1967 in architecture

The year 1967 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

November 7 - St Pancras railway station in London is made a Grade I listed building, regarded as a landmark in the appreciation of Victorian architecture in Britain.^[1]
The first Conservation area (United Kingdom) is designated, in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava is begun; it will not be completed until 1983.

February 7 - Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Spence, Glover & Ferguson (project architect: John 'Archie' Dewar), is dedicated.
March - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England, built by Higgs and Hill.^[2]
April - Habitat 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada designed by Moshe Safdie as part of Expo 67.^[3]^[4]

December - Tour du Midi, Brussels, Belgium.
Avord Tower, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada^[6]^[7]
El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia.
Ostankino Tower, Moscow, Russia; it will remain the tallest freestanding structure in the world until the completion of the CN Tower.
Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Kaknästornet TV Tower in Stockholm, Sweden.
Australia Square in Sydney, Australia.
The Marine Midland Bank Building in Manhattan, New York, United States.
The South Coast Plaza shopping mall in Costa Mesa, California, designed by Victor Gruen, is opened.
Reliance Controls factory, Swindon, the last design by Team 4 (Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and their respective wives), considered the first example of High-tech architecture in the United Kingdom, is opened (demolished 1991).^[8]
First stage of Cumbernauld Town Centre, the main shopping centre for the New town of Cumbernauld, Scotland, widely accepted as the United Kingdom's first shopping mall and the world's first multi-level covered town centre (partly demolished 2001).^[9]
The first part of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Mies van der Rohe; it becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1967-1972).
Ypres Cloth Hall, reconstructed to its pre-World War I condition under the guidance of architects J. Coomans and P.A. Pauwels.

February 13 - Francisco Gianotti, Italian-born Art Nouveau architect (born 1881)
July 21 - Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (born 1880)
August - Malachi Leo Elliott, Florida-based architect (born 1886)
December 6 - Robert D. Farquhar, California-based architect (born 1872)
December 18 - Barry Byrne, American architect of the "Prairie School" (born 1883)

^ Sharp, Rob (2011-01-10). "'Without us, this masterpiece could have been lost for ever'". The Independent. pp. 14–15.
^ Crown Works Vauxhall Civic Society
^ Fox, Matthew (1997-01-04). "At home in Habitat". Toronto Star. p. J1.
^ Langan, Fred (1997-03-07). "The homey feeling of living in boxes". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston. p. 10.
^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.
^ "Avord Tower". Syscrapper page. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ "Avord Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ "Richard Rogers, Architect (1933-), From the House to the City". Design Museum. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Cumbernauld Town Centre". Retrieved 2010-07-18.