1959 in architecture explained

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

Events

• Boardman Hall at Cornell University, designed by William Henry Miller and built in 1892, is demolished^[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• May 3 – Birmingham Museum of Art (new building), Birmingham, Alabama, by Warren, Knight & Davis.
• October 21 – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.^[2]

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.
• Zigzag House, Sarasota, Florida, designed by architect Tollyn Twitchell.
• 6 Bacon's Lane, Highgate, London, designed by architect Leonard Manasseh for himself.^[3]
• Chase Tower, Detroit, Michigan, 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.^[4]
• 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.
• Pride Cleaners, Chicago, designed by Gerald Siegwart.^[5]
• National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, designed by Le Corbusier.^[6]
• Finmere Church of England Primary School, England, designed by Mary and David Medd.

Awards

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

Births

• October 10 – Maya Lin, American designer and artist
• October 10 – Michael Maltzan, American architect
• Jacques Ferrier, French architect
• Lorcan O'Herlihy, Irish-born architect working in the United States

Deaths

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olin's Predecessor: Boardman Hall . Cornell University Library . Cornell University . 30 October 2018.
2. https://archive.today/20120717014429/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k4BJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1721,3684938&dq=guggenheim-museum+new+york&hl=en "Controversial Museum Opens in New York"
3. Book: The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3. 92–3.
4. Book: Harwood, Elain. England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings. rev.. London. Batsford. 2003. 0-7134-8818-2.
5. Web site: Illinois Mid-Century Modern Roofs & Canopies. RoadsideArchitecture.com. 2016-08-31.
6. Web site: Le Corbusier's Museum of Western Art is a modernist gem. 23 July 2016.