Editing 1949 in architecture

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The year '''1949 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* [[January 26]] – Fire breaks out in the golden hall of [[Horyu-ji]] Buddhist temple, [[Japan]], causing severe damage to the building, mainly its first floor, and murals. As a result of the restoration (completed in 1954) it is estimated that about 15–20% of the original seventh century Kondo materials is left in the building; the charred timbers are carefully removed to a separate fireproof warehouse for future research.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wVk7s0W8IT8C&q=horyu+ji&pg=PA21|title=Conservation of Historic Timber Structures: an ecological approach |page=21|accessdate=2007-04-03|publisher=Elsevier|year=2000|author=[[Nils Marstein]], Knut Einar Larsen|isbn=9780750634342 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zh88TftnTsYC&q=horyu+ji&pg=RA1-PA48|title=Hozon: architectural and urban conservation in Japan|page=48|accessdate=2007-04-03|publisher=Edition Axel Menges|year=1998|author=Niels Gutschow, Siegfried RCT Enders|isbn=9783930698981}}</ref>
* [[George Pace]] is appointed surveyor to the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Sheffield]] and establishes a private practice in [[York]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1949}}
===Buildings opened===
* Early – [[Spa Green Estate]] in London, designed by [[Berthold Lubetkin]] of the [[Tecton Group]] with [[Ove Arup & Partners]].
* [[August 20]] – [[Las Lajas Shrine]] in [[Colombia]], begun in 1916.
* [[December 16]] – The [[Voortrekker Monument]] in [[Pretoria]], designed by [[Gerard Moerdijk]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Glasshouse-philip-johnson.jpg|thumb|[[Philip Johnson]]'s [[Glass House]]]]
* [[Ford House (Illinois)|Ford House]] in [[Illinois]] designed by [[Bruce Goff]].
* [[Glass House (Connecticut)|Glass House]] in [[New Canaan, Connecticut]] designed by [[Philip Johnson]].
* [[Eames House]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], designed by [[Charles Eames]].
* [[Promontory Apartments]] in [[Chicago]], Illinois, designed by [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]].
* [[:File:Church of Saint Francis Xavier Kansas City MO.jpg|Church of Saint Francis Xavier]], [[Kansas City, Missouri]], designed by [[Barry Byrne]].
* [[Googie architecture|Googies]] coffee shop, [[West Hollywood, California]], designed by [[John Lautner]].

==Awards==
* [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals#Architecture|American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal]] – [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Howard Robertson (architect)|Howard Robertson]].

==Births==
* [[January 4]] – [[Peter Blundell Jones]], British architectural historian (died [[2016 in architecture|2016]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Bořek Šípek]], Czech neo-baroque architect and designer (died 2016)
* [[August 26]] – [[Dan Cruickshank]], British architectural historian
* [[December 9]] – [[Tom Kite]], American professional golfer and golf course architect
* [[Demetri Porphyrios]], Greek [[New Classical architecture|New Classical]] architect

==Deaths==
* [[March 1]] – [[Gordon Kaufmann]], English-born American architect known for his work on the [[Hoover Dam]] (born [[1888 in architecture|1888]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1867 in architecture|1867]])
* [[April 17]] – [[R. Harold Zook]], American architect working in Chicago (born [[1889 in architecture|1889]])
* [[May 1]] – [[Josep Maria Jujol]], Catalan architect (born [[1879 in architecture|1879]])
* [[September 27]] – [[David Adler (architect)|David Adler]], American architect (born [[1882 in architecture|1882]])

==References==
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