1954 in architecture

The year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

 * June 29 – Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House
 * November – Postwar United Kingdom government limitations on housebuilding are lifted

Buildings opened

 * April – Bevin Court public housing in the London borough of Finsbury, designed by Berthold Lubetkin with Francis Skinner and Douglas Carr
 * Autumn – Inauguration of the city district of Vällingby, in Stockholm, Sweden, planned by Sven Markelius
 * date unknown
 * Ciudad Universitaria (University City), UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, designed by Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral
 * Pruitt–Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, first occupied

Buildings completed

 * date unknown
 * Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed
 * St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott, is completed
 * Goddard House, 22 Avenue Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, England, designed by Fello Atkinson and Brenda Walker of James Cubitt & Partners
 * Martin's (private house), Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, England, designed by Powell and Moya, is completed

Awards

 * Prix de Rome, architecture – Michel Marot.
 * Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome – Robert Venturi.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Arthur George Stephenson.

Births

 * February 22 – Jean-Philippe Vassal, French architect
 * June 23 – Carme Pinós, Spanish architect
 * October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect
 * January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
 * date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect

Deaths

 * February 25 – Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874)
 * March 28 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer (born 1888)
 * December 12 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (born 1883)
 * date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873)