1969 in architecture

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See also: 1968 in architecture, other 1969 events, 1970 in architecture, and the architecture timeline.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Knights of Columbus Building in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by Roche-Dinkeloo.
• The John Hancock Center in Chicago, United States is completed.
• The Berliner Fernsehturm in Berlin, Germany is completed.
• Bank One Plaza in Chicago, United States is completed.
• The Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz in Dresden, Germany is completed.
• The Bank of America Center in San Francisco, California, United States is completed.
• The Royal Trust Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed.
• The British Telecom Tower in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom is completed.
• The telecommunication tower FMT 6 - Brackenheim in Brackenheim-Cleebronn, Germany is completed.
• The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States is completed.
• January 8: At the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by President Lyndon Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - William Wilson Wurster
• Architecture Firm Award - Jones & Emmons
• RAIA Gold Medal - Robin Boyd
• Royal Gold Medal - Jack Antonio Coia

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• February 11 - Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps (born 1882)
• 5 July - Walter Gropius (born 1883)
• 17 August - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born 1886)
• Welton Becket (born 1902)