1960 in architecture
The year 1960 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings opened
- January 13 – Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
- April 12 – Candlestick Park on the shore of San Francisco Bay, designed by architect John Bolles.
- May 25 – Teatro General San Martín in Buenos Aires, the first major project by :Category:Argentine architects|Argentine architect Mario Roberto Álvarez.
- June 3 – :File:Bournemouth, Pier Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 1804377.jpg|Pier Theatre, Bournemouth, England, designed by Elisabeth Scott.
- July 26 – Großes Festspielhaus for Salzburg Festival in Austria, designed by Clemens Holzmeister.
- August – Ongryu Bridge on the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea.
- November 21 – Hamilton City Hall in Hamilton, Ontario, designed by Stanley Roscoe.
- American Embassy London Chancery Building, designed by Eero Saarinen.
- Climatron geodesic dome at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, designed by R. Buckminster Fuller.
Buildings completed
- Euromast in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from the design by Hugh Maaskant.
- Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Estonia, designed by Alar Kotli.
- Broxbourne and Harlow Town railway stations on the Eastern Region of British Railways.
- Finlyandsky Rail Terminal is rebuilt in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Mabel McDowell Elementary School in Columbus, Indiana, designed by architect John Carl Warnecke.
- Rutherford School, Paddington, London, designed by architects Leonard Manasseh and Ian Baker.
- Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, designed by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.
- Mirante do Vale in the Central Zone of São Paulo, the tallest building in Brazil, designed by engineer Waldomiro Zarzur.
- Napoli Centrale railway station and PalaLottomatica sports arena, by :Category:Italian engineers|Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, and others.
- Pirelli Tower in Milan, Italy, designed by architect Gio Ponti, with Pier Luigi Nervi and Arturo Danusso.
- SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen, with building and furnishings designed by Arne Jacobsen.
- Ducor Intercontinental Hotel in Monrovia, Liberia, designed by Moshe Mayer.
- Sainte Marie de La Tourette near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis for the Dominican Order.
- Capuchinas Chapel, Tlalpan, Mexico City, designed by Luis Barragán.
- Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Estación Atlántida, Uruguay, designed by Eladio Dieste.
- St Paul's, Bow Common, London, designed by Robert Maguire and Keith Murray.
- The Chemosphere, a house in the Hollywood Hills, California, designed by :Category:American architects|American architect John Lautner.
- Hooper House II, by architect Marcel Breuer, in Baltimore, Maryland.
- William L. Slayton House in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., designed by I. M. Pei.
- Cedarwood, a house in Woolton, Liverpool, England, designed by Dewi-Prys Thomas and Gerald Beech.
- Pipidowek, a house in Ivy Lane, Maybury, Woking, England, designed by Edward Hartry for himself.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Jean-Claude Bernard.
- RAIA Gold Medal – Leslie Wilkinson.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Pier Luigi Nervi.
- Knighthood – Basil Spence.
Births
- July 9 – Bill Dunster, British architect and founder of Zedfactory
- September 9 – Sean Godsell, Australian footballer and architect
Deaths
- February 3 – Basil Bramston Hooper, New Zealand architect
- February 8 – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect best known for Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station
- March 26 – W. Curtis Green, English architect
- March 27 – Holger Jacobsen, Danish architect best known for Stærekassen
- May 1 – Charles Holden, English architect best known for London Underground stations
- May 19 – Marcello Piacentini, Italian architect and urban theorist
- August 22 – Tage William-Olsson, Swedish architect and town planning architect of Gothenburg
- December 2 – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer
- December 14
- * Antonio Barluzzi, Italian Franciscan friar and architect
- * Richard Konwiarz, German architect
- December 18 – Zeev Rechter, Israeli architect
- December 22 – Sir Ninian Comper, British Gothic Revival architect
- date unknown
- * Giuseppe Psaila, Maltese Art Nouveau architect
- * Gilbert Stanley Underwood, American architect best known for his National Park lodges
