•
February 21 – The
Irish Georgian Society, the group for the promotion of
Georgian architecture in
Ireland, is established by
Desmond Guinness. •
February 28 – The
Victorian Society, the pressure group for the promotion and protection of
Victorian and
Edwardian Baroque architecture and related arts in the
United Kingdom, holds its first meeting at
Linley Sambourne House in London. •
Alvar Aalto is commissioned to design the
North Jutland Art Museum in
Aalborg,
Denmark (completed
1972). •
Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego),
Kalisz, Poland is designed; it will not be built until 1977–93. • Competition for the design of
Churchill College, Cambridge, England, is won by
Richard Sheppard's practice,
Sheppard Robson; the competition also launches the practice of
Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis. ==Buildings and structures==