1947 in architecture

• February–June – Initial proposals for the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City are drawn up. • April – Initial proposals for Point Park Civic Center in Pittsburgh by Frank Lloyd Wright are presented. • Bankside Power Station, London, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (completed in early 1960s; converted to Tate Modern art gallery in late 1990s). • Le Corbusier commences construction of the Cité radieuse, Marseille. • Reconstruction plan for the French city of Nantes by Michel Roux-Spitz is approved. • Jože Plečnik proposes plans for the "Plečnik Parliament" overlooking Ljubljana. ==Buildings and structures==

, Taiwan , 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. • Wachovia Building (Mobile), Alabama, designed by Platt Roberts & Associates. • Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja, Azerbaijan (replaced 1991). • Cathedral of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo. • St. Josaphat Cathedral, McCauley, Edmonton, Alberta, designed by Reverend Philip Ruh. • Zushi Temple, New Taipei City, Taiwan, designed by Li Meishu. • Avenel Cooperative Housing Project in Los Angeles, California, designed by Gregory Ain. • Hearst Castle, California, designed by Julia Morgan (construction, begun in 1919, ceases). • Delano hotel, Miami Beach, designed by Robert Swartburg. ==Awards==

• AIA Gold Medal – Eliel Saarinen • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Albert Edward Richardson ==Births==

• March 8 – Foad Rafii, Iranian architect working in Canada • March 22 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician working in Bristol • April 20 – Mark Fisher, English architect specialising in rock music stage sets (died 2013) • June 24 – Ian Ritchie, English architect working internationally • November 10 – Patrick Berger, French architect • December 9 – Steven Holl, American architect • December 12 – Will Alsop, English architect (died 2018) • December 21 – Jacques Lucan, French architect • Aykut Karaman, Turkish architect ==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 • James Miller, Scottish architect (born 1860) • Cecil Wood, New Zealand architect (born 1878) • Vjekoslav Bastl, Croatian secessionist architect working in Zagreb (born 1872) • Frank Chouteau Brown, American architect (born 1876) • Henrietta Cuttino Dozier, American architect working in the southern states (born 1872) • Squire J. Vickers, American architect working on the New York City Subway (born 1872) • Francis W. Wilson, American architect working in California (born 1870) ==References==