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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 , 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.
  • June 2 – Saint Constantine and Elena Cathedral, Bălți, Moldova.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Buildings completed

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  • Fallingwater in southwestern Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion, Istanbul, designed by Seyfi Arkan and gifted to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  • 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
  • Stockholm Collective House by Sven Markelius with Alva Myrdal
  • Dispensario Antituberculoso, Barcelona, by Josep Lluís Sert
  • An-Nasr Mosque, Nablus, Palestine
  • Grand Mosque of Mopti, French Sudan
  • El Omrane Mosque, Tunis
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi, India, designed by Henry Medd
  • 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
  • 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.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Willem Marinus Dudok.
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Paul Domenc.

Births

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  • 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
  • November 20 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (died 2011)
  • 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)

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