1959 in architecture

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Interior of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City

The year 1959 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings opened

• May 3 - Birmingham Museum of Art (new building), Birmingham, Alabama, USA, by Warren, Knight & Davis.
• October 21 - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.^[1]

Buildings completed

• Basilica of Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, designed by architect José Enrique Marrero Regalado.
• Case Study House #21: Bailey House and #22: Stahl House, by architect Pierre Koenig.
• Chase Tower, Detroit, Michigan, USA, designed by Albert Kahn Associates.
• Kariba Dam completed between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River.
• The Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia.
• Ten Great Buildings project completed in Beijing, China.
• Bracken House, the Financial Times headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Albert Richardson, is completed.^[2]
• Lincoln Motors showrooms and garage, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, England, designed by Sam Scorer of Denis Clarke Hall, Scorer and Bright; engineer Dr K. Hajnal-Kónyi.^[2]
• Pride Cleaners, Chicago, designed by Gerald Siegwart.^[3]

Awards

Frank Lloyd Wright

• AIA Gold Medal - Walter Gropius.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Births

• October 10 - Maya Lin, American designer and artist

Deaths

• February 23 - Gordon Wilson, Australian-born New Zealand government architect (born 1900)^[4]
• April 9 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (born 1867)

References

1. "Controversial Museum Opens in New York", The News and Courier, October 22, 1959, p. 9-A. Retrieved March 1, 2012
2. Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.
3. "Illinois Mid-Century Modern Roofs & Canopies". RoadsideArchitecture.com. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
4. Gatley, Julia. "Francis Gordon Wilson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 August 2016.