1954 in architecture

The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Events

• June 29 – Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House.[1]
• November – Postwar United Kingdom government limitations on housebuilding are lifted[2]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• April – Bevin Court public housing in the London borough of Finsbury, designed by Berthold Lubetkin with Francis Skinner and Douglas Carr[3]
• Autumn – Inauguration of the city district of Vällingby, in Stockholm, Sweden, planned by Sven Markelius [4]
• date unknown
  • Ciudad Universitaria (University City), UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, designed by Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral
  • Pruitt–Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, first occupied[5]

Buildings completed

Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, England

• date unknown
  • Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed[6]
  • St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott, is completed[7]
  • Goddard House, 22 Avenue Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, England, designed by Fello Atkinson and Brenda Walker of James Cubitt & Partners[8][2]
  • Martin's (private house), Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, England, designed by Powell and Moya, is completed[2]

Awards

• Prix de Rome, architecture – Michel Marot.
• Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome – Robert Venturi.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Arthur George Stephenson.

Births

• October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect
• January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
• date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect[9]

Deaths

• February 25 – Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874)
• March 28 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer (born 1888)
• December 12 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (born 1883)
• date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873)[10]

References

1. Donald Langmead; Christine Garnaut (2001). Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats. ABC-CLIO. pp. 131. ISBN 978-1-57607-112-0.
2. The Twentieth Century Society (2017). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
3. Gillian Bebbington (1972). London Street Names. Batsford. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7134-0140-0.
4. Mats Deland (2001). The Social City: Middle-way Approaches to Housing and Suburban Governmentality in Southern Stockholm 1900 - 1945. Mats Deland. p. 9. ISBN 978-91-88882-17-2.
5. Checkoway, Barry (1985). "Revitalizing an Urban Neighborhood: A St. Louis Case Study". The Metropolitan Midwest. Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press: 245. ISBN 978-0-252-01114-6. ISBN 0252011147.
6. Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.
7. "RC Church of St Mary and St Joseph, Poplar, London". Different Architecture for Different Times. manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
8. Grade II listed building.No. 1375665
9. John Heskett; Kokusai Kōryū Kikin (1998). Japan 2000: architecture and design for the Japanese public. Prestel Verlag. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-86559-164-6.
10. Damien Simonis (2003). Barcelona. National Geographic De. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-936559-01-9.