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Overview of the events of 1969 in architecture
List of years in architecture
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The year
1969 in architecture
involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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]
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
[
edit
]
See also:
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1969
Buildings opened
[
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]
Fernsehturm Berlin
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
.
[1]
June –
Houses for Visiting Mathematicians
,
University of Warwick
,
Coventry
,
England
, designed by
Bill Howell
of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.
[2]
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
[
edit
]
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)
[3]
Wyndham Court
, Southampton, England
[4]
Span Developments
houses at
New Ash Green
, Kent, England, designed by
Eric Lyons
[5]
Benjamin's Mount, Perry House or Teesdale (private residence), Westwood Road,
Windlesham
, Surrey, England, designed by
Ernő Goldfinger
[6]
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 Pace
[7]
Awards
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]
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
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]
February 28
–
Sadie Morgan
, English architect and designer
date unknown
–
Sami Rintala
, Finnish architect and artist
Deaths
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edit
]
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 School
[8]
(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
[9]
(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
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edit
]
^
Gibson, Anne (4 March 2019).
"Clark community to celebrate 50 years of Goddard Library"
. Clark University
. Retrieved
12 October
2020
.
^
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
.
^
"Last resting place of King George VI"
.
The Times
. No. 57522. 22 March 1969. p.
3
. Retrieved
14 September
2022
.
^
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
.
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