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The year 1951 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• May 3 - Royal Festival Hall in London, designed by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew is opened.
• The Lansbury Estate in Poplar, London is begun as a housing showcase.
• The JK Building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil is designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
• Farnsworth House is completed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Plano, Illinois, USA.
• The antenna of the Empire State Building is added to the building.

[edit] Events

• Nikolaus Pevsner published the first in his Buildings of England series, the volume on Nottinghamshire.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Bernard Ralph Maybeck.
• Royal Gold Medal - Vincent Harris.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

• July 28 - Santiago Calatrava

[edit] Deaths

• Arthur Joseph Davis (born 1878)
• William Alexander Harvey (born 1874)