1959 in Architecture - Buildings

Buildings

  • Basilica of Candelaria completed on the island of Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands.
  • Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Alabama) by Warren, Knight & Davis is opened.
  • Case Study House #21: Bailey House and #22: Stahl House completed by architect Pierre Koenig.
  • Chase Tower completed in Detroit, Michigan, designed by Albert Kahn Associates.
  • Kariba Dam completed between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.
  • The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
  • Ten Great Buildings project completed in Beijing, China.
  • Bracken House, the Financial Times headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Albert Richardson, is completed.

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