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The year '''1918 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[November 3]] – A [[Baroque]] [[Marian columns|Marian column]] (built [[1650s in architecture|1650]]) in [[Prague]], the [[Czech Republic]], is destroyed by nationalists.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Cynthia|last=Paces|title=The Fall and Rise of Prague's Marian Column|journal=Radical History Review|volume=79|year=2001|pages=141–155}}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – The [[November Group (German)|November Group]] (''Novembergruppe'') of expressionist artists and architects is formed in Germany, and shortly afterwards merges with the [[Arbeitsrat für Kunst]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Helga|last=Kliemann|title=Die Novembergruppe|publisher=Gebr. Mann|location=Berlin|year=1969}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Hallidie Building.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Hallidie Building]]]]
===Buildings===
* [[Hallidie Building]] is built in [[San Francisco]]. Designed by [[Willis Polk]]. Credited as the first glass curtain wall building.
* [[D. L. James House]] is built in [[Carmel Highlands]], [[California]]. Designed by [[Greene and Greene]] in an [[Arts and Crafts]] style.
* [[Copenhagen Police Headquarters]] are begun in [[Denmark]]. Designed by [[Hack Kampmann]] in a [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style.
* [[Our Lady of Victories Basilica (Camberwell)|Our Lady of the Victories Basilica]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] is completed.
* [[Newman College (University of Melbourne)|Newman College]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] designed by [[Walter Burley Griffin]], is completed.
* [[:File:Quigley Preparatory Seminary (7372755066).jpg|The Chapel of St. James]], of the [[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary]] in [[Chicago]], designed by [[Zachary Taylor Davis]], in the [[Gothic architecture|French Gothic]] style, is completed.
* [[:File:Skogskyrkogården Skogskapellet 2011b.jpg|Woodland Chapel]] in [[Skogskyrkogården]] Cemetery is built in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. Designed by [[Erik Gunnar Asplund]].
* [[:File:Villa Snellman 2008a.jpg|Snellman House]] in [[Djursholm]], Sweden, is built. Designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Ernest Newton]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: not held.

==Births==

* [[February 1]] – [[Minnette de Silva]], Ceylonese modernist architect (died [[1998 in architecture|1998]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Aldo van Eyck]], Dutch architect (died [[1999 in architecture|1999]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.team10online.org/team10/eyck/index.html|title=Aldo van Eyck|publisher=Team 10 On line|accessdate=9 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – [[Jørn Utzon]], Danish architect best known for [[Sydney Opera House]] (died [[2008 in architecture|2008]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikmCHVv0stlSnIJYFrpEDVBq8I3wD94OKMGO0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202172431/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikmCHVv0stlSnIJYFrpEDVBq8I3wD94OKMGO0|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2008|title=Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies|date=2008-11-30|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref>
* [[July 3]] – [[Benjamin C. Thompson]], American architect (died [[2002 in architecture|2002]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]], American architect and academic (died [[1997 in architecture|1997]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses|first= Christopher|last=Domin|author2=King, Joseph|year=2005|publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]]|isbn=1-56898-551-7|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Rudolph Is Dead at 78; Modernist Architect of the 1960s|first=Herbert|last=Muschamp|authorlink=Herbert Muschamp|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1997-08-09|accessdate=2011-06-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408174647/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|archivedate=2012-04-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] – [[Gerard Goalen]], English Catholic church architect (died [[1999 in architecture|1999]])

==Deaths==
* [[April 11]] – [[Otto Wagner]], Austrian architect and urban planner (born [[1841 in architecture|1841]])<ref>Geretsegger, Heinz (1979). ''Otto Wagner, 1841–1989; the Expanding City; The Beginning of Modern Architecture''. New York: Rizzoli. {{ISBN|0-8478-0217-5}}.</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[William Pitt (architect)|William Pitt]], Australian architect, public servant and politician (born [[1855 in architecture|1855]])<ref>[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110245b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography], Online Edition.</ref>
* [[October 25]] – [[Zsigmond Quittner]], Hungarian commercial architect (died [[1859 in architecture|1859]])

==References==
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