1969 in architecture

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The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

• January 8: At the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.
• March 7 - The John Hancock Center in Chicago, United States is completed, by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
• September 18 - Dresden TV tower (Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwit) begins radio transmission in Dresden, Germany.
• October 3 - The Berliner Fernsehturm in Berlin, Germany is completed.

• Knights of Columbus Building in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by Roche-Dinkeloo is completed.
• One New York Plaza is completed in Manhattan, New York, United States, designed by William Lescaze & Assocs. and Kahn & Jacobs.
• Bank One Plaza in Chicago, United States is completed. Renamed as the Chase Tower on October 24, 2005.
• 555 California Street (formerly The Bank of America Center), is completed in San Francisco, California, and was the tallest building west of the Mississippi from 1969–1972.
• Toronto-Dominion Centre (formerly the Royal Trust Tower) is partially completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• FMT 6 - Brackenheim telecommunication tower completed in Brackenheim-Cleebronn, Germany.
• Hilton Hotel in Paradise, Nevada, United States is completed. Designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr. and the largest hotel at the time.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - William Wilson Wurster.
• Architecture Firm Award - Jones & Emmons.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Robin Boyd.
• Royal Gold Medal - Jack Antonio Coia.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Rockefeller Center

Births

Deaths

• February 11 - Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps (born 1882)
• 5 July - Walter Gropius (born 1883)
• 17 August - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born 1886)
• 19 August - Sir Percy Thomas (born 1883)
• November 7 - Ernesto Nathan Rogers (born 1909)
• August 8 - Welton Becket (born 1902)