1919 in architecture

The year 1919 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * 25 April – The Bauhaus architectural and design movement is founded in Weimar, Germany, by Walter Gropius.
 * November – Start of the Glass Chain correspondence.
 * Julia Morgan is selected as the architect for William Randolph Hearst's La Cuesta Encantada, better known as Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California, USA.

Buildings opened

 * 5 March – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen.
 * April – First Congregational Church of Albany, New York, USA, designed by Albert W. Fuller.
 * September – Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, USA, designed by Cass Gilbert.
 * 16 October – Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
 * 11 November (Remembrance Day) – Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Henry Sproatt.
 * 27 November – Laie Hawaii Temple, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, dedicated.
 * 29 November – Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin with interior remodelled as a theater by Hans Poelzig.
 * Church of the Madonna della Difesa, Montreal, Canada.
 * McMahon Building, better known as the "World's littlest skyscraper", by J. D. McMahon, in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas.

Buildings completed

 * Het Schip, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Michel de Klerk.
 * First Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, by Rudolf Steiner.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leonard Stokes.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Jacques Carlu and Jean-Jacques Haffner.

Births

 * 3 January – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (died 1971)
 * 21 June – Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect (died 2013)
 * 23 July – Geoffrey Bawa, Ceylonese architect (died 2003)
 * 12 December – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (died 2005)
 * date unknown – Mualla Eyüboğlu, Turkish architect (died 2009)

Deaths

 * 26 February – Paul Due, Norwegian architect of railway stations (born 1835)
 * 12 August – Ernest Gimson, English "Arts and Crafts" architect and furniture designer (born 1864)
 * 5 September – Frigyes Schulek, Hungarian architect (born 1841)
 * 15 October – Adolf W. Edelsvärd, Swedish architect (born 1824)
 * 6 November – Hans Christian Amberg, Danish architect (born 1837)