The year 1927 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Melnikov stands in front of his completed Kauchuk Factory Club
Buildings opened
Centre Block , the main building of the Parliament of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa , Canada
Union and New Haven Trust Building , New Haven, Connecticut
January – Temepara Tapu o Ihoa (Holy Temple of Jehovah) , Rātana Pā , New Zealand, is privately opened.[1]
July 1 – Centre Block , the main building of the Parliament of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa , rebuilt after a fire in 1916 to a design by John A. Pearson and Jean Omer Marchand, is officially opened.
July 6 – Central Fire Station in Leicester , England, designed by Albert E. and Tom Sawday, is officially opened.
July 14 – Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle , designed by Robert Lorimer , is opened.
July 24 – Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres , Belgium , designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield , is unveiled.
October 9 – Norwich War Memorial in England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , is unveiled.
October 24 – Fred F. French Building in Midtown Manhattan , New York City, designed by H. Douglas Ives with Sloan & Robertson, is opened.
Buildings completed
Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart , Germany, designed by a team led by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe .
Double house in Brno , designed by Otto Eisler .
5 villas in rue Mallet-Stevens, Paris, designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens .
The rebuilt Quadrant in Regent Street , London , England.
The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne , Australia .
The Antoniuskirche (Basel) in Switzerland, designed by Karl Moser .
The Art Deco LeVeque Tower , designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, in Columbus, Ohio , United States . At 555.5 feet (169.3 meters) tall, it is just slightly higher than the Washington Monument .
The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park , California , designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood .[2]
Union and New Haven Trust Building , New Haven, Connecticut , designed by Cross & Cross .[3]
Harrison, Laura Soullière (2001-02-26). "The Ahwahnee Hotel" . Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study . National Park Service – Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2006-07-07 .