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 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)