1918 in architecture
The year 1918 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings
- Hallidie Building is built in San Francisco. Designed by Willis Polk. Credited as the first glass curtain wall building.
- D. L. James House is built in Carmel Highlands, California. Designed by Greene and Greene in an Arts and Crafts style.
- Copenhagen Police Headquarters are begun in Denmark. Designed by Hack Kampmann in a Neoclassical style.
- Our Lady of the Victories Basilica in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
- Newman College in Melbourne, Australia designed by Walter Burley Griffin, is completed.
- :File:Quigley Preparatory Seminary.jpg|The Chapel of St. James, of the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, in the French Gothic style, is completed.
- :File:Skogskyrkogården Skogskapellet 2011b.jpg|Woodland Chapel in Skogskyrkogården Cemetery is built in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund.
- :File:Villa Snellman 2008a.jpg|Snellman House in Djursholm, Sweden, is built. Designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Ernest Newton.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: not held.
Births
- February 1 – Minnette de Silva, Ceylonese modernist architect
- March 16 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect
- April 10 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect best known for Sydney Opera House
- July 3 – Benjamin C. Thompson, American architect
- October 23 – Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic
Deaths
- April 11 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner
- May 25 – William Pitt, Australian architect, public servant and politician
- October 25 – Zsigmond Quittner, Hungarian commercial architect
