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Overview of the events of 1959 in architecture
The year 1959 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in
New York City, USA
Buildings completed
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
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Basilica of Candelaria,
Tenerife,
Canary Islands, designed by architect José Enrique Marrero Regalado.
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Case Study House #21:
Bailey House and #22:
Stahl House, by architect
Pierre Koenig.
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Zigzag House,
Sarasota, Florida, designed by architect
Tollyn Twitchell.
- 6 Bacon's Lane,
Highgate, London, designed by architect
Leonard Manasseh for himself.
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Chase Tower,
Detroit, Michigan, designed by
Albert Kahn Associates.
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Kariba Dam completed between
Zambia and
Zimbabwe on the
Zambezi River.
- The
Sidney Myer Music Bowl,
Melbourne,
Australia.
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Ten Great Buildings project completed in
Beijing, China.
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Bracken House, the
Financial Times headquarters in the
City of London, designed by Sir
Albert Richardson.
[4]
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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.
[4]
- Pride Cleaners, Chicago, designed by Gerald Siegwart.
[5]
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National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, designed by
Le Corbusier.
[6]
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Finmere Church of England Primary School, England, designed by
Mary and David Medd.
Awards
Births
Frank Lloyd Wright
Deaths
References