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The year '''1950 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

== Events ==
* The [[Alas Building]], [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], is commissioned by President [[Juan Perón]] for the Association of Unionized Latin American Workers (ATLAS, S.A.). It would be the tallest building in Buenos Aires from its completion until 1996, when it was surpassed by the [[Le Parc tower]].
* [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] completes construction of several [[Usonian]] style houses across the United States, including
** [[John D. Haynes House]] in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]].
** [[Fountainhead (Jackson, Mississippi)|Fountainhead]] (J. Willis Hughes House) in [[Jackson, Mississippi]].
** [[Thomas Keys Residence]] in [[Rochester, Minnesota]].
** [[Richard C. Smith House]] in [[Jefferson, Wisconsin]].
** [[J.A. Sweeton Residence]] in [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]].
* The [[Larkin Administration Building]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], United States, designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1904, is demolished, despite widespread protests.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mark|last=Goldman|title=City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900–Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snvS2LYJCTgC&pg=PA170|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-1-61592-067-9|page=170}}</ref>
* The original golden [[Kinkaku-ji]] temple in [[Kyoto]], Japan, originating in the 14th century, is destroyed by [[arson]] (July 2).
* [[The Salutation, Sandwich]], Kent, England, designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]] and built 1911–12, becomes a Grade I [[listed building]] in the United Kingdom.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1950}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Maracanã 2014 g.jpg|thumb|[[Estádio do Maracanã]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil]]
* [[June 16]] – [[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, built to accommodate the 1950 [[FIFA World Cup]].
* [[November 7]] – [[Árpád Bridge]], Budapest, Hungary, designed in 1939 by János Kossalka and opened as ''Sztálin híd''.
* ''date unknown'' – [[Hyart Theater]], built in [[Lovell, Wyoming]], by Hyrum "Hy" Bischoff.

===Buildings completed===
[[File:St. George-Kirche (09096090) 003.jpg|thumb|[[St. George's Anglican Church, Berlin|St. George's Anglican Church]] in [[Berlin]], Germany]]
* [[Alsancak Hocazade Mosque]] (Alsancak Hocazade Camii), İzmir, Turkey.
* [[The Barn (Los Angeles)]], designed by [[A. Quincy Jones]] as a home and office for himself.
* [[Rockefeller Guest House]] in [[Manhattan]], designed by [[Philip Johnson]].
* [[Rose Seidler House]], [[Sydney]], Australia, designed by [[Harry Seidler]] for his mother.
* [[Blažo Jovanović Bridge]], [[Podgorica]], [[Montenegro]], designed by Branko Žeželj.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pobjeda.me/2012/02/05/podgorica-%E2%80%93-grad-sa-106-mostova-od-2000-godine-izgradeno-devet-planiraju-jos-tri/ |title=Podgorica – grad sa 106 mostova, od 2000. godine izgrađeno devet, planiraju još tri – Pobjeda Dnevni List |publisher=Pobjeda.me |date=2012-02-13 |accessdate=2014-04-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073105/http://www.pobjeda.me/2012/02/05/podgorica-%E2%80%93-grad-sa-106-mostova-od-2000-godine-izgradeno-devet-planiraju-jos-tri/ |archivedate=2014-04-07 }}</ref>
* [[Eames House]] (pictured) in [[Santa Monica, California]], designed by [[Charles Eames|Charles]] and [[Ray Eames]].
* [[Mutual of New York Building]], [[Times Square]], New York City, USA, designed by [[Shreve, Lamb and Harmon]] (who also designed the [[Empire State Building]]).
* [[Neutra Office Building]] completed in [[Los Angeles, California]], designed by [[Modern architecture|modernist]] architect [[Richard Neutra]] and used as his office until his death in 1970.
* [[Pointe des Corbeaux Lighthouse]], [[Île d'Yeu]], France, replacing the original building destroyed in 1944.<ref>Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Loire-Atlantique". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.</ref>
* [[St. George's Anglican Church, Berlin]]: the new building is established in the Neu-Westend neighbourhood in the British Sector as the garrison church of the British forces.<ref>[http://www.stgeorges.de/aboutus.html "About us"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808180037/http://www.stgeorges.de/aboutus.html |date=2012-08-08 }}, on: [http://www.stgeorges.de/ ''St George's Anglican Episcopal Church, Berlin''], retrieved on 14 May 2012.</ref>
* Romney Avenue Infant School in [[Lockleaze]], [[Bristol]], England, designed by [[Richard Sheppard (architect)|Richard Sheppard]] to utilize aluminium components made by the [[Bristol Aeroplane Company]].
* First stages of [[United Nations Headquarters]] completed by [[Wallace Harrison]] (director of planning) in [[Manhattan]]. The [[United Nations Secretariat Building|Secretariat Building]] (by [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Oscar Niemeyer|Niemeyer]]) is completed two years later.

== Awards ==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Patrick Abercrombie]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Eliel Saarinen]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[:fr:Jacques Perrin-Fayolle|Jacques Perrin-Fayolle]].

== Births ==
* March 29 – [[Richard Feilden]], English architect (died [[2005 in architecture|2005]])
* [[Herzog & de Meuron]], Swiss architects:
** April 19 – [[Jacques Herzog]]
** May 8 – [[Pierre de Meuron]]
* October 31 – [[Zaha Hadid]], Iraqi-born British architect (died [[2016 in architecture|2016]])
* [[Hafeez Contractor]], Indian architect

== Deaths ==
* July 1 – [[Eliel Saarinen]], Finnish architect (born [[1873 in architecture|1873]])
* July 8 – [[William Weir (architect)|William Weir]], British conservation architect (born [[1865 in architecture|1865]])
* August 31 – [[Maciej Nowicki (architect)|Maciej Nowicki]], Polish architect (born [[1910 in architecture|1910]]) (in [[TWA Flight 903]] disaster)

== References ==
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