1969 in architecture explained

The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

January 8 – At the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.
April 3 – Pope Paul VI promulgates the apostolic constitution Missale Romanum which confirms the desirability of celebration of Mass facing the congregation in Catholic churches, with implication for their internal layout.

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.
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.

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)^[2]
Wyndham Court, Southampton, England
Span Developments houses at New Ash Green, Kent, England, designed by Eric Lyons^[3]
Benjamin's Mount, Perry House or Teesdale (private residence), Westwood Road, Windlesham, Surrey, England, designed by Ernő Goldfinger
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^[4]

February 11 – Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, Nevada-based architect (born 1882)
May 23 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)
July 5 – Walter Gropius, German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School^[5] (born 1883)
August 8 – Welton Becket, Los Angeles architect (born 1902)
August 17 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect and last director of the Bauhaus^[6] (born 1886)
August 19 – Sir Percy Thomas, Cardiff-based architect (born 1883)
November 7 – Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Italian architect, writer and educator (born 1909)
December 15 – Ruth Rivera Marín, Mexican architect (born 1927)

News: Gibson . Anne . Clark community to celebrate 50 years of Goddard Library . 12 October 2020 . Clark University . 4 March 2019.
Web site: Ullasundbrua. yr.no. Norwegian. 2010-10-18.
Book: Darley, Gillian. 1969. The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3. 116–17.
News: Last resting place of King George VI. 14 September 2022. The Times. 57522. 22 March 1969. 3.
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=40 Bauhaus
News: Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture. The New York Times. August 17, 1969. 2007-07-21.