1920 in architecture

The year 1920 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * Construction of Welwyn Garden City in England begins with Louis de Soissons as architect and town planner.
 * Edith Hughes establishes her own architectural practice, in Glasgow, the first British woman to do so.
 * In the first issue of the Purist art magazine L' Esprit Nouveau co-founded by him, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris adopts the pseudonym Le Corbusier.

Buildings opened

 * November 11 – The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, designed by Edwin Lutyens.

Buildings completed

 * Ajuria Enea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, designed by Alfredo Baeschlin.
 * Coliseum Theatre (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia.
 * Hartford Times Building, Hartford, Connecticut, designed by Donn Barber
 * Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
 * Oak Tower, Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
 * Oslo Synagogue, Norway.
 * Teatro Municipal (Lima), Peru.
 * Bankstown Reservoir in Sydney, Australia

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Egerton Swartwout
 * Olympic silver medal – Holger Sinding-Larsen of Norway for Project for a gymnastics school (no other medals awarded)
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Louis Girault
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Michel Roux-Spitz

Births

 * January 23 – Gottfried Böhm, German architect (died 2021)
 * July 16 – Peter Yates, English architect (died 1982)
 * August 21 – Vincent Scully, American architectural historian (died 2017)
 * September 2 – Romaldo Giurgola, Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor and author (died 2016)
 * October 21 – William Whitfield, English architect (died 2019)
 * December 28 – Bruce McCarty, American architect (died 2013)

Deaths

 * March 12 – Hermann Eggert, German architect (born 1888)
 * May 17 – Jean-Louis Pascal, academic French architect (born 1837)
 * May 18 – Frank Matcham, English theatrical architect and designer (born 1854)
 * July 31 – Thomas Tryon, American architect (born 1859)
 * October 22 – Ruggero Berlam, Italian architect (born 1854)