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The year 1962 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • Construction of Dalgety Bay, a small New town in Fife, Scotland, begins.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

thumb|The [[Space Needle in Seattle, USA]]

thumb|[[General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge over Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela]]

thumb|The [[David Geffen Hall|Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, USA]]

  • April 21 – The Space Needle in Seattle, just in time for the Century 21 Exposition.
  • May 25 – Coventry Cathedral in England, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated.
  • May 28 – TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, New York, designed by Eero Saarinen.
  • July 1 – The Minolta Tower in Niagara Falls.
  • August 24 – General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge over Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, designed by Riccardo Morandi; opened by President Romulo Betancourt.
  • September 23 – Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, designed by Max Abramovitz.
  • November 6 – Commonwealth Institute in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Sir Robert Matthew of RMJM; opened by Queen Elizabeth II (refurbished 2016 as the Design Museum).
  • dates unknown
  • St George's Church, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, designed by Denys Hinton, is consecrated.
  • Saint Petersburg TV Tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Buildings completed

  • Both Marina City towers in Chicago, United States, are completed; however, they are not fully furnished until 1964.
  • Tour CIBC in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Place Ville Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, becoming the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1962–1964).
  • CIS Tower in Manchester, England, designed by G. S. Hay and Gordon Tait, becoming the tallest building in the United Kingdom (1962–1963).
  • Tryvannstårnet, broadcasting tower in Oslo, Norway.
  • Sentech Tower, television transmitter in Johannesburg, South Africa (transmissions began in 1961).
  • Policromatic condominium block in Zagreb by Ivo Vitic.
  • United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs, designed by Walter Netsch.
  • Tukal, on Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England, house designed for himself by Seymour Harris.

Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal – Eero Saarinen (posthumous).
  • Architecture Firm Award – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Piet Blom.
  • RAIA Gold Medal – Joseph Fowell.
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sven Gottfried Markelius.

Births

  • February 25 – Andres Siim, Estonian architect
  • November 30 – Senan Abdelqader, Palestinian architect

Deaths

  • January 16 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (born 1883)
  • April 21 – W. Gray Young, New Zealand architect (born 1885)
  • May 14 – Dov Karmi, Israeli architect (born 1905)
  • August 18 – Max Fabiani, Slovene-Italian architect (born 1865)
  • September 23 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (born 1890)
  • December 28 – Karl Völker, German architect and painter (born 1889)

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