1954 in architecture

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 and structures

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, 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, 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
• March 28 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer
• December 12 – Alker Tripp, English town planner
• date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect