1912 in architecture

The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall in Wales.

Buildings opened

 * Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & Johnson
 * April 19 – Bridges in Constantine, Algeria:
 * Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by Ferdinand Arnodin.
 * Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by Paul Séjourné.
 * April 25 – Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated.
 * May – Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia.
 * June – Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)
 * October 12 – Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (England), designed by Dom Paul Bellot, consecrated.
 * December 26 – Opening of:
 * Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.
 * St. James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White.

Buildings completed

 * Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria.
 * Mysore Palace, India, designed by Henry Irwin.
 * El Centro Español de Tampa, Florida, USA.
 * Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory
 * Šaloun's Villa in Prague, designed by and for sculptor Ladislav Šaloun.
 * The Salutation, Sandwich, Kent, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens with garden by Gertrude Jekyll.
 * Sons of Norway Hall, Petersburg, Alaska, USA.
 * Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff, Wales, designed by Vincent Harris and T. A. Moodie.
 * Chengyang Bridge, China.
 * Jackson Tower in Portland, Oregon
 * The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Sun Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 * Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 * Ritz-Carlton Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Awards

 * Olympic gold medal – Eugène Monod & Alphone Laverrière of Switzerland for Building plan of a modern stadium.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Basil Champneys.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jacques Debat-Ponsan.

Births

 * January 9 – Ralph Tubbs, British architect associated with the Festival of Britain (died 1996)
 * January 30 – Finn Juhl, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died 1989)
 * February 21 – Henry Bernard, French architect, designer of the Palace of Europe (died 1994)
 * March 12 – Gordon Tait, British architect (died 1999)
 * June 11 – Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (died 1998)
 * December 1 – Minoru Yamasaki, American World Trade Center architect (died 1986)
 * December 15 – Ray Eames, American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died 1988)

Deaths

 * February 8 – Constant-Désiré Despradelle, French architect and professor of architecture (born 1862)
 * June 1 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner (born 1846)
 * June 27 – Frank Furness, Philadelphia-based American architect (born 1839)
 * November 17 – Richard Norman Shaw, British architect (born 1831)