Editing 1917 in architecture

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The year '''1917 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* The journal ''[[De Stijl]]'' is first published by [[Theo van Doesburg]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1917}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Michel de Klerk Spaarndammerplantsoen Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|[[Het Schip]] design]]
* The [[Het Schip]] housing scheme designed by [[Michel de Klerk]] in [[Amsterdam]] is started.
* The [[:File:Sölvesborg Listers härads tingshus.jpg|Lister County Courthouse]] (''Listers härads tingshus'') designed by [[Erik Gunnar Asplund]] in a [[Mannerist]] style in [[Sölvesborg]], [[Sweden]] is started.

===Buildings completed===
* [[Cunard Building]], [[Liverpool]], England, designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse.
* [[Edificio Correos]], San José, Costa Rica<ref>{{cite book|author=Baker, C. P.|title=Costa Rica|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|series=Eye Witness Travel Guides|date=2005|pages=58–9}}</ref>
* [[Livermore House]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]], USA, designed by [[Julia Morgan]].
* [[Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]], USA, designed by [[York and Sawyer]]<ref name="PPS">{{cite web |title=Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co Building |url=http://guide.ppsri.org/property/rhode-island-hospital-trust-co-building |website=Guide to Providence Architecture |publisher=Providence Preservation Society |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Henri Paul Nenot]].

==Births==
[[File:I.M. Pei.JPG|thumb|[[I. M. Pei]]]]
* [[March 2]] – [[Laurie Baker]], British-born Indian architect, known for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture (died 2007)
* [[April 26]] – [[I. M. Pei]], Chinese American architect often called a master of [[modern architecture]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiseman|first=Carter|title=I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture|location=New York|publisher=H. N. Abrams|year=2001|isbn=0-8109-3477-9|page=11}}</ref> (died [[2019 in architecture|2019]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Wang Da-hong]], Chinese-born Taiwanese architect (died [[2018 in architecture|2018]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Ettore Sottsass]], Italian architect and designer (died [[2007 in architecture|2007]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Nisse Strinning]], Swedish architect and designer (died [[2006 in architecture#Deaths|2006]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Eladio Dieste]], Uruguayan engineer and architect (died [[2000 in architecture|2000]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 19]] – [[Edward Robert Robson|E. R. Robson]], English school architect (born [[1836 in architecture|1836]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Thomas Arboe]], Danish railway station architect (born [[1837 in architecture|1837]])
* [[July 2]] – [[Gerald Horsley]], English architect (born [[1862 in architecture|1862]])
* [[August 4]] – [[C. W. Stephens]], English commercial architect (born c.1845)
* [[September 23]] – [[Robert Swain Peabody]], Boston architect (born [[1845 in architecture|1845]])
* [[November 23]] – [[William Ralph Emerson]], American architect (born [[1833 in architecture|1833]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Gustaf Nyström]], Finnish architect (born [[1856 in architecture|1856]])

==References==
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