1914 in architecture

none 1914 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 (including Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire.Penny Fowler Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist https://books.google.com/books?id=9d10Yk2jSlAC&pg=PA48 2002 Pomegranate 978-0-7649-2017-2 48 Lucy Greenish is the first woman to become a registered architect in New Zealand.https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300710471/how-early-female-architects-often-overlooked-helped-shape-kiwi-buildings How early female architects, often overlooked, helped shape Kiwi buildings Stuff 2022-10-16 Dennett Kelly Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1914 Buildings and structures opened January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson.Christopher Tyerman Christopher Tyerman Hertford's bridge Hertford College Magazine 93 2013 17–21 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. November 14 – The Joensuu Town Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, is inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.Digikoivikko: Joensuun uuden kaupungintalon vihkijuhlat – Vaarakirjastot https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181739/http://digikoivikko.vaarakirjastot.fi/items/show/452 July 9, 2021 (in Finnish) December 7 – Tepid Baths, Auckland, New Zealand. Buildings completed thumb|Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, France 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."Morgan William 5 gems of Rhode Island architecture https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture 19 February 2019 The Providence Journal 14 February 2019 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 thumb|upright|Ralph Erskine February 24 – Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005) July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 2013)https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/06/sally-harkness-cofounder-the-architects-collaborative-was-inspirational-figure-profession/GR8bVdJFc68U5Nhv5TnZvJ/story.html Sally Harkness, 98; cofounder of The Architects Collaborative was inspirational figure in profession Boston Globe Globe Staff July 6, 2013 live April 28, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170428001003/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/06/sally-harkness-cofounder-the-architects-collaborative-was-inspirational-figure-profession/GR8bVdJFc68U5Nhv5TnZvJ/story.html April 28, 2017 August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994) September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001) September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008) October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017)http://wavetrain.net/news-a-views/794-edward-allcard-1914-2017-a-life-well-lived EDWARD ALLCARD (1914-2017): A Life Well Lived Doane Charles 2017-08-12 wavetrain.net en-gb 2017-08-13 December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992) Deaths February 8 – Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect (born 1866) May 24 – Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842) August 30 – Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837) References