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Overview of the events of 1914 in architecture
The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures[edit]
Buildings and structures opened[edit]
- January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson.[3]
- 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[edit]
- 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."[4]
Publications[edit]
- Albert Richardson – Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
- Geoffrey Scott – The Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste
References[edit]
- ^ Penny Fowler; Frank Lloyd Wright (2002). Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist. Pomegranate. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7649-2017-2.
- ^ Dennett, Kelly (2022-10-16). "How early female architects, often overlooked, helped shape Kiwi buildings". Stuff.
- ^ Tyerman, Christopher (2013). "Hertford's bridge". Hertford College Magazine. 93: 17–21.
- ^ Morgan, William (14 February 2019). "5 gems of Rhode Island architecture". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Globe Staff (July 6, 2013). "Sally Harkness, 98; cofounder of The Architects Collaborative was inspirational figure in profession". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ Doane, Charles (2017-08-12). "EDWARD ALLCARD (1914-2017): A Life Well Lived". wavetrain.net. Retrieved 2017-08-13.