1948 in architecture

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Overview of the events of 1948 in architecture

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The year 1948 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

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* Le Modulor by Le Corbusier is published.

## Buildings and structures

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V. C. Morris Gift Shop – Frank Lloyd Wright's prototype for the Guggenheim Museum Equitable Building (Portland, Oregon)

### Buildings

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* September 10 – The Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States is dedicated.[1]
* December – Carswell House in Newark, Delaware, by Edward Durell Stone, completed.[2]
* Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado completed.
* V. C. Morris Gift Shop (later, Xanadu Gallery) in San Francisco, by Frank Lloyd Wright.[3]
* Morannedd Café (later, Dylan's), Criccieth Esplanade, Wales, by Clough Williams-Ellis, built (approximate date).
* Mampong Teacher's Training College and Prempeh College, Kumasi, both in Ghana, by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.
* Burleigh Primary School, Cheshunt, England, by Mary Crowley, opened.
* Equitable Building (Portland, Oregon), by Pietro Belluschi, completed.[4]
* Holy Family Old Cathedral (Anchorage, Alaska), by Augustine A. Porreca, is completed.
* Calvert Manor apartment building in Arlington, Virginia, by Mihran Mesrobian, built.[5]
* Bachman House in Chicago, remodeling by Bruce Goff, completed.
* Ledbetter House in Norman, Oklahoma, by Bruce Goff, completed.
* Elkay Apartments in Los Angeles, California, by Richard Neutra, built.
* Herman T. Mossberg Residence in South Bend, Indiana, by Frank Lloyd Wright, built.
* Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House in Madison, Wisconsin, by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed.
* Jack Lamberson House in Oskaloosa, Iowa, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, built.
* Haines Shoe House in Hallam, Pennsylvania, built.[6]

## Awards

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* AIA Gold Medal – Charles Donagh Maginnis
* Olympic gold medal – Adolf Hoch of Austria for Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl
* Olympic silver medal – Alfred Rinesch of Austria for Watersports centre in Karinthia
* Olympic bronze medal – Nils Olsson of Sweden for Baths and sporting hall in Gothenburg
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Auguste Perret

## Births

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* March 15 – Gavin Stamp, British architectural historian (died 2017)
* October 6 – Ken Yeang, Malaysian ecoarchitect
* December 3 – Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect
* Louis D. Astorino, American architect
* Miguel Cabrera Cabrera, Spanish architect and politician working in the Canaries
* Michael Sorkin, American architect and theorist (died 2020)

## Deaths

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* January 19
* Ignjat Fischer, Croatian architect (born 1870)
* Tony Garnier, French architect (born 1869)
* January 22 – Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, English architect (born 1868)
* February 2 – Sir Charles Herbert Reilly, English architect and teacher (born 1874)
* March 29 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (born 1881)
* June 16 – Horace Field, English architect (born 1861)
* August 1 – George Skipper, English architect (born 1856)
* August 20 – Emery Roth, Hungarian-born American architect (born 1871)
* September 3 – Frank Mills Andrews, American architect (born 1867)
* October – Benedict Williamson, English-born architect and Roman Catholic priest (born 1868)
* October 1 – Adolf Szyszko-Bohusz, Polish architect (born 1883)
* October 27 – Albert Randolph Ross, American architect (born 1868)
* John Robert Dillon, American architect

## References

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1. ^ Tripler Inpatient's Guide. Honolulu, Hawaii: Tripler Army Medical Centre. 2007. pp. 1–35.1-35&rft.pub=Tripler+Army+Medical+Centre&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1948+in+architecture" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Maguire, Ryan (2018). "Preserving History". UDaily. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
3. ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright's San Francisco Gift Shop Meets Iconic Italian Design". Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
4. ^ Leland, Roth (February 26, 2020). "Equitable Building". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
5. ^ "Calvert Manor". Projects & Planning. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
6. ^ "The Haines Shoe House". Retrieved March 22, 2020.