1957 in architecture
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1957 in architecture
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The year 1957 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings
- Byrd Station commissioned in West Antarctica.
- The Interbau project in West Berlin is completed, with buildings designed by forty-eight architects.
- Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts completed in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Munkegaard School near Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Arne Jacobsen.
- Richards Medical Research Laboratories by architect Louis Kahn completed on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Torre de Madrid completed as one of the tallest buildings in Spain.
Awards
Births
- 28 July - Ai Weiwei
- Shigeru Ban in Tokyo
Deaths
- January 7 - Joze Plecnik (born 1872)
- February 2 - Julia Morgan (born 1872)
- October 3 - Bernard Maybeck (born 1862)
- October 15 - Henry Van de Velde (born 1863)
In popular media
Henry Fonda's character "Juror 8" (Davis) in 12 Angry Men was an architect
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