1914 in architecture
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The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.
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.{{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
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1914}}
=Buildings and structures opened=
- January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson.{{cite journal|first=Christopher|last=Tyerman|authorlink = Christopher Tyerman |title=Hertford's bridge|journal=Hertford College Magazine|volume=93|year=2013|pages=17–21}}
- 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=
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- 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."{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=William |title=5 gems of Rhode Island architecture |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture |accessdate=19 February 2019 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=14 February 2019}}
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
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- February 24 – Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005)
- July 8 – Sarah 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 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){{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 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)