1959 in architecture

• Boardman Hall at Cornell University, designed by William Henry Miller and built in 1892, is demolished{{cite web |title=Olin's Predecessor: Boardman Hall |url=https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/boardman |website=Cornell University Library |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=30 October 2018}}

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• May 3 – Birmingham Museum of Art (new building), Birmingham, Alabama, by Warren, Knight & Davis.
• October 21 – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.[https://archive.today/20120717014429/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k4BJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1721,3684938&dq=guggenheim-museum+new+york&hl=en "Controversial Museum Opens in New York"], The News and Courier, October 22, 1959, p. 9-A. Retrieved March 1, 2012

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• Basilica of Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, designed by architect José Enrique Marrero Regalado.
• Case Study House #21: Bailey House and #22: Stahl House, by architect Pierre Koenig.
• Zigzag House, Sarasota, Florida, designed by architect Tollyn Twitchell.
• 6 Bacon's Lane, Highgate, London, designed by architect Leonard Manasseh for himself.{{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|pages=92–3}}
• Chase Tower, Detroit, Michigan, designed by Albert Kahn Associates.
• Kariba Dam completed between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River.
• The Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia.
• Ten Great Buildings project completed in Beijing, China.
• Bracken House, the Financial Times headquarters in the City of London, designed by Sir Albert Richardson.{{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}}
• Lincoln Motors showrooms and garage, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, England, designed by Sam Scorer of Denis Clarke Hall, Scorer and Bright; engineer Dr K. Hajnal-Kónyi.
• Pride Cleaners, Chicago, designed by Gerald Siegwart.{{cite web|title=Illinois Mid-Century Modern Roofs & Canopies|work=RoadsideArchitecture.com|url=http://www.roadarch.com/modarch/ilroof.html|accessdate=2016-08-31}}
• National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, designed by Le Corbusier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/23/le-corbusier-national-museum-of-western-art-tokyo-japan-unesco-world-heritage-list/|title=Le Corbusier's Museum of Western Art is a modernist gem|date=23 July 2016}}
• Finmere Church of England Primary School, England, designed by Mary and David Medd.

• AIA Gold Medal – Walter Gropius.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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• October 10 – Maya Lin, American designer and artist
• October 10 – Michael Maltzan, American architect
• Jacques Ferrier, French architect
• Lorcan O'Herlihy, Irish-born architect working in the United States

• February 23 – Gordon Wilson, Australian-born New Zealand government architect (born 1900){{DNZB|last=Gatley|first=Julia|id=5w36|title=Francis Gordon Wilson|accessdate=25 August 2016}}
• April 9 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (born 1867)

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