1968 in architecture

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Lake Point Tower in Chicago, designed by Schippereit-Heinrich Associates is completed.
• The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is opened.
• The Olympiaturm in Munich, Germany is opened.
• The Heinrich-Hertz-Turm in Hamburg, Germany is completed.
• The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas is completed.
• The Calgary Tower in Calgary, Canada is opened.
• The Nozema Tower Wormer in Wormerland, The Netherlands is completed.
• The Standard Bank Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa is completed.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Marcel Breuer
• Architecture Firm Award - I.M. Pei & Partners
• RAIA Gold Medal - Roy Grounds
• Royal Gold Medal - Richard Buckminster Fuller

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