1954 in architecture

• June 29 – Buckminster Fuller patents his geodesic dome design, later expressed in his Dymaxion House{{cite book|author1=Donald Langmead|author2=Christine Garnaut|title=Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats|publisher=ABC-CLIO|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofar0000lang|url-access=registration|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-112-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofar0000lang/page/131 131]}}
• November – Postwar United Kingdom government limitations on housebuilding are lifted

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• April – Bevin Court public housing in the London borough of Finsbury, designed by Berthold Lubetkin with Francis Skinner and Douglas Carr{{cite book|author=Gillian Bebbington|title=London Street Names|url=https://archive.org/details/londonstreetname0000bebb|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-0140-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/londonstreetname0000bebb/page/46 46]}}
• Autumn – Inauguration of the city district of Vällingby, in Stockholm, Sweden, planned by Sven Markelius{{cite book|author=Mats Deland|title=The Social City: Middle-way Approaches to Housing and Suburban Governmentality in Southern Stockholm 1900 - 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_pyKuzJe8sC&pg=PA9|year=2001|publisher=Mats Deland|isbn=978-91-88882-17-2|pages=9}}
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• Ciudad Universitaria (University City), UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, designed by Mario Pani and Enrique del Moral
• Pruitt–Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, first occupied{{cite journal|last=Checkoway|first=Barry|title=Revitalizing an Urban Neighborhood: A St. Louis Case Study|journal=The Metropolitan Midwest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IRsph2f2FoC&q=the+metropolitan+midwest|location=Urbana/Chicago|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=1985|isbn=978-0-252-01114-6|page=245}}

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• Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed{{cite book|first=Elain|last=Harwood|title=England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings|edition=rev.|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2003|isbn=0-7134-8818-2}}
• St Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church on the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, East London, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott, is completed{{cite web|url=http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1940/stmaryspoplar.html|title=RC Church of St Mary and St Joseph, Poplar, London|work=Different Architecture for Different Times|publisher=manchesterhistory.net|accessdate=2020-10-05}}
• Goddard House, 22 Avenue Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, England, designed by Fello Atkinson and Brenda Walker of James Cubitt & Partners{{lbe|1375665|grade=II|location=Leicestershire|no-ref=true}}{{cite book|author=The Twentieth Century Society|author-link=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3}}
• Martin's (private house), Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, England, designed by Powell and Moya, is completed

• Prix de Rome, architecture – Michel Marot.
• Rome Prize Fellowship at American Academy in Rome – Robert Venturi.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Arthur George Stephenson.

• February 22 – Jean-Philippe Vassal, French architect
• June 23 – Carme Pinós, Spanish architect{{cite book|title=The Architecture of Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós|editor=Dollens, Dennis L.|isbn=093082914X|location=New York|publisher=SITES/Lumen|year=1990}}
• October 12 – Keith Griffiths, Welsh-born architect
• January 6 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
• date unknown – Kengo Kuma, Japanese architect{{cite book|author1=John Heskett|author2=Kokusai Kōryū Kikin|title=Japan 2000: architecture and design for the Japanese public|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CI5QAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Prestel Verlag|isbn=978-0-86559-164-6|page=149}}

• February 25 – Auguste Perret, French architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete (born 1874)
• March 28 – Kaare Klint, Danish architect and furniture designer (born 1888)
• December 12 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (born 1883)
• date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (born 1873){{cite book|author=Damien Simonis|title=Barcelona|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=168w2q-mP6gC&pg=PT170|year=2003|publisher=National Geographic De|isbn=978-3-936559-01-9|pages=170}}

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