
The Council House, New Delhi (1931)
Designer: Baker, Sir Herbert (1862-1946)
Copyright: RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection (1920s)
1920 - Charles Louis Girault, France
1921 - Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens|
1922 - Thomas Hastings, USA
1923 - Sir John James Burnet
1924 - No award
1925 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott|
1926 - Prof. Ragnar Ostberg, Sweden
1927 - Sir Herbert Baker|
1928 - Sir Guy Dawber
1929 - Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux, France
RGM in historical context - world events in this decade
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1920
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The Cenotaph in London, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is completed.
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1921
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The Einstein Tower near Potsdam, Germany, designed by Erich Mendelsohn is completed.
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1922
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After three years of civil war Lenin declares Russia's New Economic Policy and the Bolsheviks form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from the former Russian Empire.
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Mussolini becomes Italy's Prime Minister and starts a fascist dictatorship
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The Irish Civil War establishes the Irish Free State under British dominion and without the six counties of Northern Ireland. The war claimed more lives than the War of Independence that preceded it and left Irish society deeply divided.
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1923
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Vers une Architecture by Le Corbusier (later translated into English as Towards a New Architecture) is published.
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1925
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Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, a book that foreshadows many of the events of the 1930s.
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1927
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Battersea Power Station in London, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, is completed.
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1929
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The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is erected.
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Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto, is completed.
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