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Overview of the events of 1964 in architecture
The year 1964 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- April –
Donauturm (Danube Tower) in
Vienna,
Austria, designed by
Hannes Lintl, opened.
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May 30 –
Zu den heiligen Engeln church in
Hanover, Germany, designed by
Bieling Architekten, consecrated.
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July 23 –
Church of the Good Shepherd, Nottingham, England (Roman Catholic), designed by
Gerard Goalen, opened.
- October –
Yoyogi National Gymnasium in
Tokyo,
Japan, designed by
Kenzō Tange for the
1964 Summer Olympics, opened.
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October 16 –
St Catherine's College, Oxford, England, designed by
Arne Jacobsen, opened.
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October 17 –
Lake Burley Griffin in
Canberra, Australia, designed by
Walter Burley Griffin (died
1937), opened.
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November 21
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December 28 –
Kyoto Tower in
Kyoto, Japan, designed by Makoto Tanahashi, opened.
Buildings completed
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December 28 –
Kyoto Tower in
Kyoto, Japan opens.
- date unknown
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Tour de la Bourse in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada, is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1964–1967).
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CBS Building in
New York City, the only skyscraper designed by
Eero Saarinen (d. 1961).
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Prudential Tower in
Boston,
United States, designed by
Charles Luckman and Associates.
- The
Erieview Tower in
Downtown Cleveland,
Ohio, United States, is completed as part of the
Erieview
urban renewal plan.
- The
Los Angeles County Museum of Art new building, designed by
William Pereira.
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Founders Tower (Oklahoma City).
- Casino Tower in
Niagara Falls.
-
Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters in
Philadelphia, United States, designed by
Pietro Belluschi and George M. Ewing Co.
-
Fernmeldeturm Berlin in
Berlin,
Germany, is completed after 3 years.
- The
Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen in
Ulm-Ermingen,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
-
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni in
Turku,
Finland.
- The
Ušće Tower in
Belgrade,
Serbia (badly damaged in 1999 by
NATO airstrikes, but reconstructed in 2004).
- The
Royal College of Physicians in London, designed by
Denys Lasdun.
-
Swiss Cottage Central Library for the
London Borough of Camden, designed by Sir
Basil Spence.
- The
Economist Group headquarters in the
City of London, designed by
Peter and Alison Smithson.
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- The
Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo, designed by
Lord Snowdon,
Cedric Price and
Frank Newby, is completed.
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[5]
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St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo, Japan (Roman Catholic), designed by
Kenzō Tange, is completed.
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St Mary's Church,
Leyland, Lancashire, England (Roman Catholic), designed by J. Faczynski of Weightman and Bullen.
- Synagogue for
Belfast Hebrew Congregation (
Northern Ireland) designed by
Eugene Rosenberg of
Yorke Rosenberg Mardall.
- Extension to the
Ulster Museum,
Belfast, designed in
Brutalist style by Francis Pym, completed.
- The
Smithsonian Institution's
Museum of History and Technology in
Washington, D.C., designed by
McKim, Mead & White, opens to the public (January 23).
[6]
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Fondation Maeght museum of modern art at
Saint-Paul-de-Vence in the
Alpes-Maritimes of
France, designed by Spanish
Catalan architect
Josep Lluís Sert, is opened (July 28).
[7]
- New House,
Shipton-under-Wychwood, England, designed by Roy Stout and Patrick Litchfield.
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