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The year 1968 in architecture involved some significant events.
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- 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.[1]
- The St.John's Beacon in Liverpool, England is completed.
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[edit] References
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.