1922 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1922 in architecture
The year 1922 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , USA
March 21 – Rebuilt London Waterloo station with war memorial entrance is officially opened (engineers: J. W. Jacomb-Hood and A. W. Szlumper; architect: J. R. Scott).
May 30 – Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , United States is dedicated by William H. Taft, in the presence of Abraham Lincoln's son, 79-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln .[ 3]
June 9 – Spalding War Memorial in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , is dedicated.
October 14 – Gerrards Cross Memorial Building in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
November 26 – Rochdale Cenotaph in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated.
Buildings completed
Antiguo Casino de Ponce in Puerto Rico
Estonian Constituent Assembly (Riigikogu ) building in Toompea Castle , designed by Eugen Habermann and Herbert Johanson .
Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria (Roman Catholic) Droitwich Spa , England, by Frank B. Peacock.
Antiguo Casino de Ponce , Puerto Rico, by Agustin Camilo Gonzalez.[ 4]
Phitsanulok Mansion in Bangkok , by Mario Tamagno .
Shabolovka tower in Moscow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , by Vladimir Shukhov .
Wolseley Motors showrooms, 160 Piccadilly , London , by W. Curtis Green .
Wrigley Building in Chicago , Illinois, by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White .
Shukhov Tower in Moscow , by Vladimir Shukhov .
Awards
Births
Deaths
Hermann Baagøe Storck
References