Editing 1945 in architecture

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The year '''1945 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
[[File:Fotothek df ps 0000010 Blick vom Rathausturm.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dresden]]: view from the city hall (''Rathaus'') over the bombed city]]
* February 13–15 – The [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|bombing of Dresden]] by the British [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[United States Army Air Forces]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - WW2 People's War - Fact File : Dresden Raid |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138385.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=8 February 2020}}</ref> destroys 13 square miles (34&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of the city, and causes a firestorm that consumes the city centre. Landmarks destroyed include the [[Dresden Frauenkirche|Frauenkirche]], the [[Semperoper]] (the Saxony state opera house), and the [[Zwinger Palace]]. In the decades following the end of the [[World War II|war]], some of the lost buildings are reconstructed.
* October 26  – [[Bierut Decree]] nationalizes most land in [[Warsaw]] prior to the city's reconstruction following the [[destruction of Warsaw]].
* [[Auguste Perret]] is appointed architect for the reconstruction of [[Le Havre]].
* [[The Architects Collaborative]] is established in Cambridge, Massachusetts by founding members [[Norman C. Fletcher]] (1917–2007), [[Jean B. Fletcher]] (1915–1965), [[John C. Harkness]] (1916–2016), [[Sarah P. Harkness]] (1914–2013), [[Robert S. McMillan (architect)|Robert S. McMillan]] (1916–2001), [[Louis A. McMillen]] (1916–1998), [[Benjamin Thompson (architect)|Benjamin C. Thompson]] (1918–2002), and [[Walter Gropius]] (1883–1969). TAC becomes known as one of the most notable firms in post-war modernism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kubo |first1=Michael |title=The Cambridge School |url=https://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/cambridge-school |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717030402/http://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/cambridge-school |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2013 |website=Architecture Boston |publisher=American Institute of Architects |accessdate=27 October 2018 }}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1945}}

===Buildings===
* [[Hallgrímskirkja]], a church in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]] is started.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Victor Vesnin]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Jean Dubuisson]] and Jean de Mailly.

==Publications==
* [[John Summerson]] – ''Georgian London''.

==Births==
[[File:Jean Nouvel 2009 Vienna frontal.jpg|thumb|[[Jean Nouvel]]]]
* July 1 – [[Chris Wilkinson (architect)|Chris Wilkinson]], English architect, co-founder of [[WilkinsonEyre]] (died [[2021 in architecture|2021]])
* August 12 – [[Jean Nouvel]], French architect
* [[Rasem Badran]], Palestine-born Jordanian/Saudi Arabian architect
* [[Álvaro Barrera]], Colombian restoration architect
* [[Stephen Carter (architect)|Stephen Carter]], American architect
* [[John Frazer (architect)|John Frazer]], English architectural academic, CAD pioneer

==Deaths==
* January 29 – [[Ilya Golosov]], Soviet Russian architect (born [[1883 in architecture|1883]])
* February 5 – [[Ragnar Östberg]], Swedish architect (born [[1866 in architecture|1866]])
* February 8 – [[Robert Mallet-Stevens]], French architect (born [[1886 in architecture|1886]])
* February 10 – [[Baillie Scott]], British architect (born [[1865 in architecture|1865]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (February 8, 2020, 10:56 pm) |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201788 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |accessdate=8 February 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328113801/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201788 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* June 20 – [[J. André Fouilhoux]], French-born American architect (fall from building) (born [[1879 in architecture|1879]])
* [[Panteleimon Golosov]], Russian [[Constructivist architecture|Constructivist]] architect (born [[1882 in architecture|1882]])

==References==
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