1953 in architecture
The year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events.Events
Buildings
- Main building of Moscow State University, designed by Lev Rudnev, completed.
- 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.
- Housing at Chandigarh, Punjab, designed by Le Corbusier in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry, B. V. Doshi and others.
- Mardyke Road, Harlow New Town, England, designed by Frederick Gibberd.
- Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, England, designed by Edward Maufe, dedicated October 17.
- 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.
Awards
- 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 – :fr:Olivier-Clément Cacoub|Olivier-Clément Cacoub.
Publications
- Ivan Chtcheglov – Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau.
- John Summerson – Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830.
Births
- March 26 - Phil Freelon, American architect
- November 7 – Peter Janesch, Hungarian architect
- December 18 – David Chipperfield, English architect
- Sheila O'Donnell, Irish architect
- Richard Weston, English architect
Deaths
