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The year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
[edit]- Gordon Ryder and Peter Yates form an architectural practice based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England.
Buildings and structures completed
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- Main building of Moscow State University, the tallest building in Europe (1953–1990) and the tallest educational building in the world (1953–present), designed by Lev Rudnev.
- St Crispin's School, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, designed by the U.K. Ministry of Education.
- YMCA Indian Student Hostel, Fitzrovia, London, designed by Ralph Tubbs.[1]
- Housing at Chandigarh, Punjab (India), designed by Le Corbusier in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry, B. V. Doshi and others.
- Mardyke Road (residential crescent), Harlow New Town, England, designed by Frederick Gibberd.[2]
- Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, England, designed by Edward Maufe, dedicated October 17.
- English Martyrs' Church, Wallasey, designed by F. X. Velarde, dedicated August 31.
- New building for Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, the first major commission for Louis Kahn, opened November.
- Lijnbaan pedestrianised shopping street in Rotterdam, designed by Jo van den Broek and Jacob B. Bakema.[3]
Awards
[edit]- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Frank Lloyd Wright.
- AIA Gold Medal – William Adams Delano.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Le Corbusier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Olivier-Clément Cacoub.
Publications
[edit]- Ivan Chtcheglov (as Gilles Ivain) – Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau.
- John Summerson – Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830.
Births
[edit]- March 26 - Phil Freelon, American architect (Died. 2019)
- November 7 – Peter Janesch, Hungarian architect
- December 18 – David Chipperfield, English architect
- Sheila O'Donnell, Irish architect
- Richard Weston, English architect
Deaths
[edit]- May 31 – Vladimir Tatlin, Soviet Russian architect (born 1885)
- August 17 – Sir Banister Fletcher, English architectural historian (born 1866)
- September 15 – Erich Mendelsohn, German-born architect (born 1887)
- December 13 – Ad van der Steur, Dutch architect (born 1893)
References
[edit]- ^ "Building of the Month". The Twentieth Century Society. February 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
- ^ The Twentieth Century Society (2017). "1953". 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
- ^ Provoost, Michelle; Vanstiphout, Wouter (2007-01-18). "Lijnbaan R.I.P." ArchiNed. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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