1952 in architecture

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Lever House - the seminal International Style skyscraper

The year 1952 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, completed in the Brush Park section of Detroit, Michigan.
Edificio Miguel E. Abed completed in Mexico City using the latest technology for earthquake engineering.
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment apartments completed in the central Tagansky District in Moscow, and one of the "Seven Sisters".
Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill is completed at 390 Park Avenue in New York City.
Liljestrand House completed in Honolulu, Hawaii, designed by Vladimir Ossipoff
Saynatsalo Town Hall in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto is completed.
Unité d'Habitation in Marseille, designed by Le Corbusier is completed.
United Nations Secretariat Building completed, designed by French architect Le Corbusier and the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
J.S. Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, built, designed by Matthew Nowicki (died 1950).
April - Stockwell Garage, designed by Adie, Button and Partners, with engineer A. E. Beer, is opened by London Transport.
December 15 - The Sands Hotel opened on the Las Vegas Strip (demolished on June 30, 1996), designed by Wayne McAllister.