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Encyclopedia > 1930 in architecture

See also: 1929 in architecture, other events of 1930, 1931 in architecture and the architecture timeline. See also: 1928 in architecture, other events of 1929, 1930 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... See also: 1930 in architecture, other events of 1932, 1932 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. ...


Buildings

  • 40 Wall Street (then called the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building) is completed and is briefly the tallest building in the world.
  • Chrysler Building in New York, designed by William van Alen, succeeds the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building as the tallest building in the world.
  • Empire State Building in New York, designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harlon Associates overtakes the Chrysler Building as the tallest building in the world.
  • Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna designed by Karl Ehn

40 Wall Street and the Broadway, Wall St. ... Chrysler Building Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building is a distinctive symbol of New York City, standing 1,046 feet (319 m) high on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... William van Alen (1883 - May 24, 1954) is the architect in charge of New York Citys Chrysler Building. ... The Empire State Building Entrance lobby The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates and built in 1931. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 12. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ...

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American Architecture - Twentieth Century - 1930 to 1939 - Great Buildings Online (443 words)
Breuer House I, by Marcel Breuer, at Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1939.
Butler House, by William Wurster, at Pasatiempo, California, 1931 to 1936.
Johns Hopkins University Hall, by John Russell Pope, at Baltimore, Maryland, 1930.
Architecture and Identitiy Abstracts (484 words)
During the last ten years, I have researched on the development of modern architecture in Brazil, and the prerequisites for the construction of Brasilia, the new capital that was built (1956-1960).
This study is an evaluation of modern architecture in Brazil, from its beginning in a post-colonial context with Costa, Warchavchik, and Levi to the buildings by Reidy, Niemeyer, and Artigas.
One area of focus will be on the diversification of styles and architectural languages that have been observed in my earlier regional research efforts.
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