1954 in 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 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]