Editing 1914 in architecture

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The year '''1914 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==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.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Penny Fowler|author2=Frank Lloyd Wright|title=Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9d10Yk2jSlAC&pg=PA48|year=2002|publisher=Pomegranate|isbn=978-0-7649-2017-2|pages=48}}</ref>
* [[Lucy Greenish]] is the first woman to become a registered [[architect]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300710471/how-early-female-architects-often-overlooked-helped-shape-kiwi-buildings |title=How early female architects, often overlooked, helped shape Kiwi buildings |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=2022-10-16 |last=Dennett |first=Kelly}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1914}}
===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]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Christopher|last=Tyerman|authorlink = Christopher Tyerman |title=Hertford's bridge|journal=Hertford College Magazine|volume=93|year=2013|pages=17–21}}</ref>
* 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===
[[File:Basilique de Sacre Coeur in Montmartre (2518536847).jpg|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 (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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=William |title=5 gems of Rhode Island architecture |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture |accessdate=19 February 2019 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=14 February 2019}}</ref>

==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==
[[File:Ralph Erskine porträtt av Sundahl.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]]]]
* [[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 [[2013 in architecture|2013]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/07/06/sally-harkness-cofounder-the-architects-collaborative-was-inspirational-figure-profession/GR8bVdJFc68U5Nhv5TnZvJ/story.html |title=Sally Harkness, 98; cofounder of The Architects Collaborative was inspirational figure in profession |newspaper=Boston Globe |author=Globe Staff |date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=April 28, 2017 | archive-url=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 |archive-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>
* [[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]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wavetrain.net/news-a-views/794-edward-allcard-1914-2017-a-life-well-lived|title=EDWARD ALLCARD (1914-2017): A Life Well Lived|last=Doane|first=Charles|date=2017-08-12|website=wavetrain.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-08-13}}</ref>
* [[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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