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Lord Clonmore|author-link=William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow|title=London, Morecambe & elSewhere|journal=[[Architectural Review]]|volume=74|year=1933|pages=93–9}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Leeds Civic Hall]], Yorkshire, England, designed by [[Vincent Harris]] in [[1926 in architecture|1926]].
* [[November 29]] – [[Schwandbach Bridge]], Switzerland, designed by [[Robert Maillart]].
* [[Royal Masonic Hospital]] (later Ravenscourt Park Hospital) at [[Ravenscourt Park]] in London, designed by [[Thomas S. Tait]] of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Susan|last=Gold|title=The Royal Masonic Hospital|pages=29–34|journal=The Thirties Society Journal|volume=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bayer|first=Patricia|title=[[Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties]]|location=London|publisher=[[Thames and Hudson]]|year=1992|chapter=Civic Structures|isbn=0-500-28149-1}}</ref>
* [[Labworth Café]] on [[Canvey Island]], England, designed by engineer [[Ove Arup]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Battersea Power Station, 1934 with only two chimneys (Our Generation, 1938).jpg|thumb|[[Battersea Power Station]], first stage]]
* [[:File:St Gabriel's Church, Brownhill, Blackburn - geograph.org.uk - 35554.jpg|St Gabriel's Anglican Church]] in [[Blackburn]], England, designed by [[F. X. Velarde]].
* Városmajori Roman Catholic church in [[Budapest]], completed by [[Bertalan Árkay]] following the death in 1932 of his father [[Aladár Árkay]].
* [[Myer]] Emporium renovation, Bourke Street, [[Melbourne]], Australia.
* The Round House, designed by [[Berthold Lubetkin]]'s [[Tecton Group|Tecton Architectural Group]] to house gorillas at [[London Zoo]], one of the first [[Modern architecture|modernist]] buildings in [[Great Britain|Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |title=Berthold Lubetkin |publisher=[[Design Museum]] |accessdate=2008-03-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325093119/http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |archivedate=25 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Battersea Power Station]], [[London]], with [[Giles Gilbert Scott]] as consultant architect,<ref>{{cite journal|first=Gavin|last=Stamp|author-link=Gavin Stamp|title=Battersea Power Station|journal=The Thirties Society Journal|volume=1|pages=3–8}}</ref> begins operation.
* [[:File:College Hall Officers' Mess crop.jpg|College Hall]], [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell]], England, designed by [[James Grey West]].
* [[:File:Mardon Halls.jpg|Mardon Hall]], first of the [[University of Exeter Halls of Residence]] in England, designed by [[Vincent Harris]].
* [[:File:Somerville College, Oxford - Darbishire quad.JPG|Darbishire Quad]] at [[Somerville College, Oxford]], England, designed by [[Percy Richard Morley Horder|Morley Horder]].
* Mercado de Abastos de [[Algeciras]] (market hall), Spain, designed by [[Eduardo Torroja]].
* Villa Markelius in [[Stockholm]], designed by [[Sven Markelius]] for himself.
* [http://www.hausschminke.de/ Schminke house] in [[Löbau]], Germany, designed by [[Hans Scharoun]].
* [[:File:Angel house.jpg|Engel House]], [[White City (Tel Aviv)]], [[Mandatory Palestine]], designed by [[Zeev Rechter]].
* Töss Footbridge, [[Winterthur]], Switzerland, designed by [[Robert Maillart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Töss Footbridge|url=http://structurae.net/structures/toss-footbridge|work=[[Structurae]]|accessdate=2015-07-16}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Ragnar Östberg]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Reed Peers]].
* [[Prix de Rome|Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[:fr:Alexandre Courtois|Alexandre Courtois]].

==Publications==
* [[John Betjeman]] – ''Ghastly Good Taste, or the depressing story of the rise and fall of British architecture''.
* ''The Information Book of Sir John Burnet, Tait & Lorne''.

==Births==
* [[February 2]] – [[Rodney Gordon]], British architect (died [[2008 in architecture|2008]])
* [[June 25]] – [[Álvaro Siza Vieira]], Portuguese architect and architectural educator
* [[July 23]]
** [[Raimund Abraham]], Austrian architect (died [[2010 in architecture|2010]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Raimund Abraham, Architect With Vision, Dies at 76|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/arts/design/06abraham.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>
** [[Richard Rogers]], Italian-born British modernist and functionalist architect (died [[2021 in architecture|2021]])
* [[October 29]] – [[John Andrews (architect)|John Andrews]], Australian architect (died [[2022 in architecture|2022]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Vale John Andrews AO |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/vale-john-andrews-ao |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Australian Institute of Architects}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] – [[Terje Moe (architect)|Terje Moe]], Norwegian architect (died [[2009 in architecture|2009]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Terje Moe – arkitekt|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Terje_Moe/arkitekt|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 December 2009}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] - [[Isaac Fola-Alade]], Nigerian architect ([[1004 Estate]]) (died  [[2021 in architecture|2021]])

==Deaths==
[[File:Luca Beltrami (crop).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Luca Beltrami]]]]
* January – [[Edward Lippincott Tilton]], American architect based in New York (born [[1861 in architecture|1861]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Émile André]], French architect, artist and furniture designer (born [[1871 in architecture|1871]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Harold Peto]], English architect and garden designer (born [[1854 in architecture|1854]])
* [[August 8]]
** [[Luca Beltrami]], Italian architect and architectural historian (born [[1854 in architecture|1854]])
** [[Adolf Loos]], Austrian/Czechoslovak architect and writer (born [[1870 in architecture|1870]])
* [[December 4]] – [[W. G. R. Sprague]], British theatre architect (born [[1863 in architecture|1863]])
* [[December 24]] – Sir [[Frank Baines]], English architect (born [[1877 in architecture|1877]])

==References==
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