1943 in architecture

The year 1943 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * The Athens Charter is published by the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne group of architects.
 * Nikolaus Pevsner's book An Outline of European Architecture is published in Britain.
 * The County of London Plan is prepared by J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie.

Buildings opened

 * January 15 – The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., United States, designed by George Bergstrom
 * April 13 – The Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., designed by John Russell Pope
 * Peace River Suspension Bridge, Canada (collapsed 1957)
 * Sandö Bridge, Sweden
 * Surp Hagop Church, Aleppo, Syria
 * Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer
 * Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India, designed by Henry Vaughan Lanchester (begun 1929)
 * Block D, Bletchley Park, England.

Buildings completed

 * Casa Malaparte on Capri, house for Curzio Malaparte designed by him with Adalberto Libera and builder Adolfo Amitrano (begun 1937)

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Herbert Reilly.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Chatelin and Jean Dubuisson.

Births

 * January 3 – Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, German-born architect (died 2004)
 * March 14 – Peter Vetsch, Swiss architect
 * April 1 – Mario Botta, Swiss architect
 * April 24 – Franco Stella, Italian architect
 * April 26 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
 * August 7 – Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Egyptian architect working in Islamic and New Classical styles

Deaths

 * June 27 – Knud Arne Petersen, Danish architect and director of Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen (born 1862)
 * July 19 – Giuseppe Terragni, Italian Rationalist architect (born 1904; thrombosis)
 * November 29 – John Virginius Bennes, Oregon architect (born 1867)