1918 in architecture

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The year 1918 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • November 3 – A Baroque Marian column (built 1650) in Prague, the Czech Republic, is destroyed by nationalists.{{cite journal|first=Cynthia|last=Paces|title=The Fall and Rise of Prague's Marian Column|journal=Radical History Review|volume=79|year=2001|pages=141–155}}
  • December 3 – The November Group (Novembergruppe) of expressionist artists and architects is formed in Germany, and shortly afterwards merges with the Arbeitsrat für Kunst.{{cite book|first=Helga|last=Kliemann|title=Die Novembergruppe|publisher=Gebr. Mann|location=Berlin|year=1969}}

Buildings and structures

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Awards

Births

  • February 1Minnette de Silva, Ceylonese modernist architect (died 1998)
  • March 16Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (died 1999){{cite web|url=http://www.team10online.org/team10/eyck/index.html|title=Aldo van Eyck|publisher=Team 10 On line|accessdate=9 September 2012}}
  • April 10Jørn Utzon, Danish architect best known for Sydney Opera House (died 2008){{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikmCHVv0stlSnIJYFrpEDVBq8I3wD94OKMGO0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202172431/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikmCHVv0stlSnIJYFrpEDVBq8I3wD94OKMGO0|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2008|title=Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies|date=2008-11-30|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-11-30}}
  • July 3Benjamin C. Thompson, American architect (died 2002)
  • October 23Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic (died 1997){{cite book|title=Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses|first= Christopher|last=Domin|author2=King, Joseph|year=2005|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=1-56898-551-7|page=26}}{{cite news|title=Paul Rudolph Is Dead at 78; Modernist Architect of the 1960s|first=Herbert|last=Muschamp|authorlink=Herbert Muschamp|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1997-08-09|accessdate=2011-06-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408174647/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|archivedate=2012-04-08|url-status=dead}}
  • December 16Gerard Goalen, English Catholic church architect (died 1999)

Deaths

  • April 11Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (born 1841)Geretsegger, Heinz (1979). Otto Wagner, 1841–1989; the Expanding City; The Beginning of Modern Architecture. New York: Rizzoli. {{ISBN|0-8478-0217-5}}.
  • May 25William Pitt, Australian architect, public servant and politician (born 1855)[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110245b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography], Online Edition.
  • October 25Zsigmond Quittner, Hungarian commercial architect (died 1859)

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