1927 in architecture

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The year 1927 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• July 24 - Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is unveiled.
• Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, designed by a team led by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is completed.
• The rebuilt Quadrant in Regent Street, London, is officially declared complete.
• Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov, is completed. Konstantin Melnikov enters his "golden season", designing over ten buildings in one year, including extant Kauchuk Factory Club, Rusakov Workers' Club, Svoboda Factory Club and his own residence in Moscow. These buildings are completed in 1928-1929.
• The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
• The Art Deco LeVeque Tower, designed by C. Howard Crane and John Gill & Sons, is completed in Columbus, Ohio, United States. At 555.5 feet (169 meters) tall, it is just slightly higher than the Washington Monument.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Howard Van Doren Shaw.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Herbert Baker.

Births

• December 4 - Gae Aulenti Italian designer and architect

Deaths

• January 3 - Antonio Rivas Mercado, Mexican architect (born 1853)
• December 27 - Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Catalan Spanish architect (born 1850)