- 1965 in architecture
The year 1965 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Akosombo Dam inGhana is completed.
*Jefferson National Expansion Memorial inSt. Louis, Missouri , designed byEero Saarinen , is completed.
*Elephant House atLondon Zoo , designed byHugh Casson andNeville Conder is completed.
*The first phase of theUniversity of California, Irvine campus, designed byWilliam Pereira , is opened.
*The first phase of theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz campus, designed byJohn Carl Warnecke , is opened.
*Seinajoki Town Hall inFinland , designed byAlvar Aalto is completed.
*TheGuangdong TV Tower inGuangzhou ,China is completed.
*TheRichard J. Daley Center inChicago ,United States is completed.
*TheNASA Vehicle Assembly Building inCape Canaveral ,Florida ,United States is completed.
*TheSkylon Tower inNiagara Falls is completed.
*TheShalom Meir tower inTel-Aviv ,Israel is completed.
*The Nozema Zendstation atThe Hague ,The Netherlands is completed.
*Toronto City Hall inToronto ,Canada is opened.
* TheBT Tower inLondon ,England is operational.Awards
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Architecture Firm Award -Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons .
* RAIA Gold Medal -Osborn McCutcheon .
*Royal Gold Medal -Kenzo Tange .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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Deaths
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August 27 -Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret, born 1887)
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