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The year 1918 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

November 3 – A Baroque Marian column (built 1650) in Prague, the Czech Republic, is destroyed by nationalists.^[1]
December 3 – The November Group (Novembergruppe) of expressionist artists and architects is formed in Germany, and shortly afterwards merges with the Arbeitsrat für Kunst.^[2]

Buildings and structures

Hallidie Building

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.
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.
Woodland Chapel in Skogskyrkogården Cemetery is built in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund.
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 (died 1998)
March 16 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (died 1999)^[3]
April 10 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect best known for Sydney Opera House (died 2008)^[4]
July 3 – Benjamin C. Thompson, American architect (died 2002)
October 23 – Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic (died 1997)^[5]^[6]
December 16 – Gerard Goalen, English Catholic church architect (died 1999)

Deaths

April 11 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (born 1841)^[7]
May 25 – William Pitt, Australian architect, public servant and politician (born 1855)^[8]
October 25 – Zsigmond Quittner, Hungarian commercial architect (died 1859)

References

^ Paces, Cynthia (2001). "The Fall and Rise of Prague's Marian Column". Radical History Review. 79: 141–155.
^ Kliemann, Helga (1969). Die Novembergruppe. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.
^ "Aldo van Eyck". Team 10 On line. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ "Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies". Associated Press. 2008-11-30. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
^ Domin, Christopher; King, Joseph (2005). Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 26. ISBN 1-56898-551-7.
^ Muschamp, Herbert (1997-08-09). "Paul Rudolph Is Dead at 78; Modernist Architect of the 1960s". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-04-08. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ Geretsegger, Heinz (1979). Otto Wagner, 1841–1989; the Expanding City; The Beginning of Modern Architecture. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-0217-5.
^ Langmore, Diane (1988). "William Pitt (1855–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 28 August 2025.

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