Overview of the events of 1914 in architecture
The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures opened
January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs " at Hertford College, Oxford , England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson .[1]
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
Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris , designed by Paul Abadie .
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."[2]
Events
Awards
Publications
Albert Richardson – Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
Geoffrey Scott – The Architecture of Humanism: a study in the history of taste
Births
Deaths
References
^ 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 .