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The year 1959 in architecture involved some significant events.

BUILDINGS

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.

The Birmingham Museum Of Art ( Birmingham, Alabama ) by Warren, Knight & Davis is opened.

The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne , Australia is completed.

AWARDS

AIA Gold Medal - Walter Gropius .

Royal Gold Medal - Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe .

Grand Prix De Rome , architecture: (unknown).

BIRTHS

October 10 - Maya Lin

DEATHS

9 April - Frank Lloyd Wright (born 1867 )