1954 in architecture

Updated on Nov 12, 2023

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The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

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

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

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

Royal Gold Medal - Arthur George Stephenson.

Prix de Rome, architecture - Michel Marot.

Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome - Robert Venturi.

Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect

February 25 - Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874)

Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873)

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