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1951 in architecture
Summary
The year
1951 in architecture
involved some significant events.
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(
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)
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Buildings and structures
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
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Philosophy
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Buildings and structures
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Buildings
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Royal Festival Hall
in
London
, England
January 2 –
Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle)
, designed by
William J. Bain
of
NBBJ
, opened.
February 19 –
Mount Sinai Hospital (Minneapolis)
, designed by
Liebenberg and Kaplan
, opens.
February 28 –
Bronx River Houses
completed in the
Soundview
section of
The Bronx
in New York City.
May 3 –
Festival of Britain
opened in
London
:
Royal Festival Hall
, designed by
Leslie Martin
,
Peter Moro
and
Robert Matthew
.
Dome of Discovery
, designed by
Ralph Tubbs
.
Skylon
, designed by
Philip Powell
,
Hidalgo Moya
and
Felix Samuely
.
Telecinema
, designed by
Wells Coates
.
Riverside Restaurant, New Schools building and Waterloo entrance tower, designed by
Jane Drew
with
Maxwell Fry
.
[1]
The Land of Britain and The People of Britain pavilions, the Turntable Café and the "Concourse" promenade, designed by
H. T. Cadbury-Brown
.
Fountain by
Eduardo Paolozzi
.
'51 Bar by
Leonard Manasseh
and
Ian Baker
.
The
Lansbury Estate
in
Poplar
is begun as a housing showcase.
May 23 –
Terrace Theatre (Minnesota)
, designed by
Liebenberg and Kaplan
, opens.
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
are completed in
Chicago
, by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
.
Healy Guest House
,
Siesta Key, Florida
, designed by
Paul Rudolph
and
Ralph Twitchell
is completed.
The
JK Building
completed in
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
as designed by
Oscar Niemeyer
.
Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois)
is completed by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
.
Events
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The antenna of the
Empire State Building
in New York City is added to the building.
Nikolaus Pevsner
publishes the first in his
Buildings of England
series for
Penguin Books
, the volume on
Nottinghamshire
.
Norman Jewson
publishes his autobiographical
By Chance I did Rove
.
Awards
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AIA Gold Medal
–
Bernard Ralph Maybeck
.
RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Vincent Harris
.
Grand Prix de Rome
, architecture – Louis de Hoÿm de Marien.
Santiago Calatrava
Births
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July 28 –
Santiago Calatrava
, Spanish architect and structural engineer
Yvonne Farrell
, Irish architect
Deaths
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February 6 –
William Alexander Harvey
, English architect working in
Birmingham
(born
1874
)
July 22 –
Arthur Joseph Davis
, English architect (born
1878
)
Herbert Tudor Buckland
, British architect working in Birmingham (born
1869
)
References
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^
Drew, Jane (1976). "The Riverside Restaurant". In Banham, Mary; Hillier, Bevis (eds.).
A Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951
. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 103.