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The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings
- The Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral, in Timişoara, Romania, is completed.
- The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is built by Lawrence Murray Dixon.
Events
- The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, begun in 1916, was published.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles Voysey.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
Deaths
- February 27 - Peter Behrens (b. 1868)
- June 11 - John A. Pearson (b. 1867)
- August 22 - Paul Gösch (b. 1885)
- October 20 - Gunnar Asplund (b. 1885)
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