1946 in architecture

none 1946 architecture The year 1946 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. 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 thumb|right|Original (right) and reconstructed (left) BISF houses in Port Glasgow Buildings Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan, United States is completed. BISF houses in the United Kingdom, designed by Frederick Gibberd.History BISF Houses http://bisfhouse.com/history/ 2011-08-01 2011-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20111016042237/http://bisfhouse.com/history/ dead 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 May 13 – Basil Al Bayati, Iraqi architect and designer date unknown Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish architect Richard Johnson, Australian architecthttp://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=10707 Australian Institute of Architects Background Biography 2010-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110318231454/http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=10707 2011-03-18 Deaths February 4 – Herbert Baker, British architect based in South Africa (born 1862) August 30 – Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (born 1867) December 16 – Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago-based U.S. architect (born 1872)Chicago Tribune, December 17, 1946 References