1940 in architecture

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The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral, in Timişoara, Romania, is completed.
• The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is built by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
• Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames, England, by Jane Drew.

Events

• The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, begun in 1916, is published.
• Thomas Sharp's Pelican book Town Planning is published in England.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – William Adams Delano.
• Royal Gold Medal - Charles Voysey.

Births

• January 14 - Helmut Jahn
• June 24 - Claude Vasconi (died 2009)

Deaths

• February 27 - Peter Behrens (born 1868)
• June 11 - John A. Pearson (born 1867)
• August 22 - Paul Gösch (born 1885)
• October 20 - Gunnar Asplund (born 1885)
• December 13 - Marc Camoletti (born 1857)