Editing 1953 in architecture

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The year '''1953 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* Gordon Ryder and [[Peter Yates (architect)|Peter Yates]] form an architectural practice based in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in the north of England.

==Buildings and structures completed==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1953}}
[[File:Moscow State University crop.jpg|thumb|[[Main building of Moscow State University]]]]
[[File:Air Forces Memorial Runnymede.jpg|thumb|[[Air Forces Memorial]], [[Runnymede]]]]
* [[Main building of Moscow State University]], [[List of tallest buildings in Europe|the tallest building in Europe]] (1953–1990) and the [[List of tallest educational buildings|tallest educational building in the world]] (1953–present), designed by [[Lev Rudnev]].
* [[St Crispin's School]], [[Wokingham]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]], designed by the U.K. [[Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Education]].
* YMCA Indian Student Hostel, [[Fitzrovia]], London, designed by [[Ralph Tubbs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/granada.html|publisher=[[The Twentieth Century Society]]|title=Building of the Month|date=February 2005|accessdate=2006-07-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925224104/http://www.c20society.org.uk/docs/building/granada.html|archivedate=2006-09-25}}</ref>
* Housing at [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab (India)]], designed by [[Le Corbusier]] in collaboration with [[Pierre Jeanneret]], [[Jane Drew]], [[Maxwell Fry]], [[B. V. Doshi]] and others.
* Mardyke Road (residential crescent), [[Harlow New Town]], England, designed by [[Frederick Gibberd]].<ref>{{cite book|author=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3|chapter=1953}}</ref>
* [[Air Forces Memorial]], [[Runnymede]], England, designed by [[Edward Maufe]], dedicated October 17.
* [[English Martyrs' Church, Wallasey]], designed by [[F. X. Velarde]], dedicated August 31.
* 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archined.nl/en/forum/lijnbaan-rip/|date=2007-01-18|first1=Michelle|last1=Provoost|first2=Wouter|last2=Vanstiphout|title=Lijnbaan R.I.P.|work=ArchiNed|accessdate=2011-08-03|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724145538/http://www.archined.nl/en/forum/lijnbaan-rip/|archivedate=2011-07-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals#Architecture|American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal]] – [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[William Adams Delano]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Le Corbusier]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[:fr:Olivier-Clément Cacoub|Olivier-Clément Cacoub]].

==Publications==
* [[Ivan Chtcheglov]] (as Gilles Ivain) – ''Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau''.
* [[John Summerson]] – '' Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830''.

==Births==
*[[March 26]] - [[Phil Freelon]], American architect (Died. 2019)
* November 7 – [[Peter Janesch]], Hungarian architect
* December 18 – [[David Chipperfield]], English architect
* [[Sheila O'Donnell]], Irish architect
* [[Richard Weston (architect)|Richard Weston]], English architect
[[Image:Татлин.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Vladimir Tatlin]]]]

==Deaths==
* May 31 – [[Vladimir Tatlin]], Soviet Russian architect (born [[1885 in architecture|1885]])
* August 17 – [[Sir Banister Fletcher]], English architectural historian (born [[1866 in architecture|1866]])
* September 15 – [[Erich Mendelsohn]], German-born architect (born [[1887 in architecture|1887]])
* December 13 – [[Ad van der Steur]], Dutch architect (born [[1893 in architecture|1893]])

==References==
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