1946 in architecture

Events

• J. M. Richards publishes his anatomy of England's suburbia, The Castles on the Ground, illustrated by John Piper.
• Thomas Sharp publishes The Anatomy of the Village.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan, United States is completed.
• BISF houses in the United Kingdom, designed by Frederick Gibberd.
• KPRK radio station building in Livingston, MT is designed and built.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Patrick Abercrombie.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Guillaume Gillet.

Births

• April 24 – Piers Gough, English architect
• May 12 – Daniel Libeskind, Polish architect, artist and set designer
• date unknown
• *Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish architect
• *Richard Johnson, Australian architect

Deaths

• February 4 - Herbert Baker, British architect based in South Africa
• August 30 - Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect
• December 16 - Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago-based U.S. architect