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Overview of the events of 1943 in architecture
The year 1943 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
The Pentagon
Sandö Bridge
Buildings opened
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January 15 –
The Pentagon in
Washington, D.C.,
United States, designed by
George Bergstrom
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April 13 – The
Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., designed by
John Russell Pope
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Peace River Suspension Bridge, Canada (collapsed 1957)
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Sandö Bridge, Sweden
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Surp Hagop Church, Aleppo, Syria
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Church of Saint Francis of Assisi,
Pampulha,
Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by
Oscar Niemeyer
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Umaid Bhawan Palace,
Jodhpur, India, designed by
Henry Vaughan Lanchester (begun
1929)
- Block D,
Bletchley Park, England.
Buildings completed
Awards
Births
Deaths
References