Editing 1966 in architecture

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The year '''1966 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* ''[[Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture]]'' by [[Robert Venturi]] is published, his first attack on [[modernist architecture]].
* The [[National Historic Preservation Act of 1966]] is passed by the United States Congress and signed into law, forming much of the foundation of architectural renovation and rehabilitation in that country.
* Construction begins on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City|New York]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1966}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Abbey Theatre exterior.jpg|thumb|New [[Abbey Theatre]], [[Dublin]], Ireland]]
[[File:Tricorn17.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Tricorn Centre]], [[Portsmouth]]]]
* [[February 14]] – [[CN Tower (Edmonton)]], the first skyscraper in the city of [[Edmonton]], and tallest building in [[Western Canada]] until 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://capitalmodernedmonton.com/buildings-by-area/downtown/cntower/|title=CN Tower — 1966 |publisher=Capital Modern Edmonton |year=2011 |accessdate=May 31, 2012}}</ref>
* March
** [[Dunelm House]], [[Durham, England]], designed by Richard Raines of [[Architects' Co-Partnership]].
** Hotel des Dromonts, [[Avoriaz]], France, designed by [[:fr:Jacques Labro|Jacques Labro]].
* June – [[Foothills Medical Centre]], [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada, opens as the largest new hospital in North America.
* [[July 3]] – Church of [[Mariä Heimsuchung, Wiesbaden]], designed by Johannes Lackel.
* [[July 18]] – New [[Abbey Theatre]], [[Dublin]], designed by former actor [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]].
* c. August 31 – [[Tricorn Centre]] in [[Portsmouth]], England, designed by [[Owen Luder]] and [[Rodney Gordon]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Tricorn: The Life and Death of a Sixties Icon|last=Clark|first=Celia|author2=Cook, Robert|year=2009|publisher=Tricorn Books Ltd|isbn=978-0-9562498-0-7|page=72}}</ref>
* [[September 8]] – [[Severn Bridge]] in Britain.

===Buildings completed===
* [[October 28]] – The [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St Louis, Missouri]], United States, designed by [[Eero Saarinen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Triumph of the Arch: 1965–1986|last=Corrigan|first=Patricia|date=1985-10-27|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|page=12F}}</ref>
* December – [[BT Tower (Birmingham)|GPO Tower (Birmingham)]], England.
* [[New Hall, Cambridge]], England, designed by [[Chamberlin, Powell and Bon]] (modern-day Murray Edwards College).<ref>{{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>
* Church of St Peter, [[Klippan Municipality|Klippan]], Sweden, by [[Sigurd Lewerentz]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Architecture through case studies|authorlink=Peter Blundell Jones|first=Peter|last=Blundell Jones|publisher=Architectural Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|authorlink=Colin St John Wilson|first=Colin St John|last=Wilson|title=Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical|journal=[[Perspecta (journal)|Perspecta]]|volume=24|year=1988|pages=51–77}}</ref>
* [[Kaleva Church]] in [[Tampere]], Finland, designed by [[Reima and Raili Pietilä]].
* [[Fire Station Number 4 (Columbus, Indiana)|Fire Station Number 4]] in [[Columbus, Indiana]], by [[Robert Venturi]].
* [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] on [[Madison Avenue]] in [[New York City]], by [[Marcel Breuer]] with Hamilton P. Smith.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gray|first=Christopher|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/realestate/14Scapes.html?_r=1&hp|title=The Controversial Whitney Museum|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2010-11-14}}</ref>
* [[Creek Vean]] (private residence), [[Feock, Cornwall]], England, designed by [[Team 4]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/newhomes/3314698/Making-the-grade-Creak-Vean.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317090844/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/newhomes/3314698/Making-the-grade-Creak-Vean.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-03-17|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=Making the grade: Creek Vean|accessdate=2009-10-04|location=London|first=Keith|last=Miller|date=2003-06-28}}</ref>
* [[Lovejoy Plaza]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], by [[Lawrence Halprin]], is designed.

==Awards==
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* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Kenzo Tange]].
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[William Laurie]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Ove Arup]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Bernard Schoebel]].

==Births==
* September – [[David Adjaye]], Tanzanian-born British architect
* ''date unknown'' – [[Winka Dubbeldam]], Dutch American architect

==Deaths==
* May 24 – [[Hans Hansen (architect)|Hans Hansen]], German architect and theorist (born [[1889 in architecture|1889]])
* November 15 – [[Aymar Embury II]], American architect (born [[1880 in architecture|1880]])

==References==
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