1944 in architecture
The year 1944 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- March 9 – St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn, gutted during the bombing of Tallinn in World War II.
- Summer – Ministry of Works (United Kingdom) builds the first demonstration British temporary prefab houses designed for postwar reconstruction. The temporary wooden Jicwood bungalow is designed by Richard Sheppard in England.
- October – Destruction of Warsaw.
- The Greater London Plan and A Plan for Plymouth are published by Patrick Abercrombie.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Malmö City Theatre, Sweden, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz with Erik Lallerstedt and David Helldén in 1933, is completed.
- Fagersta airspace surveillance tower, Sweden, designed by Cyrillus Johansson, is completed.
- 10050 Cielo Drive is built.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Louis Sullivan.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Edward Maufe.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Claude Béraud.
Births
- January 2 – Bryan Avery, English architect
- January 9 – Massimiliano Fuksas, Italian architect
- January 19 – Thom Mayne, American architect
- January 25 – Bernard Tschumi, Swiss-born architect
- April 6 – Peter Murray, English architectural journalist
- April 24 – Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
- June 1 – Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-born architect
- June 14 – Simo Paavilainen, Finnish architect
- July 15 – Stephen A. Lesser, American architect
- August 19 – Adrian Smith, American architect
- September 27 – Jan Utzon, Danish architect
- November 17 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
- December 23 – Samuel Mockbee, American architect
- Dick Clark, American architect
- Spencer de Grey, English architect
- David Miller, American architect
Deaths
- January 1 – Sir Edwin Lutyens, English architect
- March 8 – Rudolf Wels, Czech architect, killed in Auschwitz concentration camp
- April 4 – Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect
- April 10 – Henry Price, English architect working in Manchester
- May 8 – Alexander Beer, German architect, died in Theresienstadt concentration camp
- May 26 – Walter Brugmann, Nazi German architect, died in aircraft crash
- September 6 – Clarence Perry, American town planner
- October 7 – P. Morley Horder, English architect
- October 23 – Wilson Eyre, American architect
- November 12 – Samuel Charles Brittingham, Australian architect
- December 4 – Benjamin Wistar Morris, American architect
- December 25 – Henry Budden, Australian architect
- Harry Little, American architect
- Watson Elkinah Reid, Canadian architect