1960 in architecture

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National Congress building in Brasília

The year 1960 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• January 13 - Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory officially opened in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
• April 12 - Candlestick Park opens on the shore of San Francisco Bay, by architect John Bolles.
• May 25 - Teatro General San Martín inaugurated in Buenos Aires — the first major project by Argentine architect Mario Roberto Álvarez.
• American Embassy London Chancery Building opened, designed by Eero Saarinen.
• The Chemosphere, a house designed by American architect John Lautner, completed in the Hollywood Hills, California.
• The Climatron geodesic dome opens at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, designed by Buckminster Fuller.
• Euromast is completed in Rotterdam, Netherlands from the design by Hugh Maaskant.
• Finlyandsky Rail Terminal is rebuilt in St. Petersburg, Russia.
• Hooper House II completed by architect Marcel Breuer in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Mabel McDowell Elementary School was built in Columbus, Indiana, designed by architect John Carl Warnecke.
• Mirante do Vale completed as the tallest building in Brazil. Designed by engineer Waldomiro Zarzur in Downtown São Paulo.
• Napoli Centrale railway station and PalaLottomatica sports arena completed, by Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, and others.
• Pirelli Tower, designed by architect Gio Ponti, with Pier Luigi Nervi and Arturo Danusso, completed in Milan, Italy.
• Radisson Blu Royal Hotel completed by Arne Jacobsen in Copenhagen.
• Sainte Marie de La Tourette, by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis, completed for the Dominican Order near Lyon, France.
• William L. Slayton House designed by I. M. Pei, completed in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Events

• August 21 - Brasília is inaugurated as Brazil's new capital city, with many public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Lúcio Costa was the principal urban planner and Roberto Burle Marx was the landscape designer.
• Construction of the Tour Telus in Montreal, Quebec begins.
• Little Houses Improvement Scheme launched by the National Trust for Scotland to promote conservation of vernacular architecture.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Leslie Wilkinson.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Pier Luigi Nervi.
• Knighthood - Basil Spence.

Deaths

• February 8 - Giles Gilbert Scott (born 1880)
• March 26 - W. Curtis Green (born 1875)
• May 1 - Charles Holden (born 1875)
• December 14
  • Antonio Barluzzi (born 1884)
  • Richard Konwiarz (born 1883)
• Gilbert Stanley Underwood (born 1880), American architect best known for his National Park lodges.