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1961 in architecture

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. • 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. • 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. ==Buildings and structures==
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened , England in Moscow, Russia • February 6 - Olin Library at Cornell University, designed by Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde, opens. • 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. • 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. Buildings completed , Finland • December 8 - The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by Edward Carlson, John Graham and Victor Steinbrueck. • date unknownHyvinkää 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. • Keelson (house for Olga Kennard), Hills Avenue, Cambridge, England, designed by Danish architect Eric Sørensen. • Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, is completed (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==
Publications
Births
• July - Simon Allford, English architect • November 18 - Dietmar Feichtinger, Austrian architect based in Paris • Patrik Schumacher, German-born architect ==Deaths==
Deaths
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) • December 13 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and educator (born 1867) ==References==
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