Editing 1944 in architecture

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The year '''1944 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* March 9 – [[St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn]], gutted during the [[bombing of Tallinn in World War II]].
* Summer – [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)]] builds the first demonstration [[British post-war temporary prefab houses|British temporary prefab houses]] designed for postwar reconstruction (in [[Northolt]] and on [[Millbank]] in London).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/story/slide.aspx?storyUid=44&slideNo=15|title=Prefabs – Factory homes for post-War England|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|accessdate=2010-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606133118/http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/story/slide.aspx?storyUid=44&slideNo=15|archive-date=2011-06-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The temporary wooden [[The Airscrew Company|Jicwood]] bungalow is designed by [[Richard Sheppard (architect)|Richard Sheppard]] in England.
* October – [[Destruction of Warsaw]].
* The ''[[Greater London Plan]]'' and ''A Plan for Plymouth'' are published by [[Patrick Abercrombie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Abercrombie Plan 1944|url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Research/Your-Research/X20L/Themes/1337/1075/|work=Exploring 20th century London|publisher=[[Museum of London]]|year=2005|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Malmö stadsteater 2.jpg|thumb|[[Malmö Opera|Malmö City Theatre]], Sweden]]
===Buildings===
* [[Malmö Opera|Malmö City Theatre]], Sweden, designed by [[Sigurd Lewerentz]] with Erik Lallerstedt and David Helldén in 1933, is completed.
* [[Fagersta airspace surveillance tower]], Sweden, designed by [[Cyrillus Johansson]], is completed.
* [[10050 Cielo Drive]] (site of the [[Manson murders]] in 1969) is built.

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Louis Sullivan]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Edward Maufe]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Claude Béraud.

==Births==
* January 2 – [[Bryan Avery]], English architect (died [[2017 in architecture#Deaths|2017]])
* January 9 – [[Massimiliano Fuksas]], Italian architect
* January 19 – [[Thom Mayne]], American architect
* January 25 – [[Bernard Tschumi]], Swiss-born architect
* April 6 – [[Peter Murray (architectural writer)|Peter Murray]], English architectural journalist
* April 24 – [[Maarja Nummert]], Estonian architect
* June 1 – [[Rafael Viñoly]], Uruguayan-born architect (died [[2023 in architecture|2023]])
* June 14 – [[Simo Paavilainen]], Finnish architect
* July 15 – [[Stephen A. Lesser]], American architect
* August 19 – [[Adrian Smith (architect)|Adrian Smith]], American architect
* September 27 – [[Jan Utzon]], Danish architect
* November 17 – [[Rem Koolhaas]], Dutch architect
* December 23 – [[Samuel Mockbee]], American architect (died [[2001 in architecture#Deaths|2001]])
* [[Dick Clark (architect)|Dick Clark]], American architect
* [[Spencer de Grey]], English architect
* [[David Miller (architect)|David Miller]], American architect

==Deaths==
[[File:Edwin_Lutyens.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Edwin Lutyens]]]]
* January 1 – Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]], English architect (born [[1869 in architecture|1869]])
* March 8 – [[Rudolf Wels]], Czech architect, killed in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] (born [[1882 in architecture|1882]])
* April 4 – [[Morris H. Whitehouse]], American architect (born [[1878 in architecture|1878]])
* April 10 – [[Henry Price (architect)|Henry Price]], English architect working in Manchester (born [[1867 in architecture|1867]])
* May 8 – [[Alexander Beer]], German architect, died in [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]] (born [[1873 in architecture|1873]])
* May 26 – [[Walter Brugmann]], Nazi German architect, died in aircraft crash (born [[1887 in architecture|1887]])
* September 6 – [[Clarence Perry]], American town planner (born [[1872 in architecture|1872]])
* October 7 – [[Percy Richard Morley Horder|P. Morley Horder]], English architect (born [[1870 in architecture|1870]])
* October 23 – [[Wilson Eyre]], American architect (born [[1858 in architecture|1858]])
* November 12 – [[Samuel Charles Brittingham]], Australian architect (born [[1860 in architecture|1860]])
* December 4 – [[Benjamin Wistar Morris (architect)|Benjamin Wistar Morris]], American architect (born [[1870 in architecture|1870]])
* December 25 – [[Henry Budden]], Australian architect (born [[1871 in architecture|1871]])
* [[Harry Little (architect)|Harry Little]], American architect
* [[Watson Elkinah Reid]], Canadian architect (born [[1858 in architecture|1858]])

==References==
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