1917 in architecture

The year 1917 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * The journal De Stijl is first published by Theo van Doesburg.

Buildings

 * The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started.
 * The Lister County Courthouse (Listers härads tingshus) designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund in a Mannerist style in Sölvesborg, Sweden is started.

Buildings completed

 * Cunard Building, Liverpool, England, designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse.
 * Edificio Correos, San José, Costa Rica
 * Livermore House, San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Julia Morgan.
 * Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, designed by York and Sawyer

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henri Paul Nenot.

Births

 * March 2 – Laurie Baker, British-born Indian architect, known for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture (died 2007)
 * April 26 – I. M. Pei, Chinese American architect often called a master of modern architecture (died 2019)
 * July 6 – Wang Da-hong, Chinese-born Taiwanese architect (died 2018)
 * September 14 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (died 2007)
 * December 8 – Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer (died 2006)
 * December 10 – Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (died 2000)

Deaths

 * January 19 – E. R. Robson, English school architect (born 1836)
 * February 8 – Thomas Arboe, Danish railway station architect (born 1837)
 * July 2 – Gerald Horsley, English architect (born 1862)
 * August 4 – C. W. Stephens, English commercial architect (born c.1845)
 * September 23 – Robert Swain Peabody, Boston architect (born 1845)
 * November 23 – William Ralph Emerson, American architect (born 1833)
 * December 30 – Gustaf Nyström, Finnish architect (born 1856)