1954 in architecture
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The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed[1]
- Stockholm city district of Vällingby, planned by Sven Markelius, is inaugurated
- Pruitt–Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, first occupied[2]
[edit] Events
- Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House
[edit] Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Arthur George Stephenson.
- Prix de Rome, architecture: Robert Venturi.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Salvador Valeri i Pupurull (born 1873)
[edit] References
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.
- ^ Checkoway, Barry (1985). "Revitalizing an Urban Neighborhood: A St. Louis Case Study". The Metropolitan Midwest (Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press): 245. ISBN 9780252011146. ISBN 0252011147. http://books.google.com/?id=1IRsph2f2FoC&dq=the+metropolitan+midwest&printsec=frontcover.