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Overview of the events of 1968 in architecture
The year 1968 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
James Stirling 's
History Faculty ,
University of Cambridge , England
Mies van der Rohe 's
Neue Nationalgalerie ,
West Berlin
The
Calgary Tower in
Calgary , Alberta, Canada, is opened.
Marina City complex in
Chicago , designed by
Bertrand Goldberg , is completed.
Lake Point Tower in Chicago, designed by
Schippereit-Heinrich Associates , is completed.
The
Heinrich Hertz Tower in
Hamburg ,
West Germany , is completed.
The
National Gallery of Victoria in
Melbourne ,
Australia , designed by Sir
Roy Grounds , is completed.
The
Neue Nationalgalerie in
West Berlin , Germany, designed by
Mies van der Rohe , is opened.
The
Nozema Tower Wormer in
Wormerland ,
Netherlands is completed.
The
Olympiaturm in
Munich ,
West Germany is opened.
The
Tower of the Americas in
San Antonio, Texas is completed.
The
Standard Bank Centre in
Johannesburg ,
South Africa is completed.
The
University of East Anglia in
Norwich , England, main buildings designed by
Denys Lasdun , are completed.
The
History Faculty of the
University of Cambridge ,
England , designed by
James Stirling , is completed.
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Christ Church Picture Gallery in
Oxford , England, designed by
Powell and
Moya , is opened.
Aalto Center in
Seinäjoki , Finland, designed by
Alvar Aalto , is completed.
New building for the
São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) in
Brazil , designed by
Lina Bo Bardi , is inaugurated.
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in
Cairo , Egypt, is consecrated.
Maria, Königin des Friedens church,
Velbert -Neviges, West Germany, designed by
Gottfried Böhm , is consecrated.
The
Christi Auferstehung church in
Lindenthal, Cologne , West Germany, designed by Gottfried Böhm, is built.
Church ,
St. Benedictusberg Abbey , Mamelis,
Vaals , Netherlands, designed by Dom
Hans van der Laan , is completed.
Roman Catholic church of St Joseph, Leicester , England, designed by T. E. Wilson, is completed.
Pacific Coliseum in
Vancouver , designed by W. K. Noppe, is opened.
One Kemble Street (offices) in London, designed by
George Marsh of
Richard Seifert 's practice, is completed.
Cables Wynd House ("Banana Flats"),
Leith , Scotland, designed by Alison & Hutchison & Partners (Robert Forbes Hutchison, senior partner; Walter Scott, partner in charge), is completed.
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Awards
Births
Deaths
References