1969 in architecture
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The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- January 8 – At the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.
Buildings and structures
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- March 7 – The John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois, by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
- June – Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, designed by Bill Howell of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.[1]
- September 18 – Dresden TV tower (Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwit) begins radio transmission in Dresden, Germany.
- October 3 – Fernsehturm Berlin (Berlin TV tower) in East Berlin, Germany.
- St. John's Beacon in Liverpool, England.
Buildings completed
- Knights of Columbus Building (New Haven, Connecticut), designed by Roche-Dinkeloo
- One New York Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, designed by William Lescaze & Associates and Kahn & Jacobs
- Bank One Plaza, Chicago, Illinois (renamed as the Chase Tower on October 24, 2005)
- 555 California Street (formerly The Bank of America Center), San Francisco, California, the tallest building west of the Mississippi from 1969–1972
- Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Toronto-Dominion Centre (formerly the Royal Trust Tower) is partially completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Hilton Hotel, Paradise, Nevada, designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr.
- Ullasund Bridge, Norway (replaced in 1998)[2]
- Wyndham Court, Southampton, England[3]
- Span Developments houses at New Ash Green, Kent, England, designed by Eric Lyons[4]
- Benjamin's Mount, Perry House or Teesdale (private residence), Westwood Road, Windlesham, Surrey, England, designed by Ernő Goldfinger[5]
- Taivallahti Church, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen in 1960
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – William Wilson Wurster.
- Architecture Firm Award – Jones & Emmons.
- RAIA Gold Medal – Robin Boyd.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jack Antonio Coia.
- Twenty-five Year Award – Rockefeller Center
Births
- February 28 – Sadie Morgan, English architect and designer
- date unknown – Sami Rintala, Finnish architect and artist
Deaths
- February 11 – Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, Nevada-based architect (born 1882)
- May 23 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)
- July 5 – Walter Gropius, German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School[6] (born 1883)
- August 8 – Welton Becket, Los Angeles architect (born 1902)
- August 17 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect and last director of the Bauhaus[7] (born 1886)
- August 19 – Sir Percy Thomas, Cardiff-based architect (born 1883)
- November 7 – Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Italian architect, writer and educator (born 1909)
- December 15 – Ruth Rivera Marín, Mexican architect (born 1927)
References
- ^ Historic England. "Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick (1392017)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ^ "Ullasundbrua" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ Historic England. "Wyndham Court including raised terrace and ramps; Wyndham Court including terraces and ramps (1051043)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ Darley, Gillian (2017). "1969". In The Twentieth Century Society (ed.). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. pp. 116–17. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
- ^ Historic England. "Benjamin's Mount and attached steps (1245054)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
- ^ Bauhaus Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, The Tate Collection, retrieved 2008-05-18
- ^ "Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture". The New York Times. August 17, 1969. Retrieved 2007-07-21.