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Overview of the events of 1951 in architecture
The year 1951 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
Royal Festival Hall , London, as builtJanuary 2 – Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle) , designed by William J. Bain of NBBJ , opened.
February 19 – Mount Sinai Hospital (Minneapolis) , designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan , opens.
February 28 – Bronx River Houses completed in the Soundview section of The Bronx in New York City.
May 3 – Festival of Britain opened in London :
Royal Festival Hall , designed by Leslie Martin , Peter Moro and Robert Matthew .Dome of Discovery , designed by Ralph Tubbs .Skylon , designed by Philip Powell , Hidalgo Moya and Felix Samuely .Telecinema , designed by Wells Coates .Riverside Restaurant, New Schools building and Waterloo entrance tower, designed by Jane Drew with Maxwell Fry .[1]
The Land of Britain and The People of Britain pavilions, the Turntable Café and the "Concourse" promenade, designed by H. T. Cadbury-Brown .
Fountain by Eduardo Paolozzi .
'51 Bar by Leonard Manasseh and Ian Baker .
The Lansbury Estate in Poplar is begun as a housing showcase.
May 23 – Terrace Theatre (Minnesota) , designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan , opens.
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments are completed in Chicago , by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe .The JK Building completed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil as designed by Oscar Niemeyer .
Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois) is completed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe .
Events
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
^ Drew, Jane (1976). "The Riverside Restaurant". In Banham, Mary; Hillier, Bevis (eds.). A Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951 . London: Thames & Hudson. p. 103.
