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The year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings Sydney Harbour Bridge - March 19 - Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by John Bradfield, is opened in Sydney, Australia.
- April 23 - New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, designed by Elisabeth Scott, is opened, becaming the first important work erected in the United Kingdom by a woman architect.[1]
- Church of the Sacred Heart in Prague, designed by Josip Plecnik, is completed.
- The Daily Express Building, London, designed by Sir Owen Williams, is built.
- The Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in Perivale, West London, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in Art Deco style, is opened.
- Lambeth Bridge, designed by Geoffrey Groves, is opened.
- Unilever House in the City of London, designed by James Lomax-Simpson of Unilever with Sir John Burnet and Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet and Partners, is opened.[2]
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China, is completed.
- Douaumont ossuary, designed by L on Az ma to house the bones of at least 130,000 unidentified soldiers of both sides, is completed.
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