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The year 1959 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.
- The Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Alabama) by Warren, Knight & Davis is opened.
- The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Walter Gropius.
- Royal Gold Medal - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
Deaths
- 9 April - Frank Lloyd Wright (born 1867)
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