1914 in architecture

The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings opened

• August 15 - The Panama Canal.

Buildings completed

Sacré-Cœur, Paris

• Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, designed by Paul Abadie.
• Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by William Pitt.
• Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antonio Gaudi.
• Stralsund Theatre, Germany, designed by Carl Moritz.
• Tepid Baths, Auckland, New Zealand.

Events

• 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 his mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Jean-Louis Pascal.
• 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

• February 24 - Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005)
• 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)

Deaths

• May 24 - Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842)
• August 30 - Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837)