1954 in architecture

none 1954 architecture The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events. Events June 29 – Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion HouseDonald Langmead Christine Garnaut Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats ABC-CLIO https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofar0000lang registration 2001 978-1-57607-112-0 131 November – Postwar United Kingdom government limitations on housebuilding are lifted Buildings and structures 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 CarrGillian Bebbington London Street Names https://archive.org/details/londonstreetname0000bebb registration 1972 Batsford 978-0-7134-0140-0 46 Autumn – Inauguration of the city district of Vällingby, in Stockholm, Sweden, planned by Sven MarkeliusMats Deland The Social City: Middle-way Approaches to Housing and Suburban Governmentality in Southern Stockholm 1900 - 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=V_pyKuzJe8sC&pg=PA9 2001 Mats Deland 978-91-88882-17-2 9 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 occupiedCheckoway Barry Revitalizing an Urban Neighborhood: A St. Louis Case Study The Metropolitan Midwest https://books.google.com/books?id=1IRsph2f2FoC&q=the+metropolitan+midwest Urbana/Chicago University of Illinois Press 1985 978-0-252-01114-6 245 Buildings completed thumb|Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, England date unknown Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completedElain Harwood England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings rev. London Batsford 2003 0-7134-8818-2 St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott, is completedhttp://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1940/stmaryspoplar.html RC Church of St Mary and St Joseph, Poplar, London Different Architecture for Different Times manchesterhistory.net 2020-10-05 Goddard House, 22 Avenue Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, England, designed by Fello Atkinson and Brenda Walker of James Cubitt & Partners1375665 II Leicestershire trueThe Twentieth Century Society The Twentieth Century Society 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford 2017 978-1-84994-437-3 Martin's (private house), Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, England, designed by Powell and Moya, is completed 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 architectThe Architecture of Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós Dollens, Dennis L. 093082914X New York SITES/Lumen 1990 October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architectJohn Heskett Kokusai Kōryū Kikin Japan 2000: architecture and design for the Japanese public https://books.google.com/books?id=CI5QAAAAMAAJ 1998 Prestel Verlag 978-0-86559-164-6 149 date unknown – Salma Samar Damluji, Iraqi-British architect, professor and author 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)Damien Simonis Barcelona https://books.google.com/books?id=168w2q-mP6gC&pg=PT170 2003 National Geographic De 978-3-936559-01-9 170 References