1966 in architecture

none 1966 architecture The year 1966 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture by Robert Venturi is published, his first attack on modernist architecture. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 is passed by the United States Congress and signed into law, forming much of the foundation of architectural renovation and rehabilitation in that country. Construction begins on the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1966 Buildings opened thumb|New Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland thumb|150px|Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth February 14 – CN Tower (Edmonton), the first skyscraper in the city of Edmonton, and tallest building in Western Canada until 1971.http://capitalmodernedmonton.com/buildings-by-area/downtown/cntower/ CN Tower — 1966 Capital Modern Edmonton 2011 May 31, 2012 March Dunelm House, Durham, England, designed by Richard Raines of Architects' Co-Partnership. Hotel des Dromonts, Avoriaz, France, designed by Jacques Labro. June – Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, opens as the largest new hospital in North America. July 3 – Church of Mariä Heimsuchung, Wiesbaden, designed by Johannes Lackel. July 18 – New Abbey Theatre, Dublin, designed by former actor Michael Scott. c. August 31 – Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, England, designed by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon.The Tricorn: The Life and Death of a Sixties Icon Clark Celia Cook, Robert 2009 Tricorn Books Ltd 978-0-9562498-0-7 72 September 8 – Severn Bridge in Britain. Buildings completed October 28 – The Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri, United States, designed by Eero Saarinen.The Triumph of the Arch: 1965–1986 Corrigan Patricia 1985-10-27 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12F December – GPO Tower (Birmingham), England. Brutalist showroom of jeweller Andrew Grima at 80 Jermyn Street, St James's, London (demolished 1986).https://www.bonhams.com/magazine/24350/ Jewellery personality Autumn 2017 Bonhams Bonhams Magazine 16 November 2025 57 New Hall, Cambridge, England, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (modern-day Murray Edwards College).Elain Harwood England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings rev. London Batsford 2003 0-7134-8818-2 Church of St Peter, Klippan, Sweden, by Sigurd Lewerentz.Modern Architecture through case studies Peter Blundell Jones Peter Blundell Jones Architectural PressColin St John Wilson Colin St John Wilson Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical Perspecta 24 1988 51–77 Kaleva Church in Tampere, Finland, designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä. Fire Station Number 4 in Columbus, Indiana, by Robert Venturi. Whitney Museum of American Art on Madison Avenue in New York City, by Marcel Breuer with Hamilton P. Smith.Gray Christopher https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/realestate/14Scapes.html?_r=1&hp The Controversial Whitney Museum The New York Times 2010-11-14 Creek Vean (private residence), Feock, Cornwall, England, designed by Team 4.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/newhomes/3314698/Making-the-grade-Creak-Vean.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090317090844/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/newhomes/3314698/Making-the-grade-Creak-Vean.html dead 2009-03-17 The Daily Telegraph Making the grade: Creek Vean 2009-10-04 London Keith Miller 2003-06-28 Lovejoy Plaza in Portland, Oregon, by Lawrence Halprin, is designed. Awards AIA Gold Medal – Kenzo Tange. RAIA Gold Medal – William Laurie. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Ove Arup. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Bernard Schoebel. Births September – David Adjaye, Tanzanian-born British architect date unknown – Winka Dubbeldam, Dutch American architect Deaths May 24 – Hans Hansen, German architect and theorist (born 1889) November 15 – Aymar Embury II, American architect (born 1880) References Category:20th-century architecture