From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1969 in architecture
The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
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
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
Births
Deaths
Walter Gropius
References