1957 in architecture
The year 1957 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
Byrd Station commissioned in West Antarctica.
Buildings opened
July 22 - Fazle Omar Mosque, Hamburg, Germany.
October 15
Torre de Madrid, one of the tallest buildings in Spain.
Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in China.
Buildings completed
Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, at the time the tallest building in Germany.
The Interbau project in West Berlin, with buildings designed by forty-eight architects.
Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia.
Munkegaard School near Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Arne Jacobsen.
Richards Medical Research Laboratories by architect Louis Kahn, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Unité d'Habitation at Marseille, by Le Corbusier.
Josep Lluís Sert's house for himself at 64 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Dr. Robert Hohf House near Kenilworth, Illinois, USA by Keck & Keck.
