1961 in architecture

none 1961 architecture The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events December - Demolition of the Euston Arch in London begins. Archigram is founded as an avant-garde architectural group based at the Architectural Association, London, and publishes its manifesto Archigram I. It will work through hypothetical projects and an associated magazine.Simon Sadler Simon Sadler Archigram: architecture without architecture Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press 2005 978-0-262-69322-6 Ahrends, Burton and Koralek is formed as an architectural practice in London. Building Design Partnership is formed in Preston, Lancashire. St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem, Netherlands, is restored by Berend Tobia Boeyinga.https://www.archimon.nl/gelderland/arnhemeusebius.html Arnhem (G): St. Eusebius Archimon, The virtual museum of religious architecture in The Netherlands 2015-10-06 The first apartment blocks in Hungary of Panelház (large panel building) construction are erected in Dunaújváros. Construction of Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (house of the national parliament of Bangladesh) in Dhaka, designed by Louis Kahn, begins. Double tee beams are first used by Gene Leedy in constructing his own office at Winter Haven, Florida.Building a Day: October 14, 2014 http://cfasrq.org/archtober-2/buildingaday/october14/ 2015-04-26 Center for Architecture Sarasota 2014-10-28 2015-05-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526110436/http://cfasrq.org/archtober-2/buildingaday/october14/ dead Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1961 Buildings opened thumb|Guildford Cathedral, England thumb|The Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow, Russia February 6 - Olin Library at Cornell University, designed by Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde,Olin@50: Design https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/architecture/design https://web.archive.org/web/20160617190158/https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/architecture/design dead June 17, 2016 Cornell University Library Cornell University 30 October 2018 opens.Inaugurating Olin Library https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/inaugurating-olin https://web.archive.org/web/20160617170532/https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/inaugurating-olin dead June 17, 2016 Cornell University Library Cornell University 30 October 2018 March 11 - Benton Park School, Leeds, England, designed by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners, formally opened. May 17 - Guildford Cathedral, England, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, dedicated. May 18 - The Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by Karl Leiser, inaugurated.Lagersilo "Henninger Turm" http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/serie/Teil23-25/25-9.html Frankfurt-Dokumentation zur Nachkriegszeit German 2005-05-07 2012-06-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120303225420/http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/serie/Teil23-25/25-9.html 2012-03-03 September 17 - The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, United States, designed by Mitchell and Ritchey, is completed (demolished 2011-2012). October 17 - The Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow, Soviet Union, designed by a team led by M. Posokhin. November 20 - Dungeness Lighthouse on the south coast of England, designed by Philip W. Hunt (engineer) and Ronald Ward and Partners (architects), illuminated. December 17 - New Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin, designed by Egon Eiermann, consecrated. date unknown - Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, designed by Harrison & Abramovitz.Bernstein Gerald S Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary 1999 Brandeis University Office of Publications 42703912 34–37 Buildings completed thumb|Hyvinkää Church, Finland December 8 - The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by Edward Carlson, John Graham and Victor Steinbrueck.Bill Speidel, Through the Eye of the Needle, Seattle: Nettle Creek, 0914890042. p. 6–7. date unknown Hyvinkää Church in Hyvinkää, Finland, designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori. The Palazzo del Lavoro and Palazzetto dello sport in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi. One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Empress State Building in London, England, designed by Stone, Toms & Partners. Brasenose College, Oxford, England, Staircases 16, 17 and 18, designed by Powell and Moya. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England, Wolfson Quadrangle library and entrance, designed by Raymond Erith. Yokohama Marine Tower in Yokohama, Japan. Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong, China. Park Hill Flats, Sheffield, England, designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith.Elain Harwood England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings rev. London Batsford 2003 978-0-7134-8818-0 Keelson (house for Olga Kennard), Hills Avenue, Cambridge, England, designed by Danish architect Eric Sørensen.Elain Harwood The Twentieth Century Society The Twentieth Century Society 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford 2017 978-1-84994-437-3 Keelson 98–9 Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, is completedSamuel Isenstadt Faith in a Better Future": Josep Luis Sert's American Embassy in Baghdad Journal of Architectural Education 50 3 172–88 February 1997 1425469WikiArquitectura http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/U.S._Embassy_in_Baghdad U.S. Embassy in Baghdad 2010-11-24 2012-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120506231642/http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/U.S._Embassy_in_Baghdad 2012-05-06 dead (abandoned 1990). Michael Faraday Memorial at Elephant and Castle in London, designed by Rodney Gordon. Service station with hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roof at Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire, England, designed by Sam Scorer. Publications Jane Jacobs - The Death and Life of Great American Cities Lewis Mumford - The City in History Gordon Cullen - The Concise Townscape Awards AIA Gold Medal - Le Corbusier. RAIA Gold Medal - Louis Laybourne-Smith. RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Lewis Mumford. Rome Prize - Max Abramovitz Births July - Simon Allford, English architect November 18 - Dietmar Feichtinger, Austrian architect based in Paris Patrik Schumacher, German-born architect thumb|upright|Eero Saarinen Deaths January 5 - Yehuda Magidovitch, Israeli architect (born 1886) July 18 - Olaf Andreas Gulbransson, German architect (born 1916) August 3 - Gilbert Stanley Underwood, American architect best known for his National Park lodges (born 1880) September 1 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect and industrial designer (born 1910) September 16 - Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architect (born 1881) October 19 - Jan Buijs, Dutch architect (born 1889)Rehorst, Chris (Christiaan M. Rehorst; 1983). Jan Buijs, architect van de Volharding: de architectuur van het bureau Ir. J.W.E. Buijs en J.B. Lürsen. Cahiers van het Nederlands Documentatiecentrum voor de Bouwkunst, 4. The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij. 978-90-12-03890-4 (thesis). December 13 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and educator (born 1867) References Category:20th-century architecture