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Overview of the events of 1963 in architecture
The year 1963 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Arrábida Bridge ,
Douro river, Portugal
Berliner Philharmonie , Germany
February –
Springs Mills Building on
Manhattan ,
New York , United States, designed by
Harrison & Abramovitz .
March 7 –
MetLife Building on Manhattan, New York, United States, designed by Richard Roth.
June 22 –
Arrábida Bridge ,
Douro river, Portugal, designed by
Edgar Cardoso .
October 15 –
Berliner Philharmonie concert hall, designed by
Hans Scharoun .
November –
Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building in
Hartford, Connecticut , designed by
Max Abramovitz .
Kobe Port Tower in
Kobe , Japan
St John the Baptist's Church, Ermine, Lincoln ,
Lincoln, England , designed by
Sam Scorer .
Großer Sendesaal (concert hall) of
Hanover Broadcast Station in West Germany, designed by
Dieter Oesterlen .
Bankside Power Station in
London , designed by
Giles Gilbert Scott . (
Adaptive reuse as the
Tate Modern art museum in 2000.)
Vickers Tower on
Millbank in London, designed by Ronald Ward and Partners.
Alexander Fleming House , Blocks A-C, at
Elephant and Castle in London, designed by
Ernő Goldfinger .
Darwin Building ,
Royal College of Art , South Kensington, London, designed by
H. T. and
Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown , Sir
Hugh Casson and Robert Goodden.
University of Leicester Engineering Building ,
England , designed by
James Stirling and
James Gowan .
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Alpha House,
Coventry , England, built, a 17-storey residential tower block, the world's first multi-storey building erected by the "jack block" system devised by Felix Adler of
Richard Costain (Construction) Ltd .
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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at
Yale University , designed by
Gordon Bunshaft of
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill .
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Core buildings of
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , designed by
Denys Lasdun .
Salk Institute , by
Louis I. Kahn , at
La Jolla, California .
Exxon Building in
Houston, Texas .
Hotel Ivoire,
Abidjan , Ivory Coast, designed by
Moshe Mayer .
Jamaraat Bridge , Mina, Saudi Arabia.
Kobe Port Tower in
Kobe ,
Japan .
Bunshaft Residence (sometimes called the Travertine House) in
East Hampton, New York : designed by architect
Gordon Bunshaft for himself and his wife, and his only residential project.
Sadovnichesky Bridge ,
Vodootvodny Canal , Moscow.