1964 in architecture

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The year 1964 in architecture involved some significant events.

Post Office Tower, London

Buildings

• The Post Office Tower in London (now known as the BT Tower), designed by Eric Bedford and G. R. Yeats is topped out on July 15.
• The Royal College of Physicians in London, designed by Denys Lasdun, is completed.
• Swiss Cottage Central Library for the London Borough of Camden, designed by Sir Basil Spence, is completed.
• Tokyo Olympic Arena, designed by Kenzo Tange is completed.
• Tour de la Bourse in Montreal, Canada is completed.
• Prudential Tower in Boston, USA, is completed.
• Donauturm (Danube Tower) in Vienna, Austria, is completed.
• Fernmeldeturm Berlin in Berlin, Germany, is completed after 3 years.
• The Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen in Ulm-Ermingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is completed.
• The Erieview Tower in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is completed as part of the Erieview urban renewal plan.
• The Kyoto Tower in Kyoto, Japan, is completed.
• The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by William Pereira, is completed.
• Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni in Turku, Finland, is completed.
• Casino Tower in Niagara Falls is completed.
• The USCE Tower in Belgrade, Serbia, is completed. It was destroyed in 1999 by NATO airstrikes however was reconstructed in 2004.
• Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens in New York Harbor.
• Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters in Philadelphia, PA is completed.

Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo

• The Economist Group headquarters in the City of London, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed.^[1]
• The Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo, designed by Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby, is completed.^[1][2]

Events

• Architecture Without Architects by Bernard Rudofsky is published.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Pier Luigi Nervi.
• Architecture Firm Award - The Architects Collaborative.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Cobden Parkes.
• Royal Gold Medal - Maxwell Fry.
• Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles O. Perry.

Births

• Greg Lynn

Deaths

• February 3 - Albert Richardson English architect, writer, and Professor of Architecture (born 1880)
• March 28 - Vlastislav Hofman (born 1884)
• June 26 - Gerrit Rietveld (born 1888)
• November 5 - Percy Erskine Nobbs (born 1875)

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