1914 in architecture

Events

• April 11 – Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
• May 15–August 8 – Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne, featuring the Glass Pavilion designed by Bruno Taut.
• August 15 – A dismissed servant kills seven people at American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home, Taliesin in Wisconsin (including Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire.
• Lucy Greenish is the first woman to become a registered architect in New Zealand.

Buildings and structures

Buildings and structures opened

• January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson.
• April – Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by William Pitt.
• May 7 – King Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, London, designed by Sir John Burnet.
• June 1 – Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta
• August 15 – The Panama Canal, completed by George Washington Goethals.
• December 7 – Tepid Baths, Auckland, New Zealand.

Buildings completed

• Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, designed by Paul Abadie.
• Berlin State Library, Berlin, designed by Ernst von Ihne
• Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antonio Gaudi.
• Stralsund Theatre, Germany, designed by Carl Moritz.
• Interior of Cadena Café, 59 Westbourne Grove, London, designed by Omega Workshops.
• US Post Office, Westerly, Rhode Island, designed by James Knox Taylor and considered "the finest post office in the state."

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Jean-Louis Pascal.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jean-Louis Pascal.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Ferran.

Publications

• Albert Richardson – Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
• Geoffrey Scott – The Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste

Births

• February 24 – Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005)
• July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 2013)
• August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994)
• September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001)
• September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008)
• October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017)
• December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992)

Deaths

• February 8 – Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect (born 1866)
• May 24 – Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842)
• August 30 – Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837)

References

References

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4. (14 February 2019). "5 gems of Rhode Island architecture". The Providence Journal.
5. Globe Staff. (July 6, 2013). "Sally Harkness, 98; cofounder of The Architects Collaborative was inspirational figure in profession". Boston Globe.
6. Doane, Charles. (2017-08-12). "EDWARD ALLCARD (1914-2017): A Life Well Lived".