1955 in architecture
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The year 1955 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Publications
- June - Outrage, a special issue of Architectural Review condeming the areas around British cities that had been failed by urban planning, established the reputation of Ian Nairn as an architectural critic.
Buildings opened
- June 25 - Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated.
- August - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Japan, designed by Kenzō Tange.
Buildings completed
- February - Bavinger House in Norman, Oklahoma, United States, the best-known building designed by Bruce Goff.[1][2]
- Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró in Palma, Majorca, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
- Houses for self at 7 Gibraltar Hill and for E. W. Scorer, both in Lincoln, England, designed by Sam Scorer.
- House for John Womersley at Farnley Tyas, Yorkshire, England, designed by Peter Womersley.
- "Hermit's Castle", Achmelvich, Scotland, designed by David Scott.[3]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Willem Marinus Dudok.
- Royal Gold Medal - John Murry Easton.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture - Ngô Viết Thụ.
Births
- February 25 - Enric Miralles, Spanish Catalan architect (died 2000)
- April 14 - Robert Couturier, French architect and interior designer, designer of Cuixmala[4]
- July 2 - Francine Houben, Dutch architect
- date unknown
- Miroslav Grčev, Macedonian architect and graphic designer
- Alan Powers, British modern architecture and design historian
Deaths
- November 29 - Rene Paul Chambellan, American architectural sculptor (born 1893)
- date unknown
- George Howe, American International Style architect and educator (born 1886)
- Carl Rubin, Galician-born Israeli International Style architect (born 1899)
References
- ↑ Webb, Michael (June 2005). "Saving Bruce Goff". Architectural Review. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ↑ "Space and Saucer House: Oklahoma family lives in suspension in a unique new structure". Life. 1955-09-19. pp. 155–156. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ↑ Calder, Barnabas (2016). Raw Concrete: the beauty of brutalism. London: Heinemann. ISBN 9780434022441.
- ↑ "Robert Couturier – Biography". Robert Couturier Inc. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
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