1961 in architecture
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The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
- 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
Buildings opened
- 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
- 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
- Jane Jacobs - The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- Lewis Mumford - The City in History
- Gordon Cullen - The Concise Townscape
