Editing 1948 in architecture

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The year '''1948 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* [[Modulor|''Le Modulor'']] by [[Le Corbusier]] is published.

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Morris Gift ramp HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,160-3.jpg|thumb|[[V. C. Morris Gift Shop]] – [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s prototype for the Guggenheim Museum]]
[[File:Commonwealth-Equitable Building - Portland Oregon.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Commonwealth Building (Portland, Oregon)|Equitable Building (Portland, Oregon)]]]]

===Buildings===
* September 10 – The [[Tripler Army Medical Center]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], [[United States]] is dedicated.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tripler Inpatient's Guide|publisher=Tripler Army Medical Centre|year=2007|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|pages=1–35}}</ref>
* December – [[Carswell House]] in [[Newark, Delaware]], by [[Edward Durell Stone]], completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2012/may/carswell-house-051512.html|title=Preserving History|last=Maguire|first=Ryan|date=2018|website=UDaily|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Mile High Stadium]] in [[Denver, Colorado]] completed.
* [[V. C. Morris Gift Shop]] (later, Xanadu Gallery) in [[San Francisco]], by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://franklloydwright.org/frank-lloyd-wrights-san-francisco-gift-shop-meets-iconic-italian-design/|title=Frank Lloyd Wright's San Francisco Gift Shop Meets Iconic Italian Design|date=2017-10-05|website=Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation|language=en|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>
* [[:File:Caffi Morannedd Cafe on Criccieth's Promenade - geograph.org.uk - 1480866.jpg|Morannedd Café]] (later, Dylan's), [[Criccieth]] Esplanade, Wales, by [[Clough Williams-Ellis]], built (approximate date).
* [[Mampong]] Teacher's Training College and [[Prempeh College]], [[Kumasi]], both in [[Ghana]], by [[Maxwell Fry]] and [[Jane Drew]].
* Burleigh Primary School, [[Cheshunt]], England, by [[Mary Medd|Mary Crowley]], opened.
* [[Commonwealth Building (Portland, Oregon)|Equitable Building (Portland, Oregon)]], by [[Pietro Belluschi]], completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/equitable_building/#.Xndud5NKhQI|title=Equitable Building|last=Leland|first=Roth|date=February 26, 2020|website=The Oregon Encyclopedia|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Holy Family Old Cathedral (Anchorage, Alaska)]], by Augustine A. Porreca, is completed.
* [[Calvert Manor]] apartment building in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]], by [[Mihran Mesrobian]], built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/calvert-manor/|title=Calvert Manor|website=Projects & Planning|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>
* [[Bachman House]] in Chicago, remodeling by [[Bruce Goff]], completed.
* [[Ledbetter House]] in [[Norman, Oklahoma]], by Bruce Goff, completed.
* [[Elkay Apartments]] in [[Los Angeles]], California, by [[Richard Neutra]], built.
* [[Herman T. Mossberg Residence]] in [[South Bend, Indiana]], by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], built.
* [[Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed.
* [[Jack Lamberson House]] in [[Oskaloosa, Iowa]], designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built.
* [[Haines Shoe House]] in [[Hallam, Pennsylvania]], built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hainesshoehouse.com/|title=The Haines Shoe House|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Donagh Maginnis]]
* [[Olympic medallists in art competitions|Olympic gold medal]] – [[Adolf Hoch]] of [[Austria]] for ''Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl''
* Olympic silver medal – [[Alfred Rinesch]] of [[Austria]] for ''Watersports centre in Karinthia''
* Olympic bronze medal – [[Nils Olsson]] of [[Sweden]] for ''Baths and sporting hall in Gothenburg''
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Auguste Perret]]

==Births==
*March 15 – [[Gavin Stamp]], British architectural historian (died [[2017 in architecture|2017]])
*October 6 – [[Ken Yeang]], Malaysian ecoarchitect
*December 3 – [[Maxwell Hutchinson]], English architect
*[[Louis D. Astorino]], American architect
*[[Miguel Cabrera Cabrera]], Spanish architect and politician working in the Canaries
*[[Michael Sorkin]], American architect and theorist (died [[2020 in architecture|2020]])

==Deaths==
*January 19
**[[Ignjat Fischer]], Croatian architect (born [[1870 in architecture|1870]])
**[[Tony Garnier (architect)|Tony Garnier]], French architect (born [[1869 in architecture|1869]])
*January 22 – Sir [[Alfred Brumwell Thomas]], English architect (born [[1868 in architecture|1868]])
*February 2 – Sir [[Charles Herbert Reilly]], English architect and teacher (born [[1874 in architecture|1874]])
*March 29 – [[Olev Siinmaa]], Estonian-Swedish architect (born [[1881 in architecture|1881]])
*June 16 – [[Horace Field]], English architect (born [[1861 in architecture|1861]])
*August 1 – [[George Skipper]], English architect (born [[1856 in architecture|1856]])
*August 20 – [[Emery Roth]], Hungarian-born American architect (born [[1871 in architecture|1871]])
*September 3 – [[Frank Mills Andrews]], American architect (born [[1867 in architecture|1867]])
*October – [[Benedict Williamson]], English-born architect and Roman Catholic priest (born [[1868 in architecture|1868]])
*October 1 – [[Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz]], Polish architect (born [[1883 in architecture|1883]])
*October 27 – [[Albert Randolph Ross]], American architect (born [[1868 in architecture|1868]])
*[[John Robert Dillon]], American architect

==References==
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