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The year 1950 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Eames House in Santa Monica, California, designed by Charles and Ray Eames is completed.
• Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is completed.
• Larkin Administration Building in Buffalo, New York is demolished. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Patrick Abercrombie.
• Royal Gold Medal - Eliel Saarinen.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

• October 31 - Zaha Hadid
• Richard Feilden (died 2005)

[edit] Deaths

• July 1 - Eliel Saarinen (born 1873)