1954 in architecture

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The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, England

• Ciudad Universitaria (University City), UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, designed by Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral, is completed.
• 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]

Events

• Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Arthur George Stephenson.
• Prix de Rome, architecture - Michel Marot.
• Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome - Robert Venturi.

Births

• Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

Deaths

• February 25 - Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874)
• Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873)

References

1. Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.
2. Checkoway, Barry (1985). "Revitalizing an Urban Neighborhood: A St. Louis Case Study". The Metropolitan Midwest (Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press): 245. ISBN 978-0-252-01114-6. ISBN 0252011147.