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1922 in architecture

The year 1922 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events
• Construction of Böttcherstraße in Bremen, Germany, in the Brick Expressionist style, begins. • The proposed construction of a Monument to the Third International, designed by Vladimir Tatlin, is cancelled. ==Buildings and structures==
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened in Washington, D.C., USA • March 21 – Rebuilt London Waterloo station with war memorial entrance is officially opened (engineers: John Wykeham Jacomb-Hood and A. W. Szlumper; architect: J. R. Scott). • May 30Lincoln 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. • June 9Spalding War Memorial in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated. • October 14Gerrards Cross Memorial Building in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated. • November 26Rochdale Cenotaph in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, is dedicated. Buildings completed 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. • 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==
Awards
AIA Gold MedalVictor LalouxRIBA Royal Gold MedalThomas HastingsGrand Prix de Rome, architecture: Robert Giroud. ==Births==
Births
January 4Mart Port, Estonian architect (died 2012) • March 14Colin St John Wilson, English architect (died 2007) • April 13Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (died 2002) • May 29Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer, music theorist and architect-engineer (died 2001) • June 14Kevin Roche, Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect (died 2019) • Bill Howell, British architect (died 1974) ==Deaths==
Deaths
April 18Hjalmar Welhaven, Norwegian architect, palace manager and sportsman (born 1850){{cite web • July 21Eugène Vallin, French architect, furniture designer and manufacturer (born 1856) • September 19Benjamin D. Price, American architect known principally for his catalogue sales of plans for churches (born 1845) • December 4Hermann Baagøe Storck, Danish architect and heraldist (born 1839) • December 8Ernest George, English architect and painter (born 1839) • William Henry Miller, American architect based in Ithaca, New York (born 1848) ==References==
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