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See also: 1957 in architecture, other events of 1958, 1959 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• The Atomium in Brussels, designed by André Waterkeyn is opened.
• AT&T Building in New York by Philip Johnson, now a classic of postmodernist architecture.
• Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is completed.
• Dirksen Senate Office Building opens.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - John Wellborn Root
• Royal Gold Medal - Robert Schofield Morris

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• January 8 - Mary Colter (born 1869)
• October 25 - James Walter Chapman-Taylor (born 1878)fr:1958 en architecture