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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a> – The <a href="/facts/Irish_Georgian_Society/8RsJo2yV">Irish Georgian Society</a>, the group for the promotion of <a href="/facts/Georgian_architecture/XS4mqhsc">Georgian architecture</a> in <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a>, is established by <a href="/facts/Desmond_Guinness/uPe8AvTd">Desmond Guinness</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_28/qoYyDYpU">February 28</a> – The <a href="/facts/Victorian_Society/320S5LNp">Victorian Society</a>, the pressure group for the promotion and protection of <a href="/facts/Victorian_architecture/cbdUd65l">Victorian</a> and <a href="/facts/Edwardian_Baroque_architecture/1NqysVw7">Edwardian Baroque architecture</a> and related arts in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, holds its first meeting at <a href="/facts/Linley_Sambourne_House/5mnWBKWU">Linley Sambourne House</a> in London.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alvar_Aalto/vhHeMTTz">Alvar Aalto</a> is commissioned to design the <a href="/facts/North_Jutland_Art_Museum/rEq0fn86">North Jutland Art Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Aalborg/B24RHEAc">Aalborg</a>, <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a> (completed <a href="/facts/1972_in_architecture/V8JshqUg">1972</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), <a href="/facts/Kalisz/rewGBx49">Kalisz</a>, Poland is designed; it will not be built until 1977–93.</li> <li>Competition for the design of <a href="/facts/Churchill_College,_Cambridge/1PEP8f0S">Churchill College, Cambridge</a>, England, is won by <a href="/facts/Richard_Sheppard_(architect)/PmFGE2d9">Richard Sheppard</a>'s practice, <a href="/facts/Sheppard_Robson/D1DAdKF9">Sheppard Robson</a>; the competition also launches the practice of <a href="/facts/Bill_Howell_(architect)/bdxxjxqC">Howell</a>, Killick, Partridge and Amis.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1958</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Congress_House/xMJgPehB">Congress House</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/David_Aberdeen/7jmNp5oD">David Aberdeen</a>, officially opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_17/6f3EB07w">April 17</a> – Opening of the <a href="/facts/Expo_%2758/926hwbJn">Expo '58</a> World's Fair in <a href="/facts/Brussels/tNzHrQYP">Brussels</a>; its most notable features are the <a href="/facts/Atomium/aEpPRK4b">Atomium</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Andr%C3%A9_Waterkeyn/PcgvnXop">André Waterkeyn</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Philips_Pavilion/q1gbxTGu">Philips Pavilion</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Iannis_Xenakis/bHTIw88C">Iannis Xenakis</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Pal%C3%A1cio_da_Alvorada/KHddgEeE">Palácio da Alvorada</a> (English: Palace of Dawn), <a href="/facts/Bras%C3%ADlia/Jxk9MCNu">Brasília</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Oscar_Niemeyer/UbSYBGEC">Oscar Niemeyer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Center_of_New_Industries_and_Technologies/4g3xyMSM">Center of New Industries and Technologies</a>, at <a href="/facts/La_D%C3%A9fense/fwGcEQh6">La Défense</a> in Paris, designed by <a href="/facts/Bernard_Zehrfuss/xrdCh2yM">Bernard Zehrfuss</a> with <a href="/facts/Robert_Camelot/00jFS9W1">Robert Camelot</a>, Jean de Mailly and engineer <a href="/facts/Jean_Prouv%C3%A9/gCeQQc5d">Jean Prouvé</a>; opened by General <a href="/facts/Charles_de_Gaulle/elj4Djpo">Charles de Gaulle</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_7/mYeHmRT9">November 7</a> – Chapel, Convent of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, <a href="/facts/Chelsea,_London/9x1VvmQS">Chelsea, London</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Hector_Corfiato/f0f2TXVM">Hector Corfiato</a>, consecrated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Tokyo_Tower/NrdAUazJ">Tokyo Tower</a>, <a href="/facts/Shiba_Park/9FJ8UdsF">Shiba Park</a>, Tokyo, Japan, by <a href="/facts/Tach%C5%AB_Nait%C5%8D/WJRsHmn3">Tachū Naitō</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Dirksen_Senate_Office_Building/Xa8aWS5R">Dirksen Senate Office Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Eggers_%26_Higgins/q9mFFhQD">Eggers & Higgins</a> from New York.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kulttuuritalo/TCLxu4AU">Kulttuuritalo</a> (House of Culture), <a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Alvar_Aalto/vhHeMTTz">Alvar Aalto</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Old_Vic/mNwWbUSD">The Old Vic</a> Theatre Annex, Southwark, London, designed by Lyons, Israel and <a href="/facts/Tom_Ellis_(architect)/FWKlwDIL">Ellis</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> headquarters in Paris, designed by <a href="/facts/Bernard_Zehrfuss/xrdCh2yM">Bernard Zehrfuss</a> with <a href="/facts/Marcel_Breuer/qYoEy3ml">Marcel Breuer</a> and <a href="/facts/Pier_Luigi_Nervi/H5EVqGoe">Pier Luigi Nervi</a>.</li> <li>Provost's House, <a href="/facts/The_Queen%27s_College,_Oxford/HNfCLF9K">The Queen's College, Oxford</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Raymond_Erith/7IeNpoBj">Raymond Erith</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Riverview_High_School_(Sarasota,_Florida)/oy5nedWy">Riverview High School (Sarasota, Florida)</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Paul_Rudolph_(architect)/3n9JNR3H">Paul Rudolph</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St._Joseph%27s_Church,_Le_Havre/rnCQruj3">St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre</a>, France, designed by <a href="/facts/Auguste_Perret/9ceMV5sq">Auguste Perret</a> (died <a href="/facts/1954_in_architecture/0DoL8YEw">1954</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wiener_Stadthalle/xU0JXYWa">Wiener Stadthalle</a> <a href="/facts/Indoor_arena/0hbRheNs">indoor arena</a>, <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Roland_Rainer/8ydGRC1E">Roland Rainer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seagram_Building/0dghgWMs">Seagram Building</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe/9vC2LK1S">Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Torre_Velasca/n594gu5q">Torre Velasca</a> in <a href="/facts/Milan/0xrtbPdt">Milan</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/BBPR/yDW3rdrG">BBPR</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Torres_de_Sat%C3%A9lite/rqMNn94z">Torres de Satélite</a> monument in <a href="/facts/Ciudad_Sat%C3%A9lite/nA0LbzAG">Ciudad Satélite</a>, Mexico, designed by <a href="/facts/Luis_Barrag%C3%A1n/PBfy6Muh">Luis Barragán</a>, <a href="/facts/Mathias_Goeritz/e23v5Yct">Mathias Goeritz</a> and <a href="/facts/Jes%C3%BAs_Reyes_Ferreira/D4YYtnE7">Jesús Reyes Ferreira</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/High_Sunderland/UnPH0Fry">High Sunderland</a> (house for <a href="/facts/Bernat_Klein/kajtAK5k">Bernat Klein</a>), near <a href="/facts/Selkirk,_Scottish_Borders/IpzAeKvc">Selkirk, Scottish Borders</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Womersley/whux0joo">Peter Womersley</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Gold_Medals/6x58KDnc">American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal</a> – Henry R. Shepley.</li> <li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Wellborn_Root/xk7z3lQr">John Wellborn Root</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Schofield_Morris/jzMjN5n8">Robert Schofield Morris</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_12/TA9W2nuf">June 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Nille_Juul-S%C3%B8rensen/k8sjHKtX">Nille Juul-Sørensen</a>, Danish architect, director of the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_8/SGESoya0">January 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Mary_Colter/wwVyPbfN">Mary Colter</a>, <a href="/facts/Americans/srd9GJ5U">American</a> architect and designer (born <a href="/facts/1869_in_architecture/AGRugjzb">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Hugo_H%C3%A4ring/KGCe9nA0">Hugo Häring</a>, German architect and writer (born <a href="/facts/1882_in_architecture/QyKyFUuh">1882</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Wells_Coates/hbRBDeAp">Wells Coates</a>, Canadian architect, designer and writer (born <a href="/facts/1895_in_architecture/48MuH276">1895</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_19/C2NLg2kT">October 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Gyula_Riman%C3%B3czy/1fte5o84">Gyula Rimanóczy</a>, Hungarian architect (born <a href="/facts/1903_in_architecture/WVzTpr5X">1903</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_25/sRbwCcIf">October 25</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Chapman-Taylor/WCUgU803">James Chapman-Taylor</a>, New Zealand domestic architect (born <a href="/facts/1878_in_architecture/bwXUknFA">1878</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Pedersen, Simon Ostenfeld. "KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg". 1001 stories of Denmark. Danish Agency for Culture. Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-03-21. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130922081546/http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/en_GB/kunsten-museum-of-modern-art-aalborg/stories" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130922081546/http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/en_GB/kunsten-museum-of-modern-art-aalborg/stories</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Historic England. "Roman Catholic Diocesan Seminary Chapel, Allen Hall (1430539)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2021-06-16. <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" target="_blank">/wiki/Historic_England</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Gilhooly, Rob (March 17, 2002). "The tower and the story". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-09-20. [dead link] <a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20020317a1.htm" target="_blank">http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20020317a1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>DCMS Media Release. 2006. The building later becomes The Royal National Theatre Studio. <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100512174706/http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/2587.aspx" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100512174706/http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/2587.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>The Twentieth Century Society (2017). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3. <a href="978-1-84994-437-3" target="_blank">978-1-84994-437-3</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Nille Juul-Sørensen ny direktør for Dansk Design Center". Dansk Design Center. Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111110042047/http://www.ddc.dk/press-release/nille-juul-sorensen-ny-direktor-dansk-design-center" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20111110042047/http://www.ddc.dk/press-release/nille-juul-sorensen-ny-direktor-dansk-design-center</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>M. Aschenbrenner, P. Blundell-Jones, Hugo Häring – the Organic versus the Geometric, Edition Axel Menges, 1999 <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>