Editing 1955 in architecture

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The year '''1955 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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==Events==
* June – ''Outrage'', a special issue of ''[[Architectural Review]]'' condemning the areas of British cities failed by urban planning, establishes the reputation of [[Ian Nairn]] as an architectural critic.
* December – [[Reyner Banham]] introduces the term "[[New Brutalism]]" into English print, writing in ''Architectural Review''.
* Chinese American architect [[I. M. Pei]] establishes the architectural practice [[I. M. Pei & Associates]] with Eason H. Leonard and [[Henry N. Cobb]] in New York City.
* German architect Josef Bieling establishes the architectural practice [[Bieling Architekten|Architekturbüro Josef Bieling]] in his hometown [[Kassel]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1955}}
[[File:RonchampCorbu.jpg|thumb|[[Notre Dame du Haut]]]]
[[File:Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw (by Pudelek).jpg|thumb|The [[Palace of Culture and Science]] in Warsaw]]
[[File:Entallada Lighthouse.jpg|thumb|[[Punta La Entallada Lighthouse]] on [[Fuerteventura]], Canary Islands, Spain]]

===Buildings opened===
* [[June 25]] – [[Notre Dame du Haut]] in [[Ronchamp]], [[France]], designed by [[Le Corbusier]], is dedicated.<ref name=1001B>{{cite book|title=1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die|editor=Irving, Mark|publisher=Cassell|location=London|year=2001|isbn=978-1-84403-578-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/1001buildingsyou0000unse}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] – [[Palace of Culture and Science]] in [[Warsaw]], [[List of tallest buildings in Poland|the tallest building in Poland]] (1955–present) and [[List of tallest buildings in Europe|the second tallest in Europe]] (1955–1990), designed by [[Lev Rudnev]].<ref name=1001B />
* August – [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum]], Japan, designed by [[Kenzō Tange]].

===Buildings completed===
* February – [[Bavinger House]] in [[Norman, Oklahoma]], [[United States]], the best-known building designed by [[Bruce Goff]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1300_217/ai_n14809372/|work=[[Architectural Review]]|title=Saving Bruce Goff|first=Michael|last=Webb|date=June 2005|accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Space and Saucer House: Oklahoma family lives in suspension in a unique new structure|date=1955-09-19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA155|work=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|pages=155–156|accessdate=2016-01-06}}</ref>
* [[MIT Chapel]] and [[Kresge Auditorium]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], designed by [[Eero Saarinen]].<ref name=1001B />
* Chapel of [[Trinity College, Toronto]], designed by [[Giles Gilbert Scott]].
* [[Dominus Flevit Church]], [[Jerusalem]], designed by [[Antonio Barluzzi]].
* Restoration following bomb damage at [[Lambeth Palace]] in London, by [[Seely & Paget]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/pl-lambeth-palace-character-appraisal-2017.pdf|title=Lambeth Palace Conservation Area. Conservation Area Character Appraisal|publisher=Lambeth Council|year=2017|format=PDF|accessdate=2023-03-20}}</ref>
* Reconstructed [[Kinkaku-ji]] temple in [[Kyoto]], Japan.
* [[Chandigarh High Court]] (Palace of Justice), [[Chandigarh Capitol Complex]], India, designed by [[Le Corbusier]].<ref name=1001B />
* [[Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].
* [[Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]].
* [[Punta La Entallada Lighthouse]] on [[Fuerteventura]], Canary Islands, designed by Carlos Alcon.
* Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró in [[Palma, Majorca]], designed by [[Josep Lluís Sert]].
* [[Tate & Lyle]] sugar silo, [[Liverpool]], England.<ref name=1001B />
* Casa Antonio Gálvez, [[Mexico City]], designed by [[Luis Barragán]].<ref name=1001B />
* House Fox, [[Worcester, Western Cape]], South Africa, designed by Revel Fox.<ref name=1001B />
* Houses for self at [[:File:7 Gibralter Hill, Lincoln.JPG|7 Gibraltar Hill]] and for E. W. Scorer, both in [[Lincoln, England]], designed by [[Sam Scorer]].
* House for John Womersley at [[Farnley Tyas]], Yorkshire, England, designed by [[Peter Womersley]].
* [[Achmelvich#"Hermit's Castle"|"Hermit's Castle", Achmelvich]], Scotland, designed by David Scott.<ref>{{cite book|first=Barnabas|last=Calder|title=Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism|location=London|publisher=Heinemann|year=2016|isbn=978-0-434-02244-1}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Willem Marinus Dudok]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[John Murray Easton]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Ngô Viết Thụ]].

==Births==
* [[February 12]] – [[Enric Miralles]], [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Catalan people|Catalan]] architect (died [[2000 in architecture|2000]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Robert Couturier (architect)|Robert Couturier]], French architect and [[interior design]]er, designer of [[Cuixmala]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-11-15|url=http://www.robertcouturier.com/biography.html?detectflash=false|title=Robert Couturier – Biography|publisher=Robert Couturier Inc|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715191728/http://www.robertcouturier.com/biography.html?detectflash=false|archivedate=2011-07-15}}</ref>
* [[July 2]] – [[Francine Houben]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] architect
* [[August 2]] – [[Anne Lacaton]], French architect
* [[November 17]] – [[Amanda Levete]], [[British people|British]] architect
* ''date unknown''
** [[Miroslav Grčev]], [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] architect and graphic designer
** [[Alan Powers]], British modern architecture and design historian

==Deaths==
* [[February 7]] – [[Carl Rubin (architect)|Carl Rubin]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]]n-born Israeli [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]] architect (born [[1899 in architecture|1899]])
* [[April 16]] – [[George Howe (architect)|George Howe]], [[Americans|American]] International Style architect and educator (born [[1886 in architecture|1886]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Dominikus Böhm]], [[Germans|German]] church architect (born [[1880 in architecture|1880]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Rene Paul Chambellan]], American architectural sculptor (born [[1893 in architecture|1893]])

==References==
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