1958 in architecture
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The year 1958 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- February 21 – The Irish Georgian Society, the group for the promotion of Georgian architecture in Ireland, is established by Desmond Guinness.
- Linley Sambourne Housein London.
- Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), Kalisz, Poland is designed; it will not be built until 1977–93.
- Competition for the design of Churchill College, Cambridge, England, is won by Richard Sheppard's practice, Sheppard Robson; the competition also launches the practice of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
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- March 27 – Congress House, London, designed by David Aberdeen, officially opened.
- Expo '58 World's Fair in Brussels; its most notable features are the Atomium, designed by André Waterkeyn, and the Philips Pavilion, designed by Iannis Xenakis.
- June 30 – Palácio da Alvorada (English: Palace of Dawn), Brasília, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
- Center of New Industries and Technologies, at La Défense in Paris, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss with Robert Camelot, Jean de Mailly and engineer Jean Prouvé; opened by General Charles de Gaulle.
- November 7 – Chapel, Convent of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, Chelsea, London, designed by Hector Corfiato, consecrated.[2]
Buildings completed
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- October 14 – Tokyo Tower, Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan, by Tachū Naitō.[3]
- October 15 – Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., designed by Eggers & Higgins from New York.
- Kulttuuritalo (House of Culture), Helsinki, designed by Alvar Aalto.
- The Old Vic Theatre Annex, Southwark, London, designed by Lyons, Israel and Ellis.[4]
- UNESCO headquarters in Paris, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss with Marcel Breuer and Pier Luigi Nervi.
- Provost's House, The Queen's College, Oxford, England, designed by Raymond Erith.
- Riverview High School (Sarasota, Florida), designed by Paul Rudolph.
- St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre, France, designed by Auguste Perret (died 1954).
- indoor arena, Vienna, designed by Roland Rainer.
- Seagram Building in New York City, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
- Torre Velasca in Milan, designed by BBPR.
- Torres de Satélite monument in Ciudad Satélite, Mexico, designed by Luis Barragán, Mathias Goeritz and Jesús Reyes Ferreira.
- High Sunderland (house for Bernat Klein), near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, designed by Peter Womersley.[5]
Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Henry R. Shepley.
- AIA Gold Medal – John Wellborn Root.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Robert Schofield Morris.
Births
- June 12 – Nille Juul-Sørensen, Danish architect, director of the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen[6]
Deaths
- January 8 – Mary Colter, American architect and designer (born 1869)
- May 17 – Hugo Häring, German architect and writer (born 1882)[7]
- June 17 – Wells Coates, Canadian architect, designer and writer (born 1895)
- October 19 – Gyula Rimanóczy, Hungarian architect (born 1903)
- October 25 – James Chapman-Taylor, New Zealand domestic architect (born 1878)
References
- ^ Pedersen, Simon Ostenfeld. "KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg". 1001 stories of Denmark. Danish Agency for Culture. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ^ Historic England. "Roman Catholic Diocesan Seminary Chapel, Allen Hall (1430539)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ Gilhooly, Rob (March 17, 2002). "The tower and the story". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link]
- ^ DCMS Media Release. 2006. The building later becomes The Royal National Theatre Studio.
- ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
- ^ "Nille Juul-Sørensen ny direktør for Dansk Design Center". Dansk Design Center. Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ M. Aschenbrenner, P. Blundell-Jones, Hugo Häring – the Organic versus the Geometric, Edition Axel Menges, 1999