1958 in architecture

The year 1958 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

February 21 – The Irish Georgian Society, the group for the promotion of Georgian architecture in Ireland, is established by Desmond Guinness.
February 28 – The Victorian Society, the pressure group for the promotion and protection of Victorian and Edwardian Baroque architecture and related arts in the United Kingdom, holds its first meeting at Linley Sambourne House in London.
Alvar Aalto is commissioned to design the North Jutland Art Museum in Aalborg, Denmark (completed 1972).^[1]
Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), Kalisz, Poland is designed; it will not be built until 1977–93.
Competition for the design of Churchill College, Cambridge, England, is won by Richard Sheppard's practice, Sheppard Robson; the competition also launches the practice of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.

March 27 – Congress House, London, designed by David Aberdeen, officially opened.
April 17 – Opening of the Expo '58 World's Fair in Brussels; its most notable features are the Atomium, designed by André Waterkeyn, and the Philips Pavilion, designed by Iannis Xenakis.
June 30 – Palácio da Alvorada (English: Palace of Dawn), Brasília, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
September 12 – Center of New Industries and Technologies, at La Défense in Paris, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss with Robert Camelot, Jean de Mailly and engineer Jean Prouvé; opened by General Charles de Gaulle.
November 7 – Chapel, Convent of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, Chelsea, London, designed by Hector Corfiato, consecrated.^[2]

June 12 – Nille Juul-Sørensen, Danish architect, director of the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen^[6]

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^ DCMS Media Release. 2006. The building later becomes The Royal National Theatre Studio.
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