1954 in architecture

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The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.

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

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1954

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

• February 22 – Jean-Philippe Vassal, French architect
• June 23 – Carme Pinós, Spanish architect ^[9]
• October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect
• January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
• date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect ^[10]

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) ^[11]

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.
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. Dollens, Dennis L., ed. (1990). The Architecture of Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós. New York: SITES/Lumen. ISBN   093082914X.
10. 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.
11. Damien Simonis (2003). Barcelona. National Geographic De. p. 170. ISBN   978-3-936559-01-9.