1969 in architecture

none 1969 architecture 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. April 3 – Pope Paul VI promulgates the apostolic constitution Missale Romanum which confirms the desirability of celebration of Mass facing the congregation in Catholic churches, with implication for their internal layout. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1969 Buildings opened thumb|Fernsehturm Berlin thumb|Robert H. Goddard Library March 7 – The John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois, by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. May 19 — Robert H. Goddard Library, Clark University, designed by John M. Johansen.Gibson Anne Clark community to celebrate 50 years of Goddard Library https://clarknow.clarku.edu/2019/03/04/clark-community-to-celebrate-50-years-of-goddard-library/ 12 October 2020 Clark University 4 March 2019 June – Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, designed by Bill Howell of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.1392017 Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick 2012-10-23 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 to 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)http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal/Haram/Ullasundbrua/ Ullasundbrua yr.no Norwegian 2010-10-18 2012-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011223959/http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal/Haram/Ullasundbrua/ dead Wyndham Court, Southampton, England1051043 Wyndham Court including raised terrace and ramps; Wyndham Court including terraces and ramps 2012-04-18 Span Developments houses at New Ash Green, Kent, England, designed by Eric LyonsGillian Darley 1969 The Twentieth Century Society The Twentieth Century Society 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford 2017 978-1-84994-437-3 116–17 Benjamin's Mount, Perry House or Teesdale (private residence), Westwood Road, Windlesham, Surrey, England, designed by Ernő Goldfinger1245054 Benjamin's Mount and attached steps 2020-03-14 Taivallahti Church, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen in 1960 King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, designed by George PaceLast resting place of King George VI https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51474557/TTDA?u=wes_ttda&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0995b20e 14 September 2022 The Times 57522 22 March 1969 3 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 thumb|upright|Walter Gropius 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 SchoolBauhaus https://web.archive.org/web/20120331083320/http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=40 2012-03-31 , The Tate Collection, retrieved 2008-05-18 (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 BauhausMies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0327.html The New York Times August 17, 1969 2007-07-21 (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 Category:20th-century architecture