1940 in architecture

The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * Oscar Niemeyer begins to design landmark public buildings around the artificial lake of Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil.
 * The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, begun in 1916, is published.
 * Thomas Sharp's Pelican book Town Planning is published in the United Kingdom.
 * November 9 – Major fire at Castle Howard in England.

Buildings completed

 * Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.
 * St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia.
 * Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas, Slovenia, designed by Jože Plečnik.
 * Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania.
 * Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (d.1930) in 1913 and completed by his son Kaare Klint.
 * Church and Priory of Christ the King, Cockfosters, London, designed by Dom Constantine Bosschaerts.
 * Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
 * Replacement Llao Llao Hotel at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo.
 * Civic Centre of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Ernesto de Estrada.
 * New Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
 * Atatürk Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey (the fourth bridge on this site).
 * Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal in Ann Arbor, United States, designed by Banfield and Cumming with Douglas Loree.
 * Detroit Arsenal (Warren, Michigan) Tank Plant, designed by Albert Kahn.
 * Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames, England, designed by Jane Drew.
 * No. 4 Boathouse at HMNB Portsmouth, England, designed by E. A. Scott.

Awards

 * American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – William Adams Delano.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Voysey.

Births

 * January 14 – Helmut Jahn, German-American architect
 * March 26 – Jörg Streli, Austrian architect and academic (died 2019)
 * May 31 – Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist (died 2012)
 * June 24 – Claude Vasconi, French architect (died 2009)
 * September 3 – Frank Duffy, British architect

Deaths

 * February 27 – Peter Behrens, German architect and designer (born 1868)
 * March 24 – Thomas Adams, British urban planner (born 1871)
 * June 11
 * Alfred S. Alschuler, Chicago architect (born 1876)
 * John A. Pearson, Canadian architect (born 1867)
 * August 22 – Paul Gösch, German artist, architect, lithographer and designer (born 1885)
 * October 20 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish Nordic Classicist architect (born 1885)
 * December 13 – Marc Camoletti, Swiss architect (born 1857)