1924 in architecture

Updated on Oct 23, 2023

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The year 1924 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici begin work on their vacation home E-1027 at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the south of France

The Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany, designed by Johann Friedrich Höger.

Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.

Queen Mary's Dolls' House in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Olympic silver medal - Alfréd Hajós & Dezso Lauber of Hungary for Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium.

Olympic bronze medal - Julien Médecin of Monaco for Stadium for Monte Carlo (no gold medal was awarded).

Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Péchin.

February 29 - Agustín Hernández Navarro, Mexican architect and sculptor

March 23 - John Madin, English architect (died 2012)

June 14 - Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (died 2009)

August 14 - Sverre Fehn, award-winning Norwegian architect (died 2009)

December 4 - John C. Portman Jr., American architect and developer

April 14 - Louis Sullivan, American architect sometimes called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" (born 1856)

April 23 - Bertram Goodhue, American neo-gothic architect (born 1869)

April 24 - Ferdinand Arnodin, French bridge engineer (born 1845)

August 11 - Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)

November 7 - Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, English architect active in Oxford (born 1835)

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