Editing 1939 in architecture

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The year '''1939 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* [[Jane Drew]] sets up an all-female architectural practice in [[London]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1949}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:BirminghamBarberInstitute.jpg|thumb|[[Barber Institute of Fine Arts]]]]
* [[April 21]] – The [[San Jacinto Monument]] near [[Houston, Texas]], United States.
* [[April 30]] – [[1939 New York World's Fair]]. Notable examples of temporary architecture include the [[Trylon and Perisphere]] designed by [[Wallace Harrison]] and [[J. André Fouilhoux]] and the Ireland pavilion designed by [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1939 – Irish Pavilion, New York World’s Fair |url=http://archiseek.com/2011/1939-irish-pavilion-new-york-worlds-fair/|work=Archiseek|accessdate=2015-03-31}}</ref>
* [[May 7]] – [[Vulcan Park]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], USA.
* [[June 14]] – St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, [[Gorleston]], England, designed by [[Eric Gill]].
* [[July 26]] – The [[Barber Institute of Fine Arts]] at the [[University of Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Robert Atkinson (architect)|Robert Atkinson]].
* [[November 16]] – [[Uptown Theater (Minneapolis)]], designed by [[Liebenberg and Kaplan]].

===Other buildings===
[[File:Jefferson Memorial 01.jpg|thumb|The [[Jefferson Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]]]
* The [[Jefferson Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], designed by [[John Russell Pope]], is begun.
* [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[William Wardell]] in 1858, is completed.
* Dome of [[Saint Joseph's Oratory]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada is completed.
* [[Hotel Vancouver]] in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada.
* [[Impington Village College]] in England, designed by [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Maxwell Fry]], is completed.
* [[Daily Express Building, Manchester]], England, designed by engineer [[Owen Williams (engineer)|Sir Owen Williams]], is completed.
* [[Marine Gate]] (apartments) in [[Brighton]], England, designed by Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie, is built.
* Remodelling of the village, manor house and parish church of [[Cornwell, Oxfordshire]], England, by [[Clough Williams-Ellis]] is completed.
* [[Villa Mairea]] in [[Noormarkku]], Finland, designed by [[Alvar Aalto]] for Harry and [[Maire Gullichsen]], is completed.
* [[:File:Allied Bakeries, Orpington - geograph.org.uk - 724931.jpg|Tip Top Bakery]], [[St Paul's Cray]], London, designed by engineers [[Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners]].

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Percy Thomas]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Bernard Zehrfuss]].

==Births==
* [[March 3]] – [[Eva Jiřičná]], Czech-born architect and interior designer
* [[June 21]] – [[Charles Jencks]], American architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer (died [[2019 in architecture|2019]])
* [[October 1]] – [[Philip Cox]], Australian architect
* [[October 9]] – [[Nicholas Grimshaw]], English modernist architect
* [[December 5]] – [[Ricardo Bofill]], Catalan postmodernist architect (died [[2022 in architecture|2022]])
[[File:Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov 1891.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Vladimir Shukhov]]]]

==Deaths==
* [[January 9]] – [[Jānis Alksnis]], Latvian architect and builder (born [[1869 in architecture|1869]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Vladimir Shukhov]], Russian structural engineer (born [[1853 in architecture|1853]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Detmar Blow]], English architect (born [[1867 in architecture|1867]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Kirtland Cutter]], American architect (born [[1860 in architecture|1860]])

==References==
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