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1938 in architecture
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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>First woman elected to <a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">Royal Institute of British Architects</a>, Josephine Miller.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1938</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li>July – <a href="/facts/Saltdean_Lido/1djssrI2">Saltdean Lido</a> and Ocean Hotel, <a href="/facts/Saltdean/vy4xedlN">Saltdean</a>, East Sussex, England, both designed by <a href="/facts/R.W.H._Jones/B1I1TBTt">R.W.H. Jones</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_22/AT2kAN3s">October 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Oxford_Playhouse/3llfrjMp">Oxford Playhouse</a>, Oxford, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Edward_Maufe/7stUMx7v">Edward Maufe</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_29/JP1TLGYp">October 29</a> – <a href="/facts/City_Hall,_Norwich/t3Kx8HsT">City Hall, Norwich</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Holloway_James/mdMpTcoA">C. H. James</a> and <a href="/facts/Stephen_Rowland_Pierce/JsSvDhvH">S. R. Pierce</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_14/BWGYEkQS">November 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Lions_Gate_Bridge/5PcTt0Ej">Lions Gate Bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Reich_Chancellery/R36dK7GJ">Reich Chancellery</a> in <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Albert_Speer/VMYu0WaU">Albert Speer</a> (rebuilt).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Mosque_of_Asmara/np9vUBWn">Great Mosque of Asmara</a> in <a href="/facts/Italian_Eritrea/gbvGE6W6">Italian Eritrea</a>, designed by Guido Ferrazza.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_the_Epiphany,_Gipton/RSBg560d">Church of the Epiphany, Gipton</a>, Leeds, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Nugent_Cachemaille-Day/ezrNdcVE">Nugent Cachemaille-Day</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Metro_Theatre_(Toronto)/Cbp7m1t2">Metro Theatre (Toronto)</a>, designed by Kaplan and Sprachman.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Finsbury_Health_Centre/rXuueTvJ">Finsbury Health Centre</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Berthold_Lubetkin/Sj2BlCYT">Berthold Lubetkin</a> and the <a href="/facts/Tecton_Group/HpvaV6cm">Tecton Group</a>.</li> <li>Metropolitan Water Board Laboratories, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Howard_Robertson_(architect)/p8KHL0D1">Howard Robertson</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palace_of_Fine_and_Decorative_Arts,_Treasure_Island/DhBsu9zd">Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Treasure Island</a>, San Francisco Bay, California, USA, designed by <a href="/facts/George_W._Kelham/5QpvATsR">George W. Kelham</a> and William Peyton Day.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palace_of_Justice_(Peru)/APfaonte">Palace of Justice</a>, Lima, Peru.</li> <li>City Hall, <a href="/facts/Mar_del_Plata/oYbMjeR3">Mar del Plata</a>, Argentina, designed by <a href="/facts/Alejandro_Bustillo/58Mqoy0j">Alejandro Bustillo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Manchester_Town_Hall_Extension/7vB3g73L">Manchester Town Hall Extension</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Vincent_Harris/KeuREMan">Vincent Harris</a> in <a href="/facts/1927_in_architecture/VWjCI4Hw">1927</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/S%C3%A3o_Bento_Palace/oUztxVe2">São Bento Palace</a>, Lisbon, Portugal.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kr%C3%B6ller-M%C3%BCller_Museum/IwhzlHgb">Kröller-Müller Museum</a>, <a href="/facts/Otterlo/bzGmAGvG">Otterlo</a>, Netherlands, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_van_de_Velde/buT3jne0">Henry van de Velde</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium/6WTQNevC">Helsinki Olympic Stadium</a>, Finland, designed by <a href="/facts/Yrj%C3%B6_Lindegren/8p64bIyG">Yrjö Lindegren</a> and Toivo Jäntti.</li> <li>Brackenfell (house), <a href="/facts/Brampton,_Carlisle/NCcfMI7B">Brampton, Carlisle</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Leslie_Martin/NdyDxG8D">Leslie Martin</a> and <a href="/facts/Sadie_Speight/BnWRAHye">Sadie Speight</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Homewood/EzGsQ4cI">The Homewood</a> (house) near <a href="/facts/Esher/URRgHWlN">Esher</a>, Surrey, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Patrick_Gwynne/mljbfY6H">Patrick Gwynne</a> (for his parents).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charters_House/yohsLrwG">Charters House</a>, Berkshire, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Adie,_Button_and_Partners/QkYHjGwJ">Adie, Button and Partners</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hamstone_House/wvlQnxm2">Hamstone House</a>, St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, designed by Ian Forbes.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Middleton_Park,_Oxfordshire/tTVvSnKz">Middleton Park, Oxfordshire</a>, England, the last great country house designed by <a href="/facts/Edwin_Lutyens/uByyBKRS">Edwin Lutyens</a> (with his son Robert).</li> <li>Houses in Hampshire, Sussex and at <a href="/facts/Eton,_Berkshire/6x1LXYnV">Eton, Berkshire</a> in England by <a href="/facts/Marcel_Breuer/qYoEy3ml">Marcel Breuer</a> and <a href="/facts/F._R._S._Yorke/xRGuvzJs">F. R. S. Yorke</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gropius_House/jKVt2YqM">Gropius House</a>, <a href="/facts/Lincoln,_Massachusetts/195esTL1">Lincoln, Massachusetts</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Walter_Gropius/BdbkskNf">Walter Gropius</a> with Marcel Breuer.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Belvedere_Court/4qx22tLe">Belvedere Court</a> (apartments) in <a href="/facts/East_Finchley/oGVqoqE7">East Finchley</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Ernst_L._Freud/37fwUa0u">Ernst L. Freud</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Josephine_M._Hagerty_House/qJ4Keg3J">Josephine M. Hagerty House</a>, <a href="/facts/Cohasset,_Massachusetts/mU5CHTBS">Cohasset, Massachusetts</a>, designed by Walter Gropius with Marcel Breuer.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luma_Tower/yYd3PapV">Luma Tower</a>, built as British Luma Co-Operative Electric Lamp factory, <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a>, designed by Cornelius Armour.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fiat_Tagliero_Building/J14Uv55U">Fiat Tagliero Building</a>, Asmara, Italian Eritrea, designed by <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Pettazzi/8w1U7F7V">Giuseppe Pettazzi</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="other">Other</h2> <ul><li>Construction work begins on <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Keppel_High_School/mhGwmeWk">Mark Keppel High School</a> in <a href="/facts/Alhambra,_California/1HedcQbb">Alhambra, California</a>, designed by Marston & Maybury.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Council_House,_Bristol/ujpx6sUw">Council House, Bristol</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Vincent_Harris/KeuREMan">Vincent Harris</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lewis_Mumford/Hr5GNH1A">Lewis Mumford</a> – <i>The Culture of Cities</i></li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Philippe_Cret/PIY3tyrT">Paul Philippe Cret</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Ivar_Tengbom/gAgMAuDg">Ivar Tengbom</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: <a href="/facts/Henry_Bernard_(architect)/REMSTn07">Henry Bernard</a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Wolf_Hilbertz/BegBI3mN">Wolf Hilbertz</a>, German-born futurist architect, inventor and marine scientist (<a href="/facts/2007_in_architecture/0XdH4NTI">died 2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_12/07PVkbMH">May 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Terry_Farrell_(architect)/UjNfWmWt">Terry Farrell</a>, English architect, designer of the <a href="/facts/KK100/u3CFuGV9">KK100</a> and <a href="/facts/SIS_Building/QPnW9QuM">SIS Building</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Andreu/nVfjxXNG">Paul Andreu</a>, French airport architect (<a href="/facts/2018_in_architecture/5mlyqCEd">died 2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_14/8aa0mIXE">July 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Moshe_Safdie/tzRF9Gdk">Moshe Safdie</a>, Israeli/Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_3/HveWHyJI">September 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_MacCormac/k0dcNmx5">Richard MacCormac</a>, British architect (<a href="/facts/2014_in_architecture/q4tTjyEg">died 2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_30/bxhWS29d">November 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Andrea_Branzi/84Kjb8Lo">Andrea Branzi</a>, Italian architect and designer</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_30/czU1eCdo">December 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Susan_Maxman/3YHD34Vo">Susan Maxman</a>, née Abel, American architect</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_25/80yUkkDG">February 25</a> – <a href="/facts/W._D._Caroe/DDwg3xBY">W. D. Caröe</a>, English-born ecclesiastical architect (born <a href="/facts/1857_in_architecture/q92wvqgs">1857</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_2/09eQoyvE">July 2</a> – <a href="/facts/John_James_Burnet/aScYQQcS">John James Burnet</a>, Scottish architect (born 1857)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_30/h1XNvxBm">October 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Klauder/9j0XdK8f">Charles Klauder</a>, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1872_in_architecture/wUSAjCI7">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_24/UQTXc57P">December 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Bruno_Taut/TWaojLC8">Bruno Taut</a>, German-born architect and urban planner (born <a href="/facts/1880_in_architecture/Wm1qaIIn">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_25/cQC6alfX">December 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Theodor_Fischer/CXXEHwYU">Theodor Fischer</a>, German architect (born <a href="/facts/1862_in_architecture/DzHYTGYk">1862</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Penguin Books. p. 324. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. <a href="0-14-071045-0" target="_blank">0-14-071045-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Twentieth Century Society (2017). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3. <a href="978-1-84994-437-3" target="_blank">978-1-84994-437-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>