1961 in architecture

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The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

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* December - Demolition of the Euston Arch in London begins.
* Archigram is founded as an avant-garde architectural group based at the Architectural Association, London, and publishes its manifesto Archigram I. It will work through hypothetical projects and an associated magazine.[1]
* Ahrends, Burton and Koralek is formed as an architectural practice in London.
* Building Design Partnership is formed in Preston, Lancashire.
* St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem, Netherlands, is restored by Berend Tobia Boeyinga.[2]
* The first apartment blocks in Hungary of Panelház (large panel building) construction are erected in Dunaújváros.
* Construction of Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (house of the national parliament of Bangladesh) in Dhaka, designed by Louis Kahn, begins.
* Double tee beams are first used by Gene Leedy in constructing his own office at Winter Haven, Florida.[3]

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1961

### Buildings opened

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Guildford Cathedral, England The Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow, Russia

* February 6 \- Olin Library at Cornell University, designed by Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde,[4] opens.[5]
* March 11 \- Benton Park School, Leeds, England, designed by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners, formally opened.
* May 17 \- Guildford Cathedral, England, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, dedicated.
* May 18 \- The Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by Karl Leiser, inaugurated.[6]
* September 17 \- The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, United States, designed by Mitchell and Ritchey, is completed (demolished 2011-2012).
* October 17 \- The Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow, Soviet Union, designed by a team led by M. Posokhin.
* November 20 \- Dungeness Lighthouse on the south coast of England, designed by Philip W. Hunt (engineer) and Ronald Ward and Partners (architects), illuminated.
* December 17 \- New Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin, designed by Egon Eiermann, consecrated.
* date unknown \- Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, designed by Harrison & Abramovitz.[7]

### Buildings completed

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Hyvinkää Church, Finland

* December 8 \- The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by Edward Carlson, John Graham and Victor Steinbrueck.[8]
* date unknown
* Hyvinkää Church in Hyvinkää, Finland, designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori.
* The Palazzo del Lavoro and Palazzetto dello sport in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi.
* One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
* The Empress State Building in London, England, designed by Stone, Toms & Partners.
* Brasenose College, Oxford, England, Staircases 16, 17 and 18, designed by Powell and Moya.
* Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England, Wolfson Quadrangle library and entrance, designed by Raymond Erith.
* Yokohama Marine Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
* Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong, China.
* Park Hill Flats, Sheffield, England, designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith.[9]
* Keelson (house for Olga Kennard), Hills Avenue, Cambridge, England, designed by Danish architect Eric Sørensen.[10]
* Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, is completed[11][12] (abandoned 1990).
* Michael Faraday Memorial at Elephant and Castle in London, designed by Rodney Gordon.
* Service station with hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roof at Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire, England, designed by Sam Scorer.

## Publications

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* Jane Jacobs \- The Death and Life of Great American Cities
* Lewis Mumford \- The City in History
* Gordon Cullen \- The Concise Townscape

## Awards

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* AIA Gold Medal \- Le Corbusier.
* RAIA Gold Medal \- Louis Laybourne-Smith.
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal \- Lewis Mumford.
* Rome Prize \- Max Abramovitz

## Births

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* July - Simon Allford, English architect
* November 18 \- Dietmar Feichtinger, Austrian architect based in Paris
* Patrik Schumacher, German-born architect

Eero Saarinen

## Deaths

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* January 5 \- Yehuda Magidovitch, Israeli architect (born 1886)
* July 18 \- Olaf Andreas Gulbransson, German architect (born 1916)
* August 3 \- Gilbert Stanley Underwood, American architect best known for his National Park lodges (born 1880)
* September 1 \- Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect and industrial designer (born 1910)
* September 16 \- Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architect (born 1881)
* October 19 \- Jan Buijs, Dutch architect (born 1889)[13]
* December 13 \- Henry Hornbostel, American architect and educator (born 1867)

## References

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1. ^ Sadler, Simon (2005). Archigram: architecture without architecture. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-69322-6.
2. ^ "Arnhem (G): St. Eusebius". Archimon, The virtual museum of religious architecture in The Netherlands. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
3. ^ "Building a Day: October 14, 2014". Center for Architecture Sarasota. 2014-10-28. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
4. ^ "Olin@50: Design". Cornell University Library. Cornell University. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
5. ^ "Inaugurating Olin Library". Cornell University Library. Cornell University. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
6. ^ "Lagersilo "Henninger Turm"" (in German). Frankfurt-Dokumentation zur Nachkriegszeit. 2005-05-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
7. ^ Bernstein, Gerald S (1999). Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary. Brandeis University Office of Publications. pp. 34–37\. OCLC 42703912.
8. ^ Bill Speidel, Through the Eye of the Needle, Seattle: Nettle Creek, ISBN 0914890042. p. 6–7.
9. ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8818-0.
10. ^ Harwood, Elain (2017). "Keelson". In The Twentieth Century Society (ed.). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. pp. 98–9\. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
11. ^ Isenstadt, Samuel (February 1997). "Faith in a Better Future": Josep Luis Sert's American Embassy in Baghdad". Journal of Architectural Education. 50 (3): 172–88\. JSTOR 1425469.
12. ^ "U.S. Embassy in Baghdad". WikiArquitectura. 2010-11-24. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
13. ^ Rehorst, Chris (Christiaan M. Rehorst; 1983). Jan Buijs, architect van de Volharding: de architectuur van het bureau Ir. J.W.E. Buijs en J.B. Lürsen. Cahiers van het Nederlands Documentatiecentrum voor de Bouwkunst, 4. The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij. ISBN 978-90-12-03890-4 (thesis).

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