1962 in architecture

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The year 1962 in architecture involved some significant events.

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May 25 - Coventry Cathedral in England, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated.
July 1 - The Minolta Tower in Niagara Falls is opened.
December 8 - The Space Needle in Seattle is completed for the Century 21 Exposition.
Saint Petersburg TV Tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia is opened.
Maracaibo Lake Bridge in Venezuela, designed by Riccardo Morandi is opened.
The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, designed by Eero Saarinen is opened.
Policromatic condominium block in Zagreb by Ivo Vitic is completed.
The Tour CIBC in Montreal, Canada, is completed.
The Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Canada, is completed.
The Sentech Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa, is completed.
The KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is completed.
Both Marina City towers in Chicago, United States, are completed; however, they are not fully furnished until 1964.
The Tryvannstårnet in Oslo, Norway, is completed.
The Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, designed by Walter Netsch, is completed.
Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King, Plymouth, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Son & Partner, is completed, the last building worked on by Scott before his death.
Construction of Dalgety Bay, a small New town in Fife, Scotland, begins.