title: 1955 in architecture
text: # 1955 in architecture
  
  The year 1955 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## 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 Architekturbüro Josef Bieling in his hometown Kassel.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings opened
  
  * June 25 – Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated.
  * July 22 – Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, the tallest building in Poland (1955–present) and the second tallest in Europe (1955–1990), designed by Lev Rudnev.
  * 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.
  * MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, designed by Eero Saarinen.
  * 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.
  * Reconstructed Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan.
  * Chandigarh High Court (Palace of Justice), Chandigarh Capitol Complex, India, designed by Le Corbusier.
  * 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.
  * Casa Antonio Gálvez, Mexico City, designed by Luis Barragán.
  * House Fox, Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa, designed by Revel Fox.
  * Houses for self at 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.
  * "Hermit's Castle", Achmelvich, Scotland, designed by David Scott.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * AIA Gold Medal – Willem Marinus Dudok.
  * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Murray Easton.
  * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Ngô Viết Thụ.
  
  ## Births
  
  * February 12 – Enric Miralles, Spanish Catalan architect (died 2000)
  * April 14 – Robert Couturier, French architect and interior designer, designer of Cuixmala
  * July 2 – Francine Houben, Dutch architect
  * August 2 – Anne Lacaton, French architect
  * November 17 – Amanda Levete, British architect
  * date unknown
     * Miroslav Grčev, Macedonian architect and graphic designer
     * Alan Powers, British modern architecture and design historian
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * February 7 – Carl Rubin, Galician-born Israeli International Style architect (born 1899)
  * April 16 – George Howe, American International Style architect and educator (born 1886)
  * August 6 – Dominikus Böhm, German church architect (born 1880)
  * November 29 – Rene Paul Chambellan, American architectural sculptor (born 1893)
  