title: 1947 in architecture
text: # 1947 in architecture
  
  The year 1947 in architecture involved some significant events.
  
  ## Events
  
  * February–June – Initial proposals for the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City are drawn up.
  * April – Initial proposals for Point Park Civic Center in Pittsburgh by Frank Lloyd Wright are presented.
  * Bankside Power Station, London, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (completed in early 1960s; converted to Tate Modern art gallery in late 1990s).
  * Le Corbusier commences construction of the Cité radieuse, Marseille.
  * Reconstruction plan for the French city of Nantes by Michel Roux-Spitz is approved.
  * Jože Plečnik proposes plans for the "Plečnik Parliament" overlooking Ljubljana.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings completed
  
  * The Berkeley Building, or "Old" John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, designed by Cram and Ferguson.
  * 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
  * Altino Arantes Building in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Plínio Botelho do Amaral with the contractors, Camargo & Mesquita.
  * Wachovia Building (Mobile), Alabama, designed by Platt Roberts & Associates.
  * Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja, Azerbaijan (replaced 1991).
  * Cathedral of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo.
  * St. Josaphat Cathedral, McCauley, Edmonton, Alberta, designed by Reverend Philip Ruh.
  * Zushi Temple, New Taipei City, Taiwan, designed by Li Meishu.
  * Avenel Cooperative Housing Project in Los Angeles, California, designed by Gregory Ain.
  * Hearst Castle, California, designed by Julia Morgan (construction, begun in 1919, ceases).
  * Delano hotel, Miami Beach, designed by Robert Swartburg.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * AIA Gold Medal – Eliel Saarinen
  * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Albert Edward Richardson
  
  ## Births
  
  * March 8 – Foad Rafii, Iranian architect working in Canada
  * March 22 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician working in Bristol
  * April 20 – Mark Fisher, English architect specialising in rock music stage sets (died 2013)
  * June 24 – Ian Ritchie, English architect working internationally
  * November 10 – Patrick Berger, French architect
  * December 9 – Steven Holl, American architect
  * December 12 – Will Alsop, English architect (died 2018)
  * December 21 – Jacques Lucan, French architect
  * Aykut Karaman, Turkish architect
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 22 – Max Berg, German architect (born 1870)
  * February 21 – Richard Barry Parker, English architect and urban planner (born 1867)
  * April 1 – Carl Krayl, German architect (born 1890)
  * June 6 – José Marques da Silva, Portuguese architect (born 1869)
  * August 5 – Charles Bateman, English architect (born 1863)
  * September 9 – Victor Horta, Belgian architect (born 1861)
  * October 1 – James Gamble Rogers, American architect (born 1867)
  * November 5 – Fritz Schumacher, German architect (born 1869)
  * November 20 – Walter J. Mathews, American architect working in California (born 1850)
  * November 28
     * James Miller, Scottish architect (born 1860)
     * Cecil Wood, New Zealand architect (born 1878)
  * Vjekoslav Bastl, Croatian secessionist architect working in Zagreb (born 1872)
  * Frank Chouteau Brown, American architect (born 1876)
  * Henrietta Cuttino Dozier, American architect working in the southern states (born 1872)
  * Squire J. Vickers, American architect working on the New York City Subway (born 1872)
  * Francis W. Wilson, American architect working in California (born 1870)
  