# 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)