1917 in architecture
The year 1917 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
- The journal De Stijl is first published by Theo van Doesburg.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started.
- The :File:Sölvesborg Listers härads tingshus.jpg|Lister County Courthouse designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund in a Mannerist style in Solvesborg, Sweden is started.
Buildings completed
- Edificio Correos, San José, Costa Rica
- Livermore House, San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Julia Morgan.
- Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, designed by York and Sawyer
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henri Paul Nenot.
Births
- March 2 – Laurie Baker, British-born Indian architect, known for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture
- April 26 – I. M. Pei, Chinese American architect often called a master of modern architecture
- July 6 – Wang Da-hong, Chinese-born Taiwanese architect
- September 14 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer
- December 8 – Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer
- December 10 – Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect
Deaths
- January 19 – E. R. Robson, English school architect
- February 8 – Thomas Arboe, Danish railway station architect
- July 2 – Gerald Horsley, English architect
- August 4 – C. W. Stephens, English commercial architect
- September 23 – Robert Swain Peabody, Boston architect
- November 23 – William Ralph Emerson, American architect
- December 30 – Gustaf Nyström, Finnish architect
