1935 in architecture
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The year 1935 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May 29 – Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ocean liner Template:SS, with Art Déco and Streamline Moderne interiors designed under the supervision of Roger-Henri Expert, begins her maiden voyage.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- May 31 - Jubilee Pool, Penzance in Cornwall, England by Frank Latham.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 2 – Saint Constantine and Elena Cathedral, Bălți, Moldova.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 6 – New building for Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, by Ad van der Steur.
- July 13 – Shoreham Airport terminal building in England, by Stavers Tiltman.
- July 22 – Odeon, Kingstanding cinema in Birmingham, England, by Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 3 – Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, South Island of New Zealand, by Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman after Esther Hope, is consecrated.
- August 5 – Eastbourne Bandstand in Eastbourne, England.
- September 30 – Boulder Dam, by John L. Savage (design engineer) with Gordon Kaufmann (supervising architect), is dedicated.
- November 4 – Hornsey Town Hall, London, by Reginald Uren.
- November 5 – Faringdon Folly tower, England, by Lord Gerald Wellesley for Lord Berners.
- November 18
- Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia, by Kārlis Zāle, is unveiled.
- Opelwerk Brandenburg, Germany, begins production, 190 days after the laying of the foundation stone.<ref>Schneider, Hans-Jürgen. (1987). 125 Jahre Opel, Autos und Technik. Verlag Schneider+Repschläger. No known ISBN.</ref>
Buildings completed
- Fallingwater in southwestern Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
- Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion, Istanbul, designed by Seyfi Arkan and gifted to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk<ref name="a">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ktb">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Highpoint I apartment block, Highgate, north London, by Berthold Lubetkin with structural design by Ove Arup
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff
- Supreme Court of the United States by Cass Gilbert, completed posthumously
- Von Sternberg House, Northridge, California, by Richard Neutra
- Stern House, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa, by Rex Distin Martienssen and partners
- Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, by Piero Portaluppi<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Stockholm Collective House by Sven Markelius with Alva Myrdal
- Dispensario Antituberculoso, Barcelona, by Josep Lluís Sert
- An-Nasr Mosque, Nablus, Palestine<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Grand Mosque of Mopti, French Sudan
- El Omrane Mosque, Tunis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi, India, designed by Henry Medd<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Church of Our Lady and the First Martyrs, Heaton, West Yorkshire, England, designed by J. H. Langtry-Langton
- Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden, designed by Nils Einar Ericsson
- Vyborg Library, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands, designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Exhibitions
- Opened to the public April 19 - Industrial arts exposition at the Forum at Rockefeller Center in New York City; where models and plans for Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed Broadacre City were displayed for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Willem Marinus Dudok.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Paul Domenc.
Births
- March 3 – Corinne Bennett, née Wilson, English conservation architect (died 2010)
- May 7 – Michael Hopkins, English architect (died 2023)
- June 1 – Norman Foster, English architect, head of international design practice Foster and Partners<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 20 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 27 – Giorgio Grassi, Italian architect
- October 31 – John Melvin, English architect
Deaths
- March 27 – Francis Rattenbury, English architect, worked chiefly in Canada (born 1867; murdered)
- April 5 – Basil Champneys, English architect and author (born 1842)
- July 6 – Claude Ferrier, British Art Deco architect (born 1879)
- July 7 – George W. Keller, American architect and engineer (born 1842)
- September 2 – Sir Henry Tanner, English public building architect (born 1849)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>