The year 1923 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

(later translated into English as ''Towards a New Architecture'') is published. * Bauhaus expressionist architecture phase ends. * Liebenberg and Kaplan architectural practice established in Minneapolis.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

– Stockholm City Hall, designed by Ragnar Östberg. * December 26 –

Ottawa Auditorium The Ottawa Auditorium was a 7,500-seat arena located in Ottawa, Ontario. It was located in Downtown Ottawa at the corner of O'Connor and Argyle Streets, today the site of the Taggart Family YMCA. Built primarily for ice hockey, the arena was al ...

, Canada (demolished 1967).

Buildings completed

* Coedfa (residence), The Close, Llanfairfechan, North Wales, designed by Herbert Luck North. * Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. * Église Notre-Dame du Raincy in France, designed by Auguste Perret. * Pershing Square Building in

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, designed by Sloan & Robertson and York and Sawyer.

Awards

* AIA Gold Medal – Henry Bacon * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John James Burnet * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Mathon

Births

* March 2 – Sam Scorer, English architect (died

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) *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

–

Yona Friedman Yona Friedman (5 June 1923 – 20 February 2020) was a Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer. He was influential in the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his theory of "mobile architecture". Early years Born in B ...

, Hungarian born French architect and architectural theorist ("mobile architecture") (died

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) * June 24 – Peter Womersley, British architect (died

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

) * June 25 – Harry Seidler, Austrian-born Australian Modernist architect (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) * September 18 –

Peter Smithson Alison Margaret Smithson (22 June 1928 – 14 August 1993) and Peter Denham Smithson (18 September 1923 – 3 March 2003) were English architects who together formed an architectural partnership, and are often associated with the New Brutalism ...

, English

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architect, husband and partner of

Alison Smithson Alison Margaret Smithson (22 June 1928 – 14 August 1993) and Peter Denham Smithson (18 September 1923 – 3 March 2003) were English architects who together formed an architectural partnership, and are often associated with the New Brutalis ...

(died

) * September 25 –

Leonardo Benevolo Leonardo Benevolo (25 September 1923 – 5 January 2017) was an Italian architect, city planner and architecture historian. Born in Orta San Giulio, Italy, Benevolo studied architecture in Rome where he graduated in 1946. Later taught history of ...

, Italian historian of modern architecture (died

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * December 12 –

Richard Gilbert Scott Richard Gilbert Scott (12 December 1923 – 1 July 2017) was a British architect, born in London, the son of Giles Gilbert Scott and great-grandson of the great Gothic Revival architect George Gilbert Scott. He was educated at Harrow, Charterh ...

, English architect (died

) *December 19 – Alexander Cvijanović, Yugoslav/American architect (died

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * December 25 –

Jack Zunz Sir Gerhard Jacob Zunz (25 December 1923 – 11 December 2018) was a British civil engineer and former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners. He was the principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House. Career Zunz was born to a Jewish family ...

, South African-born structural engineer (died

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) *

Eulie Chowdhury Urmila Eulie Chowdhury (4 October 1923 – 20 September 1995) was an List of Indian architects, Indian architect who worked during the mid-to-late 20th century. She worked in the fields of general architecture, landscape architecture and design, ...

, Indian architect (died

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)

Deaths

* May 19 – Frank Darling, Canadian architect and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style (born

1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ...

) * October 25 –

Robert S. Roeschlaub Robert Sawers Roeschlaub (July 6, 1843 – October 25, 1923) was a noted Colorado architect. Biography Roeschlaub was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany to Michael, private physician to the King of Bavaria, and Margaretta, his Scotland-born ...

, Colorado architect (born

1843 Events January–March * January ** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. ** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...

) * November 24 – Michel de Klerk, Dutch Amsterdam School architect (born

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

) * December 27 – Gustave Eiffel, French civil engineer and architect (born

1832 Events January–March * January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society. * January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...

)

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