1933 in architecture

The year 1933 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * The Bauhaus school in Berlin is permanently closed by the Nazi government.
 * Modern Architectural Research Group (MARS Group) established as a think tank by younger architects and critics involved in the modernist movement in Great Britain.
 * Completion of restoration of Herstmonceux Castle in England by Walter Godfrey.

Buildings opened

 * February 21 – Nebotičnik skyscraper, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, designed by Vladimir Šubic.
 * July – New Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, designed by Oliver Hill.
 * August 23 – Leeds Civic Hall, Yorkshire, England, designed by Vincent Harris in 1926.
 * November 29 – Schwandbach Bridge, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.
 * Royal Masonic Hospital (later Ravenscourt Park Hospital) at Ravenscourt Park in London, designed by Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne.
 * Labworth Café on Canvey Island, England, designed by engineer Ove Arup.

Buildings completed

 * St Gabriel's Anglican Church in Blackburn, England, designed by F. X. Velarde.
 * Városmajori Roman Catholic church in Budapest, completed by Bertalan Árkay following the death in 1932 of his father Aladár Árkay.
 * Myer Emporium renovation, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia.
 * The Round House, designed by Berthold Lubetkin's Tecton Architectural Group to house gorillas at London Zoo, one of the first modernist buildings in Britain.
 * Battersea Power Station, London, with Giles Gilbert Scott as consultant architect, begins operation.
 * College Hall, Royal Air Force College Cranwell, England, designed by James Grey West.
 * Mardon Hall, first of the University of Exeter Halls of Residence in England, designed by Vincent Harris.
 * Darbishire Quad at Somerville College, Oxford, England, designed by Morley Horder.
 * Mercado de Abastos de Algeciras (market hall), Spain, designed by Eduardo Torroja.
 * Villa Markelius in Stockholm, designed by Sven Markelius for himself.
 * Schminke house in Löbau, Germany, designed by Hans Scharoun.
 * Engel House, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Zeev Rechter.
 * Töss Footbridge, Winterthur, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Ragnar Östberg.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Reed Peers.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Alexandre Courtois.

Publications

 * John Betjeman – Ghastly Good Taste, or the depressing story of the rise and fall of British architecture.
 * The Information Book of Sir John Burnet, Tait & Lorne.

Births

 * February 2 – Rodney Gordon, British architect (died 2008)
 * June 25 – Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect and architectural educator
 * July 23
 * Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (died 2010)
 * Richard Rogers, Italian-born British modernist and functionalist architect (died 2021)
 * October 29 – John Andrews, Australian architect (died 2022)
 * November 4 – Terje Moe, Norwegian architect (died 2009)
 * November 24 - Isaac Fola-Alade, Nigerian architect (1004 Estate) (died 2021)

Deaths

 * January – Edward Lippincott Tilton, American architect based in New York (born 1861)
 * March 10 – Émile André, French architect, artist and furniture designer (born 1871)
 * April 16 – Harold Peto, English architect and garden designer (born 1854)
 * August 8
 * Luca Beltrami, Italian architect and architectural historian (born 1854)
 * Adolf Loos, Austrian/Czechoslovak architect and writer (born 1870)
 * December 4 – W. G. R. Sprague, British theatre architect (born 1863)
 * December 24 – Sir Frank Baines, English architect (born 1877)