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1914 in architecture

The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events
April 11Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States. • May 15August 8Werkbund 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. • Lucy Greenish is the first woman to become a registered architect in New Zealand. ==Buildings and structures==
Buildings and structures
Buildings and structures openedJanuary 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson. • 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 1Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, AlbertaAugust 15 – The Panama Canal, completed by George Washington Goethals. • December 7Tepid Baths, Auckland, New Zealand. Buildings completed , France • Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, designed by Paul Abadie. • Berlin State Library, Berlin, designed by Ernst von IhneCasa 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." ==Awards==
Awards
AIA Gold MedalJean-Louis Pascal. • RIBA Royal Gold MedalJean-Louis Pascal. • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Ferran. ==Publications==
Publications
Albert RichardsonMonumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and IrelandGeoffrey ScottThe Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste ==Births==
Births
February 24Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005) • July 8Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 2013) • August 9Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994) • September 8Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001) • September 13Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008) • October 31Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017) • December 5Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992) ==Deaths==
Deaths
February 8Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect (born 1866) • May 24Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842) • August 30Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837) ==References==
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