1940 in architecture
The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings completed
- Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.
- St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas, Slovenia, designed by Jože Plečnik.
- Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania.
- Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint in 1913 and completed by his son Kaare Klint.
- Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
- Replacement Llao Llao Hotel at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Alejandro Bustillo.
- :File:Bariloche Centro Civico.jpg|Civic Centre of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, designed by Ernesto de Estrada.
- New Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Atatürk Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Eastern Michigan Motorbus Terminal in Ann Arbor, United States, designed by Banfield and Cumming with Douglas Loree.
- Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, designed by Albert Kahn.
- Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames, England, designed by Jane Drew.
- No. 4 Boathouse at HMNB Portsmouth, England, designed by E. A. Scott.
Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – William Adams Delano.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Voysey.
Births
- January 14 – Helmut Jahn, German-American architect
- March 26 – Jörg Streli, Austrian architect and academic
- May 31 – Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist
- June 24 – Claude Vasconi, French architect
- September 3 – Frank Duffy, British architect
Deaths
