1961 in architecture explained
The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- 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
Awards
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Sadler, Simon. Simon Sadler. Archigram: architecture without architecture. Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Press. 2005. 978-0-262-69322-6.
- Web site: Arnhem (G): St. Eusebius. Archimon, The virtual museum of religious architecture in The Netherlands. 2015-10-06.
- Web site: Building a Day: October 14, 2014. 2015-04-26. Center for Architecture Sarasota. 2014-10-28. 2015-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20150526110436/http://cfasrq.org/archtober-2/buildingaday/october14/. dead.
- Web site: Olin@50: Design . Cornell University Library . Cornell University . 30 October 2018.
- Web site: Inaugurating Olin Library . Cornell University Library . Cornell University . 30 October 2018.
- Web site: Lagersilo "Henninger Turm". Frankfurt-Dokumentation zur Nachkriegszeit. German. 2005-05-07. 2012-06-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303225420/http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/serie/Teil23-25/25-9.html. 2012-03-03.
- Book: Bernstein . Gerald S . Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary . 1999 . Brandeis University Office of Publications . 0-9620545-1 - Invalid ISBN (too short), unable to find a valid one --> . 42703912 . 34–37.
- Bill Speidel, Through the Eye of the Needle, Seattle: Nettle Creek, . p. 6–7.
- Book: Harwood, Elain. England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings. rev.. London. Batsford. 2003. 978-0-7134-8818-0.
- Book: Harwood, Elain. The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3. Keelson. 98–9.
- Samuel. Isenstadt. Faith in a Better Future": Josep Luis Sert's American Embassy in Baghdad. Journal of Architectural Education. 50. 3. 172–88. February 1997. 1425469.
- Web site: WikiArquitectura. U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. 2010-11-24. 2012-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120506231642/http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/U.S._Embassy_in_Baghdad. 2012-05-06. dead.
- 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. (thesis).