The year 1939 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• April 21 - The San Jacinto Monument is dedicated near Houston, Texas.
• July 26 - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham, England, designed by Robert Atkinson, is officially opened.
• Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, designed by John Russell Pope, is begun.
• St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia is officially completed.
• Vulcan Park in Birmingham, Alabama is dedicated.

Events

• Jane Drew sets up an all-female architectural practice in London.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Percy Thomas.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

• June 21 - Charles Jencks
• October 9 - Nicholas Grimshaw
• December 5 - Ricardo Bofill

Deaths

• September 26 - Kirtland Cutter (born 1860)

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