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The year 1961 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Events 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• The Palace of Labour in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi is completed.
• One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States is completed.
• The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States is completed.
• The Empress State Building in London, England is completed.
• The Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, Germany designed by Karl Leiser is completed.
• Yokohama Marine Tower in Yokohama, Japan is inaugurated.
• Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong, China are completed.
• The Congressional Palace is completed in Moscow, Russia, USSR.
• The Civic Arena is completed in Pittsburgh, PA, United States

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Le Corbusier.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Louis Laybourne-Smith.
• Royal Gold Medal - Lewis Mumford.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Events

• Archigram is founded as a magazine.
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs is published.
• The City in History by Lewis Mumford is published.
• BDP is formed in Preston.

[edit] Births

• November 18 - Dietmar Feichtinger

[edit] Deaths

• September 1 - Eero Saarinen (born 1910)