1911 in architecture

The year 1911 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * March 25 – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire shows up the need for improved safety standards in New York City buildings.
 * April 4 – Foundation stone of Castle Drogo, a country house in Devon, England designed by Edwin Lutyens, laid; it will not be completed until 1930.
 * May 23 – The competition to design Canberra, Australia's new capital, is won by American architect Walter Burley Griffin. In the same year, Griffin marries fellow architect Marion Lucy Mahony.

Buildings opened

 * May 23 – New York Public Library Main Branch, designed by Carrère and Hastings.
 * September 12 – Theatro Municipal (São Paulo), designed by Ramos de Azevedo.
 * c. September – Altare della Patria (Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II) in Rome, designed by Giuseppe Sacconi (died 1905) in 1884 inaugurated; it will not be completed until 1925.

Buildings completed

 * Brasserie Excelsior and Angleterre Hotel in Nancy, France, designed by Lucien Weissenburger and Alexander Mienville, with ironwork and interiors by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Grüber.
 * Fagus Factory at Alfeld, an der Leine, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer.
 * American Bank Note Company Printing Plant in New York City, designed by Kirby, Petit & Green.
 * Frank Lloyd Wright builds his Taliesin house and studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
 * Horwood House in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Detmar Blow, is completed.
 * King Edward Building for the General Post Office in the City of London, designed by Henry Tanner, an early use of Hennebique reinforced concrete.
 * Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England, designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas.
 * Eagle Insurance Building, Manchester, England, designed by Charles Heathcote.
 * New City Hall (Prague), designed by Osvald Polívka.
 * Church of St Cuthbert Mayne, Launceston, Cornwall, designed by Arthur Langdon.
 * Berlin-Pankow station, designed by Karl Cornelius and Ernst Schwartz.
 * Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, Washington.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – George Browne Post.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Wilhelm Dorpfeld.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: René Mirland.

Births

 * March 24 – Jane Drew, English modernist architect and town planner (died 1996)
 * July 16 – John Lautner, American architect (died 1994)
 * December – Tom Ellis, English architect (died 1988)
 * David Roberts, British architect (died 1982)

Deaths

 * November 15 – Philip Gengembre Hubert, French-born New York architect (born 1830)
 * Adolf Eichler, German architect working in Baku (suicide; born 1869)