1943 in architecture

The year 1943 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

• The Athens Charter is published by the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne group of architects.
• Nikolaus Pevsner's book An Outline of European Architecture is published in Britain.
• The County of London Plan is prepared by J. H. Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie.

• January 15 – The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., United States, designed by George Bergstrom
• April 13 – The Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., designed by John Russell Pope
• Peace River Suspension Bridge, Canada (collapsed 1957)^[1]
• Sandö Bridge, Sweden
• Surp Hagop Church, Aleppo, Syria
• Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer
• Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India, designed by Henry Vaughan Lanchester (begun 1929)
• Block D, Bletchley Park, England.

• Casa Malaparte on Capri, house for Curzio Malaparte designed by him with Adalberto Libera and builder Adolfo Amitrano (begun 1937)

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Herbert Reilly.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Chatelin and Jean Dubuisson.

• January 3 – Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, German-born architect (died 2004)
• March 14 – Peter Vetsch, Swiss architect
• April 1 – Mario Botta, Swiss architect
• April 24 – Franco Stella, Italian architect
• April 26 – Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect^[2]
• August 7 – Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Egyptian architect working in Islamic and New Classical styles

• June 27 – Knud Arne Petersen, Danish architect and director of Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen (born 1862)
• July 19 – Giuseppe Terragni, Italian Rationalist architect (born 1904; thrombosis)
• November 29 – John Virginius Bennes, Oregon architect (born 1867)