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The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.
* 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 (architect), Carl Moritz.
* Interior of Cadena Café, 59 Westbourne Grove, London, designed by Omega Workshops.
* United States Post Office (Westerly, Rhode Island), US Post Office, Westerly, Rhode Island, designed by James Knox Taylor and considered "the finest post office in the state."
* February 24 – Ralph Erskine (architect), Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005 in architecture, 2005)
* July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 200513 in architecture, 2013)
* August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994 in architecture, 1994)
* September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001 in architecture, 2001)
* September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008 in architecture, 2008)
* October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017 in architecture, 2017)
* December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992 in architecture, 1992)
Events
* April 11 – Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture Fraternities and sororities in North America, fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States. * May 15–August 8 – Werkbund Exhibition (1914), 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 (studio), Taliesin in Wisconsin (including Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire.Buildings and structures
Buildings and structures opened
* January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs (Oxford), Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Thomas Graham Jackson, Sir Thomas Jackson. * April – Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by William Pitt (architect), William Pitt. * May 7 – King Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, London, designed by John James Burnet, 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 (architect), Carl Moritz.
* Interior of Cadena Café, 59 Westbourne Grove, London, designed by Omega Workshops.
* United States Post Office (Westerly, Rhode Island), 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. * Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jean-Louis Pascal. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Ferran.Publications
* Albert Richardson (architect), Albert Richardson – ''Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland'' * Geoffrey Scott (architectural historian), Geoffrey Scott – ''The Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste''Births
* February 24 – Ralph Erskine (architect), Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005 in architecture, 2005)
* July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 200513 in architecture, 2013)
* August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994 in architecture, 1994)
* September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001 in architecture, 2001)
* September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008 in architecture, 2008)
* October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017 in architecture, 2017)
* December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992 in architecture, 1992)
Deaths
* February 8 – Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect (born 1866 in architecture, 1866) * May 24 – Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842 in architecture, 1842) * August 30 – Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837 in architecture, 1837)References
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