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Overview of the events of 1947 in architecture
The year 1947 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
Buildings and structures
Zushi Temple, Taiwan
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, Los Angeles
Buildings completed
- The
Berkeley Building, or "Old" John Hancock Tower in
Boston,
Massachusetts,
United States, designed by
Cram and Ferguson.
-
75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
-
Altino Arantes Building in
São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Plínio Botelho do Amaral with the contractors, Camargo & Mesquita.
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Wachovia Building (Mobile), Alabama, designed by Platt Roberts & Associates.
-
Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja, Azerbaijan (replaced 1991).
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- Cathedral of
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by
Alejandro Bustillo.
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St. Josaphat Cathedral, McCauley, Edmonton, Alberta, designed by Reverend
Philip Ruh.
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Zushi Temple, New Taipei City, Taiwan, designed by
Li Meishu.
-
Avenel Cooperative Housing Project in
Los Angeles, California, designed by
Gregory Ain.
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Hearst Castle, California, designed by
Julia Morgan (construction, begun in
1919, ceases).
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Delano hotel, Miami Beach, designed by Robert Swartburg.
Awards
Births
Deaths
- January 22 –
Max Berg, German architect (born
1870)
- February 21 –
Richard Barry Parker, English architect and urban planner (born
1867)
- April 1 –
Carl Krayl, German architect (born
1890)
- June 6 –
José Marques da Silva, Portuguese architect (born
1869)
- August 5 –
Charles Bateman, English architect (born
1863)
- September 9 –
Victor Horta, Belgian architect (born
1861)
- October 1 –
James Gamble Rogers, American architect (born
1867)
- November 5 –
Fritz Schumacher, German architect (born
1869)
- November 20 –
Walter J. Mathews, American architect working in California (born
1850)
- November 28
-
Vjekoslav Bastl, Croatian secessionist architect working in Zagreb (born
1872)
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Frank Chouteau Brown, American architect (born
1876)
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Henrietta Cuttino Dozier, American architect working in the southern states (born
1872)
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Squire J. Vickers, American architect working on the New York City Subway (born
1872)
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Francis W. Wilson, American architect working in California (born
1870)
References