1937 in architecture

The year 1937 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * May – The Georgian Group is set up as part of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in England.
 * September 7 – Witley Court in Worcestershire, England, is gutted by fire.
 * J. M. Richards becomes editor of the Architectural Review (London), continuing until 1971.
 * Icelandic State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design for the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík is commissioned; it will be constructed 1945–86.

Buildings opened

 * May 6 – Chelsea Bridge in Pimlico, London, designed by G. Topham Forrest, former head of London County Council's Architect's Department, opened by the Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
 * May 27 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, longest suspension bridge in the world by the length of central span (1937–1964), designed by Joseph B. Strauss.
 * July 18 – Haus der deutschen Kunst ("House of German Art") in Munich, designed by Paul Troost (died 1934), opened by Adolf Hitler to display art of the Third Reich.

Buildings completed

 * Thousand Islands Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, linking Canada and the United States.
 * Petőfi Bridge, Budapest, Hungary.
 * Holy Trinity Church, Sighișoara, Romania, designed by Dumitru Petrescu Gopeş.
 * Bethlehem Church, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Kaare Klint after original designs by his father, Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (died 1930).
 * Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden, Manchester, England, designed by Nugent Cachemaille-Day.
 * Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Winefride, Amlwch, Wales, designed by Giuseppe Rinvolucri.
 * Senate House (University of London), designed by Charles Holden.
 * Dolphin Square in Pimlico, London, designed by Gordon Jeeves.
 * Villa Myrdal, designed by Sven Markelius.
 * 3 Mapu Street, White City (Tel Aviv), Mandatory Palestine, designed by Ben-Ami Shulman.
 * St Ann's Court, near Chertsey in England, a modernist circular house designed by Raymond McGrath for Gerald L. Schlesinger and his partner landscape architect Christopher Tunnard.
 * Houses in Frognal Close, Hampstead, London, designed by Ernst L. Freud.
 * Kensal House in Ladbroke Grove, London, two low-rise blocks of modernist flats for the working class designed by Maxwell Fry.
 * Republic pavilion, Barcelona, and Spanish Republican government pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris, both designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
 * Club Moderne, Anaconda, Montana, designed by Fred F. Willson, built.
 * Via della Conciliazione in Rome constructed following demolition of the Piazza Scossacavalli.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Raymond Unwin.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Paul Jacques Grillo

Births

 * February 7 – Daryl Jackson, Australian architect
 * April 18 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect mainly active in UK (died 2009)
 * May 9 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
 * September 14 – Renzo Piano, Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect
 * October 3 – Richard England, Maltese architect
 * October 24 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, born Agrisano, Italian-born American architect
 * December 7 – Ron Labinski, American stadium architect (d. 2023)
 * date unknown
 * Kate Macintosh, Scottish-born architect
 * Georgie Wolton, born Cheesman, English architect
 * Yoshio Taniguchi, Japanese architect active in New York

Deaths

 * January 10 – Bertie Crewe, English architect (born 1860)
 * January 28 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooting champion (born 1862)
 * February 11 – Walter Burley Griffin, US architect and landscape architect, involved in design of Canberra (born 1876)
 * May 9 – Harry Barton, US architect from North Carolina (born 1876)
 * August 27 – John Russell Pope, US architect known for his work in Washington, DC (born 1874)
 * November 23 – Edward Prioleau Warren, English architect (born 1856)