The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events June 29 – Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House November – Postwar United Kingdom government limitations on housebuilding are lifted
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened April – Bevin Court public housing in the London borough of Finsbury, designed by Berthold Lubetkin with Francis Skinner and Douglas Carr Autumn – Inauguration of the city district of Vällingby, in Stockholm, Sweden, planned by Sven Markelius date unknown Ciudad Universitaria (University City), UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, designed by Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral Pruitt–Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, first occupied
Buildings completed
date unknown Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott, is completed Goddard House, 22 Avenue Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, England, designed by Fello Atkinson and Brenda Walker of James Cubitt & Partners Martin's (private house), Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, England, designed by Powell and Moya, is completed
Awards Prix de Rome, architecture – Michel Marot. Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome – Robert Venturi. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Arthur George Stephenson.
Births February 22 – Jean-Philippe Vassal, French architect June 23 – Carme Pinós, Spanish architect October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect date unknown – Salma Samar Damluji, Iraqi-British architect, professor and author
Deaths February 25 – Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874) March 28 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer (born 1888) December 12 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (born 1883) date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873)
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