Battles of Cabin Creek

The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall in Wales.

Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & Johnson^[1]
April 19 – Bridges in Constantine, Algeria:
- Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by Ferdinand Arnodin.
- Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by Paul Séjourné.
April 25 – Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated.
May – Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia.
June – Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)^[2]
October 12 – Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (England), designed by Dom Paul Bellot, consecrated.
December 26 – Opening of:
- Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.^[3]
- St. James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White.

January 9 – Ralph Tubbs, British architect associated with the Festival of Britain (died 1996)
January 30 – Finn Juhl, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died 1989)
February 21 – Henry Bernard, French architect, designer of the Palace of Europe (died 1994)
March 12 – Gordon Tait, British architect (died 1999)
June 11 – Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (died 1998)
December 1 – Minoru Yamasaki, American World Trade Center architect (died 1986)
December 15 – Ray Eames, American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died 1988)

February 8 – Constant-Désiré Despradelle, French architect and professor of architecture (born 1862)
June 1 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner (born 1846)
June 27 – Frank Furness, Philadelphia-based American architect (born 1839)
November 17 – Richard Norman Shaw, British architect (born 1831)