1928_in_architecture

1928 in architecture - Definition

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See also: 1927 in architecture, other events of 1928, 1929 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

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Buildings

First Dymaxion House is designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller.
The Royal Horticultural Society New Building, a second exhibition hall for the RHS, designed by Easton & Robertson is completed. Located in Westminster, London, it was the first in the UK to have a parabolic curved concrete roof structure.
Villa Savoye in Poissy-sur-Seine, designed by Le Corbusier is completed.

Awards

Olympic gold medal - Jan Wils of the Netherlands for Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
Olympic silver medal - Einar Mindedal Rasmussen of Denmark for Swimming pool at Ollerup
Olympic bronze medal - Jacques Lambert of France for Stadium at Versailles

Events

Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne initiated by Le Corbusier.
Hannes Meyer succeeds Walter Gropius as head of the Bauhaus school.

Births

Alison Smithson (died 1993)

Deaths

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