1914 in architecture

The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * April 11 – Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
 * May 15–August 8 – Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne, featuring the Glass Pavilion designed by Bruno Taut.
 * August 15 – A dismissed servant kills seven people at American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home, Taliesin in Wisconsin (including Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire.
 * Lucy Greenish is the first woman to become a registered architect in New Zealand.

Buildings and structures opened

 * January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson.
 * April – Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by William Pitt.
 * May 7 – King Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, London, designed by Sir John Burnet.
 * June 1 – Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta
 * August 15 – The Panama Canal, completed by George Washington Goethals.
 * December 7 – Tepid Baths, Auckland, New Zealand.

Buildings completed

 * Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, designed by Paul Abadie.
 * Berlin State Library, Berlin, designed by Ernst von Ihne
 * Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 * Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antonio Gaudi.
 * Stralsund Theatre, Germany, designed by Carl Moritz.
 * Interior of Cadena Café, 59 Westbourne Grove, London, designed by Omega Workshops.
 * US Post Office, Westerly, Rhode Island, designed by James Knox Taylor and considered "the finest post office in the state."

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Jean-Louis Pascal.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jean-Louis Pascal.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Ferran.

Publications

 * Albert Richardson – Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
 * Geoffrey Scott – The Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste

Births

 * February 24 – Ralph Erskine, English architect working in Sweden (died 2005)
 * July 8 – Sarah P. Harkness, American architect (died 2013)
 * August 9 – Gordon Cullen, influential English architect and urban designer (died 1994)
 * September 8 – Denys Lasdun, English architect best known for the Royal National Theatre, London (died 2001)
 * September 13 – Ralph Rapson, American architect and head of architecture at the University of Minnesota (died 2008)
 * October 31 – Edward Allcard, British architect and yachtsman (died 2017)
 * December 5 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (died 1992)

Deaths

 * February 8 – Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, Spanish architect (born 1866)
 * May 24 – Herman Teodor Holmgren, Swedish architect (born 1842)
 * August 30 – Ingress Bell, English architect and professional partner of Sir Aston Webb (born 1837)