1969 in architecture
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The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Knights of Columbus Building in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by Roche-Dinkeloo.
- The John Hancock Center in Chicago, United States is completed.
- The Berliner Fernsehturm in Berlin, Germany is completed.
- Bank One Plaza in Chicago, United States is completed.
- The Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz in Dresden, Germany is completed.
- The Bank of America Center, now 555 California Street, is completed in San Francisco, California, United States.
- The Royal Trust Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed.
- The British Telecom Tower in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom is completed.
- The telecommunication tower FMT 6 - Brackenheim in Brackenheim-Cleebronn, Germany is completed.
- The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States is completed.
- January 8: At the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.
[edit] Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - William Wilson Wurster.
- Architecture Firm Award - Jones & Emmons.
- RAIA Gold Medal - Robin Boyd.
- Royal Gold Medal - Jack Antonio Coia.
- Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps (born 1882)
- 5 July - Walter Gropius (born 1883)
- 17 August - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born 1886)
- Welton Becket (born 1902)fr:1969 en architecture
