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1933 In Architecture
The year 1933 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * The Bauhaus school in Berlin is permanently closed by the Nazi government. * Modern Architectural Research Group (MARS Group) established as a think tank by younger architects and critics involved in the modernist movement in Great Britain. * Completion of restoration of Herstmonceux Castle in England by Walter Godfrey. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * February 21 – Nebotičnik skyscraper, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, designed by Vladimir Šubic. * July – New Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, designed by Oliver Hill. * August 23 – Leeds Civic Hall, Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1926. * November 29 – Schwandbach Bridge, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart. * Royal Masonic Hospital (later Ravenscourt Park Hospital) at Ravenscourt Park in London, designed by Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne. * Labworth Café on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 2009), , pp. 64–66 The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify individual artistic vision with the principles of mass production and emphasis on function. The Bauhaus was founded by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar. It was grounded in the idea of creating a Gesamtkunstwerk ("comprehensive artwork") in which all the arts would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus style later became one of the most influential currents in modern design, modernist architecture, and architectural education. The Bauhaus movement had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography. Staff at the Bauhaus included prominent artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Harris
Emanuel Vincent Harris (26 June 1876 – 1 August 1971), often known as E. Vincent Harris, was an English architect who designed several important public buildings in traditional styles. Early life He was born in Devonport, Devon, Devonport, Devon, and educated at Kingsbridge Grammar School. He was articled to the Plymouth architect James Harvey in 1893;Julian Holder (2007), ''Emanuel Vincent Harris and the survival of classicism in inter-war Manchester'', in: Clare Hartwell & Terry Wyke (editors), ''Making Manchester'', Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, in 1897 he moved to London, where he assisted E. Keynes Purchase, Leonard Stokes and Sir William Emerson (British architect), William Emerson. From 1901 to 1907 he worked for the London County Council before setting up in private practice. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 Birthday Honours (OBE), 1919 Birthday Honours. Work He was primarily a Classical architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battersea Power Station, 1934 With Only Two Chimneys (Our Generation, 1938)
Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Battersea is mentioned in the few surviving Anglo-Saxon geographical accounts as ''Badrices īeg'' meaning "Badric's Island" and later "Patrisey". As with many former parishes beside tidal flood plains the lowest land was reclaimed for agriculture by draining marshland and building culverts for streams. Alongside this was the Heathwall tide mill in the north-east with a very long mill pond regularly draining and filling to the south. The settlement appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Patricesy'', a vast manor held by St Peter's Abbey, Westminster. Its ''Domesday'' Assets were: 18 hides and 17 ploughlands of cultivated land; 7 mills worth £42 9s 8d per year, of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. It rendered (in total): £75 9s 8d. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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