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The year 1959 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.
• The Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Alabama) by Warren, Knight & Davis is opened.
• The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia is completed.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Walter Gropius.
• Royal Gold Medal - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

• October 10 - Maya Lin

[edit] Deaths

• 9 April - Frank Lloyd Wright (born 1867)