Editing 1934 in architecture

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The year '''1934 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938|The Architects (Registration) Act, 1934]], is passed in the United Kingdom; the legislation is eventually superseded by a new Act in 1997.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/22 Chapter 22.]</ref>
* [[Narkomtiazhprom]] stage a design contest for construction of a People's Commissariat of Construction of Heavy Industry in [[Red Square]], Moscow in the Soviet Union.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1934}}
===Buildings opened===
* May – [[London Zoo#Architecture|Penguin Pool, London Zoo]], designed by [[Berthold Lubetkin]] and [[Ove Arup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/architecture-at-the-zoo,271,NS.html|title=Architecture at the Zoo|publisher=[[Zoological Society of London]]|date=2006-06-15|accessdate=2008-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205202418/http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/architecture-at-the-zoo%2C271%2CNS.html|archive-date=2008-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – [[Isokon building]] (Lawn Road flats), [[Hampstead]], [[London]], designed by [[Wells Coates]].
* [[July 17]] – Circular [[Manchester Central Library]], England, designed by [[Vincent Harris]]; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent [[Manchester Town Hall Extension]] is laid on same day.
* [[October 23]] – [[Guildhall, Swansea]], Wales, designed by [[Percy Thomas]].<ref>{{cite book|first1 = Anthony | last1 = Cornish | first2 = Francis | last2 = Frith | location = Salisbury, Wiltshire |title=Swansea Pocket Album|publisher=Frith Book Company Ltd.|date=2007-07-26|isbn=978-1-85937-717-8}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] – [[Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo|Palazzo delle Poste]], [[Palermo]], Sicily, Italy, designed by [[Angiolo Mazzoni]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/fascist-architecture-through-ages | title = A Look Back at Fascist Architecture | work = Architectural Digest }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPM2PZF_cc Inaugurazione del Palazzo delle Poste da parte del ministro delle Comunicazioni nell'annuale – YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[ANZAC War Memorial]] in [[Sydney]], Australia, designed by [[Bruce Dellit]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Lawn Road and the Isokon building - geograph.org.uk - 673726.jpg|thumb|[[Isokon building]] in [[Hampstead]], [[London]], UK]]
[[File:Palacio de Bellas Artes by novak73.jpg|thumb|[[Palacio de Bellas Artes]] in [[Mexico City]], Mexico]]
* [[Gothenburg City Theatre]], Sweden.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guide till Sveriges arkitektur|author=Waern, Caldenby|year=2001}}</ref>
* [[2 Holden Street]], Kensington Park, Adelaide. Built by Philip Claridge for [[Don Bradman]] as his personal residence.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite news|last=Owen|first=Aaron|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aaron-owen-on-don-bradman-s-home-in-kensington-826633|archive-url=|title=Bradmania in Adelaide|date=7 February 2025|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|accessdate=10 March 2025|archivedate=}}</ref> 
* 64 Heath Drive, [[Gidea Park]], London, designed by [[Francis Skinner (architect)|Francis Skinner]] of [[Tecton Group]].
* [[Cholmeley Lodge]] (apartments), [[Highgate]], London, designed by Guy Morgan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londondecoflats.co.uk/architects/guy-morgan/|title=London Deco Flats &#124; Guy Morgan|website=londondecoflats.co.uk|accessdate=2018-09-24}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Goldwyn Estate]], Beverly Hills, California, by [[Douglas Honnold]] and [[George Vernon Russell]]<ref name="Chase2004">{{cite book|first=John | last = Chase|title=Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving: Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXRvA_Hwgq8C&pg=PA67|year=2004|publisher=[[Verso Books]]|isbn=978-1-85984-138-9|pages=67–}}</ref>
* [[Drapacz Chmur]] ("Silesian Skyscraper") apartment building, [[Katowice]], Poland, designed by architect Tadeusz Kozłowski and structural engineer [[Stefan Bryła]].
* [[Helsingborg]] Concert Hall, designed by [[Sven Markelius]].
* [[:File:Synagogue in the Skořepka Street (Brno).jpg|Synagogue (Agudat Achim) at Skořepka 13]], [[Brno]], designed by [[Otto Eisler]].
* New [[Cambridge University Library]] (October 22) and Memorial Court for [[Clare College, Cambridge]], designed as an ensemble, and buildings in North Court, [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], England, all by [[Giles Gilbert Scott]].
* [[:File:Tongland power station.png|Tongland Generating Station]], [[Galloway hydro-electric power scheme]], Scotland, designed by [[Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners]].
* [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]], [[Mexico City]], designed by {{Ill|Federico Ernesto Mariscal Piña|lt=Federico Mariscal|es|Federico Ernesto Mariscal Piña}}.
* [[Fronton (court)|Fronton]] Recoletos, [[Madrid]], designed by [[Eduardo Torroja]].
* Joyería J. Roca (modern-day Tous) at 18, Paseo de Gracia, and Ciutat de Repòs i de Vacances, both in [[Barcelona]] and designed by [[Josep Lluís Sert]].
* 57 Ahad Ha'am Street, [[White City (Tel Aviv)]], [[Mandatory Palestine]], designed by [[Genia Averbuch]].

==Publication==
* [[Steen Eiler Rasmussen]] – ''[[London, the Unique City]]''

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Henry Vaughan Lanchester]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: André Hilt.

==Births==

* [[January 4]] – [[Zurab Tsereteli]], Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect, President of the Russian Academy of Arts<ref>[http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-3-3 Moscow news: Zurab Disney Or Walt Tsereteli?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050222173600/http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-3-3 |date=2005-02-22 }}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Hans Hollein]], Austrian architect and designer
* [[April 8]] – [[Kisho Kurokawa]], Japanese architect and one of the founders of the [[Metabolism (architecture)|Metabolist Movement]] (died [[2007 in architecture|2007]])<ref>Koolhaas, Rem; Obrist, Hans U. (2011), Project Japan Metabolism Talks… London: [[Taschen]], {{ISBN|978-3-8365-2508-4}}, p. 181-182.</ref>
* [[June 21]] – [[John Outram]], English architect
* [[July 9]] – [[Michael Graves]], US architect, one of [[The New York Five]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goldberger|first1=Paul|title=Architecture View: A Little Book That Led Five Men to Fame|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1996-02-11|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/books/architecture-view-a-little-book-that-led-five-men-to-fame.html?exprod=permalink&partner=permalink}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] – [[Cedric Price]], English architect (died [[2003 in architecture|2003]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Marco Dezzi Bardeschi]], Italian architect (died [[2018 in architecture|2018]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Richard Meier]], US Rationalist architect<ref>Tempest, Rone. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61613716.html?dids=61613716:61613716&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT "America's Designs on Europe Top quality U.S. architectural firms, feeling the pinch at home, are finding work in Europe-and are snapping up some of the most sought-after projects."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411182534/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61613716.html?dids=61613716:61613716&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |date=2013-04-11 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', August 25, 1992. Accessed September 19, 2008.</ref>
* [[November 6]] – [[Barton Myers]], US-Canadian architect and teacher
* [[Nari Gandhi]], Indian architect (died [[1993 in architecture|1993]])

==Deaths==
* [[March 7]] – [[Henry Wilson (architect)|Henry Wilson]], English [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] architect and metalwork designer (born [[1864 in architecture|1864]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Cass Gilbert]], US [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]] architect (born [[1859 in architecture|1859]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Christen|first=Barbara S.|author2=Flanders, Steven|title=Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain|publisher=W.W. Norton|year=2001|isbn=0-393-73065-4}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] – [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]], Dutch architect (born [[1856 in architecture|1856]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Raymond Hood]], US [[Art Deco]] architect (born [[1881 in architecture|1881]])<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Baughman|editor-first=Judith S.|title=American Decades: 1920–1929|year=1996|publisher=Gale Research|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8103-5724-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americandecades00tomp/page/180 180–1]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/americandecades00tomp/page/180}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – Sir [[John Sulman]], Australian architect (born [[1849 in architecture|1849]])
* [[October 4]] – [[Henry Sproatt]], Canadian architect (born [[1866 in architecture|1866]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Arthur Beresford Pite]], English architect (born [[1861 in architecture|1861]])

==References==
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