title: 1946 in architecture
text: # 1946 in architecture
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  
  ## 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)
  