1914 in architecture
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, 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
- July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect
- August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer
- September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London
- September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota
- October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman
- December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect
Deaths
- February 8 – Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect
- May 24 – Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect
- August 30 – Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb