1953 in architecture
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The year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- St Crispin's School, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, designed by the Ministry of Education.
- YMCA Indian Student Hostel, Fitzrovia, London, designed by Ralph Tubbs.[1]
- Housing at Chandigarh, Punjab (India), designed by Le Corbusier in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry, B. V. Doshi and others.
- Lijnbaan pedestrianised shopping street in Rotterdam, designed by Jo van den Broek and Jacob B. Bakema.[2]
[edit] Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal - Frank Lloyd Wright.
- AIA Gold Medal - William Adams Delano.
- Royal Gold Medal - Le Corbusier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Publications
- John Summerson - Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- May 31 - Vladimir Tatlin (born 1885)
- August 17 - Banister Fletcher (born 1866)
- September 15 - Erich Mendelsohn (born 1887)
[edit] References
- ^ "Building of the Month". The Twentieth Century Society. February 2005. http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/granada.html. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
- ^ Provoost, Michelle; Vanstiphout, Wouter (2007-01-18). "Lijnbaan R.I.P.". ArchiNed. http://www.archined.nl/en/forum/lijnbaan-rip/. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
