# 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 and structures
### 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)