The year 1946 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Contents

• Events
• Buildings and structures
• Buildings
• Awards
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Events

• J. M. Richards publishes his anatomy of England's suburbia, The Castles on the Ground, illustrated by John Piper.
• Thomas Sharp publishes The Anatomy of the Village.

Buildings and structures

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Patrick Abercrombie.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Guillaume Gillet.

Births

• April 24 – Piers Gough, English architect
• May 12 – Daniel Libeskind, Polish architect, artist and set designer
• date unknown
  • Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish architect
  • Richard Johnson, Australian architect ^[2]

Deaths

• February 4 – Herbert Baker, British architect based in South Africa (born 1862)
• August 30 – Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (born 1867)
• December 16 – Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago-based U.S. architect (born 1872) ^[3]

References