1937 in architecture

• May – The Georgian Group is set up as part of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in England. • September 7 – Witley Court in Worcestershire, England, is gutted by fire. • J. M. Richards becomes editor of the Architectural Review (London), continuing until 1971. • Icelandic State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design for the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík is commissioned; it will be constructed 1945–86. ==Buildings and structures==

Buildings opened • May 6 – Chelsea Bridge in Pimlico, London, designed by G. Topham Forrest, former head of London County Council's Architect's Department, opened by the Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King. • May 27 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, longest suspension bridge in the world by the length of central span (1937–1964), designed by Joseph B. Strauss. • July 18 – Haus der deutschen Kunst ("House of German Art") in Munich, designed by Paul Troost (died 1934), opened by Adolf Hitler to display art of the Third Reich. Buildings completed • Thousand Islands Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, linking Canada and the United States. • Petőfi Bridge, Budapest, Hungary. • Holy Trinity Church, Sighișoara, Romania, designed by Dumitru Petrescu Gopeş. • Bethlehem Church, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Kaare Klint after original designs by his father, Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (died 1930). • Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden, Manchester, England, designed by Nugent Cachemaille-Day. • Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride, Amlwch, Wales, designed by Giuseppe Rinvolucri. • Senate House (University of London), designed by Charles Holden. • Dolphin Square in Pimlico, London, designed by Gordon Jeeves. • Villa Myrdal, designed by Sven Markelius. • 3 Mapu Street, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Ben-Ami Shulman. • St Ann's Court, near Chertsey in England, a modernist circular house designed by Raymond McGrath for Gerald L. Schlesinger and his partner landscape architect Christopher Tunnard. • Houses in Frognal Close, Hampstead, London, designed by Ernst L. Freud. • Kensal House in Ladbroke Grove, London, two low-rise blocks of modernist flats for the working class designed by Maxwell Fry. • Republic pavilion, Barcelona, and Spanish Republican government pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris, both designed by Josep Lluís Sert. • Club Moderne, Anaconda, Montana, designed by Fred F. Willson, built. • Via della Conciliazione in Rome constructed following demolition of the Piazza Scossacavalli. ==Awards==

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Raymond Unwin. • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Paul Jacques Grillo ==Births==

• February 7 – Daryl Jackson, Australian architect (died 2026) • April 18 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect mainly active in UK (died 2009) • May 9 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect • September 14 – Renzo Piano, Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect • October 3 – Richard England, Maltese architect • October 24 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, born Agrisano, Italian-born American architect • December 7 – Ron Labinski, American stadium architect (died 2023) • date unknown • Kate Macintosh, Scottish-born architect • Georgie Wolton, born Cheesman, English architect • Yoshio Taniguchi, Japanese architect active in New York ==Deaths==

• January 10 – Bertie Crewe, English architect (born 1860) • January 28 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooting champion (born 1862) • February 11 – Walter Burley Griffin, US architect and landscape architect, involved in design of Canberra (born 1876) • May 9 – Harry Barton, US architect from North Carolina (born 1876) • August 27 – John Russell Pope, US architect known for his work in Washington, DC (born 1874) • November 23 – Edward Prioleau Warren, English architect (born 1856) ==References==