The year 1946 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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
Buildings Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan, United States is completed. BISF houses in the United Kingdom, designed by Frederick Gibberd. KPRK radio station building in Livingston, MT is designed and built.
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 May 13 – Basil Al Bayati, Iraqi architect and designer date unknown Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish architect Richard Johnson, Australian architect
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)Chicago Tribune, December 17, 1946
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