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Overview of the events of 1953 in architecture
The year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures completed
Main building of Moscow State University
Air Forces Memorial,
Runnymede
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Main building of Moscow State University,
the tallest building in Europe (1953–1990) and the
tallest educational building in the world (1953–present), designed by
Lev Rudnev.
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St Crispin's School,
Wokingham,
Berkshire,
England, designed by the U.K.
Ministry of Education.
- YMCA Indian Student Hostel,
Fitzrovia, London, designed by
Ralph Tubbs.
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- Housing at
Chandigarh,
Punjab (India), designed by
Le Corbusier in collaboration with
Pierre Jeanneret,
Jane Drew,
Maxwell Fry,
B. V. Doshi and others.
- Mardyke Road (residential crescent),
Harlow New Town, England, designed by
Frederick Gibberd.
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Air Forces Memorial,
Runnymede, England, designed by
Edward Maufe, dedicated October 17.
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English Martyrs' Church, Wallasey, designed by
F. X. Velarde, dedicated August 31.
- New building for
Yale University Art Gallery,
New Haven, Connecticut, the first major commission for
Louis Kahn, opened November.
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Lijnbaan pedestrianised shopping street in
Rotterdam, designed by
Jo van den Broek and
Jacob B. Bakema.
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Vladimir Tatlin