1953 in architecture

none 1953 architecture The year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events. Events Gordon Ryder and Peter Yates form an architectural practice based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. Buildings and structures completed Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1953 thumb|Main building of Moscow State University thumb|Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede Main building of Moscow State University, the tallest building in Europe (1953–1990) and the tallest educational building in the world (1953–present), designed by Lev Rudnev. St Crispin's School, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, designed by the U.K. Ministry of Education. YMCA Indian Student Hostel, Fitzrovia, London, designed by Ralph Tubbs.http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/granada.html The Twentieth Century Society Building of the Month February 2005 2006-07-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060925224104/http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/granada.html 2006-09-25 Housing at Chandigarh, Punjab (India), designed by Le Corbusier in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry, B. V. Doshi and others. Mardyke Road (residential crescent), Harlow New Town, England, designed by Frederick Gibberd.The Twentieth Century Society 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford 2017 978-1-84994-437-3 1953 Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, England, designed by Edward Maufe, dedicated October 17. English Martyrs' Church, Wallasey, designed by F. X. Velarde, dedicated August 31. New building for Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, the first major commission for Louis Kahn, opened November. Lijnbaan pedestrianised shopping street in Rotterdam, designed by Jo van den Broek and Jacob B. Bakema.http://www.archined.nl/en/forum/lijnbaan-rip/ 2007-01-18 Michelle Provoost Wouter Vanstiphout Lijnbaan R.I.P. ArchiNed 2011-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724145538/http://www.archined.nl/en/forum/lijnbaan-rip/ 2011-07-24 dead Awards American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Frank Lloyd Wright. AIA Gold Medal – William Adams Delano. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Le Corbusier. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Olivier-Clément Cacoub. Publications Ivan Chtcheglov (as Gilles Ivain) – Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau. John Summerson – Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830. Births March 26 - Phil Freelon, American architect (Died. 2019) November 7 – Peter Janesch, Hungarian architect December 18 – David Chipperfield, English architect Sheila O'Donnell, Irish architect Richard Weston, English architect upright|thumb|Vladimir Tatlin Deaths May 31 – Vladimir Tatlin, Soviet Russian architect (born 1885) August 17 – Sir Banister Fletcher, English architectural historian (born 1866) September 15 – Erich Mendelsohn, German-born architect (born 1887) December 13 – Ad van der Steur, Dutch architect (born 1893) References