1950 in architecture

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The year 1950 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Alas Building completed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tallest building in Buenos Aires between 1950 and 1996, surpassed by the Le Parc tower.
Eames House (pictured) in Santa Monica, California, designed by Charles and Ray Eames is completed.
Estádio do Maracanã opening day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The largest stadium in South America, and host to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Frank Lloyd Wright completes construction of several Usonian style houses across the United States. Refer to the List of Frank Lloyd Wright works.
- John D. Haynes House in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Fountainhead (J. Willis Hughes House) in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Thomas Keys Residence in Rochester, Minnesota.
- Richard C. Smith House in Jefferson, Wisconsin.
- J.A. Sweeton Residence in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Hyart Theater is built in Lovell, Wyoming by Hyrum "Hy" Bischoff.
Mutual of New York Building completed in Times Square, New York City. The architects Shreve, Lamb and Harmon also designed the Empire State Building.
Neutra Office Building completed in Los Angeles, California designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra and used as his office until his death in 1970.
The Barn (Los Angeles) designed by A. Quincy Jones as a home and office for himself is built.
United Nations Headquarters completed by Wallace Harrison (director of planning) in Manhattan. The Secretariat Building (by Le Corbusier and Niemeyer) completed two years later.

July 1 - Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (born 1873)
July 8 - William Weir, British conservation architect (born 1865)
August 31 - Maciej Nowicki, Polish architect (born 1910) (in TWA Flight 903 disaster)