1954 in architecture
# 1954 in architecture

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

## 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)
