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Overview of the events of 1955 in architecture
The year 1955 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Notre Dame du Haut
The
Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw
Punta La Entallada Lighthouse on
Fuerteventura , Canary Islands, Spain
Buildings opened
Buildings completed
February –
Bavinger House in
Norman, Oklahoma ,
United States , the best-known building designed by
Bruce Goff .
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MIT Chapel and
Kresge Auditorium at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
Cambridge, Massachusetts , designed by
Eero Saarinen .
[1]
Chapel of
Trinity College, Toronto , designed by
Giles Gilbert Scott .
Dominus Flevit Church ,
Jerusalem , designed by
Antonio Barluzzi .
Restoration following bomb damage at
Lambeth Palace in London, by
Seely & Paget .
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Reconstructed
Kinkaku-ji temple in
Kyoto , Japan.
Chandigarh High Court (Palace of Justice),
Chandigarh Capitol Complex , India, designed by
Le Corbusier .
[1]
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in
Calgary ,
Alberta .
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in
Edmonton ,
Alberta .
Punta La Entallada Lighthouse on
Fuerteventura , Canary Islands, designed by Carlos Alcon.
Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró in
Palma, Majorca , designed by
Josep Lluís Sert .
Tate & Lyle sugar silo,
Liverpool , England.
[1]
Casa Antonio Gálvez,
Mexico City , designed by
Luis Barragán .
[1]
House Fox,
Worcester, Western Cape , South Africa, designed by Revel Fox.
[1]
Houses for self at
7 Gibraltar Hill and for E. W. Scorer, both in
Lincoln, England , designed by
Sam Scorer .
House for John Womersley at
Farnley Tyas , Yorkshire, England, designed by
Peter Womersley .
"Hermit's Castle", Achmelvich , Scotland, designed by David Scott.
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Awards
Births
Deaths
References