1914 in architecture

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The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

  • April 11Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  • May 15August 8Werkbund 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.{{cite book|author1=Penny Fowler|author2=Frank Lloyd Wright|title=Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9d10Yk2jSlAC&pg=PA48|year=2002|publisher=Pomegranate|isbn=978-0-7649-2017-2|pages=48}}
  • Lucy Greenish is the first woman to become a registered architect in New Zealand.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300710471/how-early-female-architects-often-overlooked-helped-shape-kiwi-buildings |title=How early female architects, often overlooked, helped shape Kiwi buildings |work=Stuff |date=2022-10-16 |last=Dennett |first=Kelly}}

Buildings and structures

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Awards

Publications

  • Albert RichardsonMonumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
  • Geoffrey ScottThe Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste

Births

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  • February 24Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005)
  • July 8Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 2013){{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/06/sally-harkness-cofounder-the-architects-collaborative-was-inspirational-figure-profession/GR8bVdJFc68U5Nhv5TnZvJ/story.html |title=Sally Harkness, 98; cofounder of The Architects Collaborative was inspirational figure in profession |newspaper=Boston Globe |author=Globe Staff |date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=April 28, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428001003/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/06/sally-harkness-cofounder-the-architects-collaborative-was-inspirational-figure-profession/GR8bVdJFc68U5Nhv5TnZvJ/story.html |archive-date=April 28, 2017}}
  • August 9Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994)
  • September 8Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001)
  • September 13Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008)
  • October 31Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017){{Cite web|url=http://wavetrain.net/news-a-views/794-edward-allcard-1914-2017-a-life-well-lived|title=EDWARD ALLCARD (1914-2017): A Life Well Lived|last=Doane|first=Charles|date=2017-08-12|website=wavetrain.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-08-13}}
  • December 5Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992)

Deaths

References

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