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1928 in architecture
See also: 1927 in architecture, other events of 1928, 1929 in architecture and the architecture timeline.
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Buildings
- First Dymaxion House is designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller.
- The Royal Horticultural Society New Building , a second exhibition hall for the RHS, designed by Easton & Robertson is completed. Located in Westminster, London, it was the first in the UK to have a parabolic curved concrete roof structure.
- Villa Savoye in Poissy-sur-Seine, designed by Le Corbusier is completed.
Awards
- Olympic gold medal - Jan Wils of the Netherlands for Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
- Olympic silver medal - Einar Mindedal Rasmussen of Denmark for Swimming pool at Ollerup
- Olympic bronze medal - Jacques Lambert of France for Stadium at Versailles
Events
- Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne initiated by Le Corbusier.
- Hannes Meyer succeeds Walter Gropius as head of the Bauhaus school.
Births
- Alison Smithson (died 1993)
Deaths
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh (born 1868)
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