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The year 1956 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, USSR

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Clarence S. Stein.
• Royal Gold Medal - Walter Gropius.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• September 8 - Oskar Kaufmann (born 1873)
• 7 May - Josef Hoffmann (born 1870)