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[[architecture timeline]].▼
The year '''1964 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
==Buildings==▼
* [[July 15]] - The [[Post Office Tower]] in [[London]], designed by [[Eric Bedford]] and [[G. R. Yeats]] is topped out.▼
==Events==
* [[Tokyo Olympic Arena]], designed by [[Kenzo Tange]] is completed.▼
* [[June 11]] – Reconstruction of the [[Christopher Wren|Wren]] church of [[St Mary-le-Bow]] in the [[City of London]] by Laurence King is completed.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Visitor's Guide to the City of London Churches|last=Tucker|first=T.|___location=London|publisher=Friends of the City Churches|year=2006|isbn=0-9553945-0-3}}</ref>
* ''[[Architecture Without Architects]]'' by [[Bernard Rudofsky]] is published.
* Dawson's Heights, social housing apartment blocks in [[Dulwich]], south London, is designed by [[Kate Macintosh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dawson's Heights: the 'Italian' hill town in Dulwich|url=https://c20society.org.uk/casework/dawsons-heights-the-italian-hill-town-in-dulwich/|date=May 2012|first=Henrietta|last=Billings|accessdate=2018-01-28|publisher=[[The Twentieth Century Society]]}}</ref>
* [[Didcot Power Station]] layout in England is designed by [[Frederick Gibberd]].
==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1964}}
▲===Buildings opened===
[[File:Yoyogi National Gymnasium 1 Ⅱ.jpg|thumb|[[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan]]
*April – [[Donauturm]] (Danube Tower) in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], designed by [[Hannes Lintl]], opened.
*[[May 30]] – [[Zu den heiligen Engeln]] church in [[Hanover]], Germany, designed by [[Bieling Architekten]], consecrated.
*[[July 23]] – [[Church of the Good Shepherd, Nottingham]], England (Roman Catholic), designed by [[Gerard Goalen]], opened.
*October – [[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], designed by [[Kenzō Tange]] for the [[1964 Summer Olympics]], opened.
*[[October 16]] – [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]], England, designed by [[Arne Jacobsen]], opened.
*[[October 17]] – [[Lake Burley Griffin]] in [[Canberra]], Australia, designed by [[Walter Burley Griffin]] (died [[1937 in architecture|1937]]), opened.
*[[November 21]]
**[[Verrazano Narrows Bridge]] across [[New York Harbor]], [[List of longest suspension bridge spans|the longest suspension bridge in the world]] by the length of central span (1964-1981), designed by [[Othmar Ammann]], opened.
**[[:File:GalaFairydeanground.jpg|Gala Fairydean F.C. stand]], [[Netherdale]] stadium, [[Galashiels]], Scotland, designed by [[Peter Womersley]], opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gfrfc.co.uk/the-stand|title=Our Famous Grade A-Listed Stand|publisher=[[Gala Fairydean Rovers F.C.]]|___location=Galashiels|first=Graeme|last=McIver|accessdate=2017-01-24}}</ref>
*[[December 28]] – [[Kyoto Tower]] in [[Kyoto]], Japan, designed by Makoto Tanahashi, opened.
===Buildings completed===
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[[File:Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo, England-16Aug2009.jpg|right|thumb|[[London Zoo#Snowdon Aviary|Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo]]]]
[[File:2018 St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo 2.jpg|thumb|[[St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo]], Japan]]
[[File:02 Fondation Maeght.JPG|thumb|The [[Fondation Maeght]] in [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]], France]]
* [[December 28]] – [[Kyoto Tower]] in [[Kyoto]], Japan opens.
*''date unknown''
**[[Tour de la Bourse]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1964–1967).
**[[CBS Building]] in [[New York City]], the only skyscraper designed by [[Eero Saarinen]] (d. 1961).
**[[Prudential Tower]] in [[Boston]], [[United States]], designed by [[Charles Luckman]] and Associates.
**The [[Erieview Tower]] in [[Downtown Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], United States, is completed as part of the [[Erieview]] [[urban renewal]] plan.
**The [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] new building, designed by [[William Pereira]].
**[[Founders Tower (Oklahoma City)]].
**Casino Tower in [[Niagara Falls]].
**[[Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters]] in [[Philadelphia]], United States, designed by [[Pietro Belluschi]] and George M. Ewing Co.
**[[Fernmeldeturm Berlin]] in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], is completed after 3 years.
**The [[Fernmeldeturm Ulm-Ermingen]] in [[Ulm-Ermingen]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany.
**[[Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni]] in [[Turku]], [[Finland]].
**The [[Ušće Tower]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]] (badly damaged in 1999 by [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO airstrikes]], but reconstructed in 2004).
**The [[Royal College of Physicians]] in London, designed by [[Denys Lasdun]].
**[[Swiss Cottage Central Library]] for the [[London Borough of Camden]], designed by Sir [[Basil Spence]].
**The [[Economist Group]] headquarters in the [[City of London]], designed by [[Peter and Alison Smithson]].<ref name=England>{{cite book|first=Elain|last=Harwood|title=England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings|edition=rev.|___location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2003|isbn=0-7134-8818-2}}</ref>
**The [[London Zoo#The Snowdon Aviary|Snowdon Aviary, London Zoo]], designed by [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon|Lord Snowdon]], [[Cedric Price]] and [[Frank Newby]], is completed.<ref name=England /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zsl.org/info/about-us/zoo-architecture,103,AR.html |title=ZSL Architecture |publisher=[[Zoological Society of London|ZSL]] |accessdate=2008-03-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228070202/http://www.zsl.org/info/about-us/zoo-architecture%2C103%2CAR.html |archivedate=28 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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**[[:File:St Mary's Church, Leyland.jpg|St Mary's Church]], [[Leyland, Lancashire]], England (Roman Catholic), designed by [[J. Faczynski]] of Weightman and Bullen.
**Synagogue for [[Belfast Hebrew Congregation]] ([[Northern Ireland]]) designed by [[Eugene Rosenberg (architect)|Eugene Rosenberg]] of [[Yorke Rosenberg Mardall]].
**Extension to the [[Ulster Museum]], [[Belfast]], designed in [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] style by Francis Pym, completed.
**The [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of American History|Museum of History and Technology]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], designed by [[McKim, Mead & White]], opens to the public (January 23).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission & History|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/museum/mission-history|publisher=National Museum of American History|accessdate=2018-02-14}}</ref>
**[[Fondation Maeght]] museum of modern art at [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]] in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] of [[France]], designed by Spanish [[Catalan people|Catalan]] architect [[Josep Lluís Sert]], is opened (July 28).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Maeght Foundation, a unique site dedicated to art|url=http://www.fondation-maeght.com/index.php/en/the-foundation|publisher=Fondation Maeght|year=2010|accessdate=2012-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022050232/http://www.fondation-maeght.com/index.php/en/the-foundation|archive-date=2012-10-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**New House, [[Shipton-under-Wychwood]], England, designed by Roy Stout and Patrick Litchfield.<ref>{{cite book|page=463|first=Alan|last=Brooks|title=Oxfordshire: North and West|___location=New Haven; London|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2017|isbn=978-0-300-20930-3|series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides]]}}</ref>
==Awards==
*[[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Pier Luigi Nervi]]
*[[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[The Architects Collaborative]]
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Cobden Parkes]]
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Maxwell Fry]]
*[[Prix de Rome]], architecture – Bernard Schoebel
*[[Rome Prize]] Fellowship at [[American Academy in Rome]] – [[Charles O. Perry]]
==Births==
*[[September 15]] – [[Alan Jones (architect)|Alan Jones]], Northern Ireland-born architect
*''date unknown''
**[[Heike Hanada]], German artist, architect and teacher of architecture
**[[Greg Lynn]], American architect and academic
==Deaths==
*[[February 3]] – [[Albert Richardson (architect)|Albert Richardson]], English architect, writer, and Professor of Architecture (born [[1880 in architecture|1880]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Albert Richardson|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/albert-richardson-pra|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[March 28]] – [[Vlastislav Hofman]], Czech artist and architect (born [[1884 in architecture|1884]])
*[[June 26]] – [[Gerrit Rietveld]], Dutch furniture designer and architect (born [[1888 in architecture|1888]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Maurice Glaize]], French architect and archeologist (born [[1886 in architecture|1886]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Arkady Mordvinov]], Soviet Stalinist architect (born [[1896 in architecture|1896]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Percy Erskine Nobbs]], Montreal [[Arts and Crafts Movement|Arts & Crafts]] architect (born [[1875 in architecture|1875]])
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:20th-century architecture]]
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