1961 in architecture

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The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Palazzo del Lavoro and Palazzetto dello sport in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, are completed.
• One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States, is completed.
• The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States, is completed.
• The Empress State Building in London, England, is completed.
• The Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by Karl Leiser is completed.
• Yokohama Marine Tower in Yokohama, Japan, is inaugurated.
• Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong, China, are completed.
• The Congressional Palace is completed in Moscow, Russia, USSR.
• The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, United States, is completed (demolished 2011-2012).
• Park Hill Flats, Sheffield, England, designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith, opened.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Le Corbusier.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Louis Laybourne-Smith.
• Royal Gold Medal - Lewis Mumford.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Events

• Archigram is founded as an avant-garde architectural group based at the Architectural Association, London. It will work through hypothetical projects and an associated magazine.
• Building Design Partnership is formed in Preston, Lancashire.
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs is published.
• The City in History by Lewis Mumford is published.
• The Concise Townscape by Gordon Cullen is published.

Births

• November 18 - Dietmar Feichtinger

Deaths

• September 1 - Eero Saarinen (born 1910)
• October 19 - Jan Buijs (born 1889)