1955 in architecture

• June – Outrage, a special issue of Architectural Review condemning the areas of British cities failed by urban planning, establishes the reputation of Ian Nairn as an architectural critic. • December – Reyner Banham introduces the term "New Brutalism" into English print, writing in Architectural Review. • Chinese American architect I. M. Pei establishes the architectural practice I. M. Pei & Associates with Eason H. Leonard and Henry N. Cobb in New York City. • German architect Josef Bieling establishes the architectural practice Architekturbüro Josef Bieling in his hometown Kassel. ==Buildings and structures==

in Warsaw on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Buildings opened • June 25 – Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated. • July 22 – Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, the tallest building in Poland (1955–present) and the second tallest in Europe (1955–1990), designed by Lev Rudnev. • MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, designed by Eero Saarinen. • Reconstructed Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. • Chandigarh High Court (Palace of Justice), Chandigarh Capitol Complex, India, designed by Le Corbusier. ==Awards==

• AIA Gold Medal – Willem Marinus Dudok. • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Murray Easton. • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Ngô Viết Thụ. ==Births==

• February 12 – Enric Miralles, Spanish Catalan architect (died 2000) • April 14 – Robert Couturier, French architect and interior designer, designer of Cuixmala • July 2 – Francine Houben, Dutch architect • August 2 – Anne Lacaton, French architect • November 17 – Amanda Levete, British architect • date unknown • Miroslav Grčev, Macedonian architect and graphic designer • Alan Powers, British modern architecture and design historian ==Deaths==

• February 7 – Carl Rubin, Galician-born Israeli International Style architect (born 1899) • April 16 – George Howe, American International Style architect and educator (born 1886) • August 6 – Dominikus Böhm, German church architect (born 1880) • November 29 – Rene Paul Chambellan, American architectural sculptor (born 1893) ==References==