1968 in architecture

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The year 1968 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Calgary Tower in Calgary, Canada is opened.
• Lake Point Tower in Chicago, designed by Schippereit-Heinrich Associates is completed.
• The Heinrich-Hertz-Turm in Hamburg, Germany is completed.
• The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Sir Roy Grounds is completed.
• The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is opened.
• The Nozema Tower Wormer in Wormerland, Netherlands is completed.
• The Olympiaturm in Munich, Germany is opened.
• The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas is completed.
• The Standard Bank Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa is completed.
• The History Faculty of the University of Cambridge, England, designed by James Stirling, is completed.
• The St.John's Beacon in Liverpool, England is completed.

James Stirling's History Faculty, Cambridge University.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Buckminster Fuller.
• AIA Gold Medal - Marcel Breuer.
• Architecture Firm Award - I.M. Pei & Partners.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Roy Grounds.
• Royal Gold Medal - Richard Buckminster Fuller.