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

==Events==
* [[May 25]] – The [[Roman Curia]]'s [[Sacred Congregation of Rites]] issues the instruction ''Eucharisticum Mysterium'' which permits celebration of Mass facing the congregation in Catholic churches, with implication for their internal layout.
* September – Demolition of [[Singer Building]] in New York City begins.
* [[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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Rob|last=Sharp|title='Without us, this masterpiece could have been lost for ever'|work=[[The Independent]]|pages=14–15|date=2011-01-10}}</ref>
* 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 in architecture|1983]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1967}}

===Buildings opened===
[[File:Habitat 67, southwest view.jpg|thumb|[[Habitat 67]] in [[Montreal]], Canada]]
[[File:Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at dusk (reduced grain), corrected perspective.jpg|thumb|right|[[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral]]]]
* [[February 7]] – [[Mortonhall Crematorium]], [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, designed by [[Basil Spence|Spence]], Glover & Ferguson (project architect: John 'Archie' Dewar), is dedicated.
* [[March 1]] – [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] concert venue on the [[South Bank]] in London, England, designed by [[Hubert Bennett]], head of the architects department of the [[Greater London Council]], with Jack Whittle, F. G West and Geoffrey Horsefall, structural engineering by [[Arup Group|Ove Arup & Partners]] and construction by [[Higgs and Hill]].<ref>[http://www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk/vauxhall-history-c.html Crown Works] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619133218/http://www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk/vauxhall-history-c.html |date=2010-06-19 }} Vauxhall Civic Society</ref>
* April – [[Habitat 67]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada designed by [[Moshe Safdie]] as part of [[Expo 67]].<ref>{{cite news|title=At home in Habitat|last=Fox |first=Matthew|date=1997-01-04|page=J1|work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref><ref name="csm">{{cite news|title=The homey feeling of living in boxes|last=Langan|first=Fred|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=1997-03-07|location=[[Boston]]|page=10}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral]], England, designed by [[Frederick Gibberd]], is consecrated.<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>
* [[August 20]] - [[San Diego Stadium]], [[San Diego, California]], designed by Frank Hope and Associates.
* [[September 3]] – [[Essingebron]], Stockholm, Sweden.
* [[September 4]] – [[Ponte Morandi]], [[Genoa]], Italy, designed by [[Riccardo Morandi]].
* The [[Fashion Island]] shopping mall in [[Newport Beach]], [[California]], designed by [[William Pereira]] and [[Welton Becket]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Saint Joseph's Oratory Montreal April 2017 003.jpg|thumb|[[Saint Joseph's Oratory]] in [[Montreal]], Canada]]
[[File:Ieper Lakenhal R02.jpg|thumb|[[Ypres Cloth Hall]] in [[Ypres]], Belgium]]
* December – [[Tour du Midi]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].
* [[Avord Tower]], [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=15614|title=Avord Towers|work=Skyscraper Page|accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/avordtowers-regina-canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221202202/http://www.emporis.com/building/avordtowers-regina-canada|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 21, 2014|title=Avord Towers|work=Emporis|accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref>
* [[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.
* [[Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Tile Cross]], [[Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Richard Gilbert Scott]].
* [[:File:Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic church, Gorseinon - geograph.org.uk - 1480611.jpg|Blessed Sacrament Church]], [[Gorseinon]], Wales, designed by Robert Robinson.
* [[:File:Church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's) - geograph.org.uk - 56536.jpg|Church of St Mary the Immaculate Conception]], [[Failsworth]], England, designed by Tadeusz Lesisz of Greenhalgh & Williams.
* The [[Kaknästornet TV Tower]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].
* [[:File:The entrance to the Berkeley Library, TCD - geograph.org.uk - 1739702.jpg|Berkeley Library]], [[Trinity College Dublin]], Ireland, designed by [[Ahrends, Burton and Koralek]].
* [[Australia Square]] in [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]].
* The [[Marine Midland Bank Building]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|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]] ([[Su Rogers|Su]] and [[Richard Rogers]] and [[Wendy Foster|Wendy]] and [[Norman Foster]]), considered the first example of [[High-tech architecture]] in the [[United Kingdom]], is opened (demolished 1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://designmuseum.org/design/richard-rogers|publisher=[[Design Museum]]|location=London|title=Richard Rogers, Architect (1933-), From the House to the City|accessdate=2010-10-12|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020005722/http://designmuseum.org/design/richard-rogers|archivedate=2010-10-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.open2.net/modernity/3_10.htm|title=Cumbernauld Town Centre|accessdate=2010-07-18}}</ref>
* 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.

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Wallace Kirkman Harrison]]
* [[Alvar Aalto Medal]] – [[Alvar Aalto]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Hugh Stubbins and Associates]]
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Daniel Kahane]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[William Godfrey (architect)|William Godfrey]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Nikolaus Pevsner]]

==Births==
* [[May 5]] – [[Ksenija Bulatović]], Serbian architect
* [[November 13]] – [[Luis de Garrido]], Spanish specialist in sustainable architecture
* [[Philippe Rahm]], Swiss specialist in sustainable architecture

==Deaths==
[[File:Josef Frank 1960.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Josef Frank (architect)|Josef Frank]]]]
* [[January 8]] – [[Josef Frank (architect)|Josef Frank]], Austrian-born Swedish architect and designer (born [[1885 in architecture|1885]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Francisco Gianotti]], Italian-born Art Nouveau architect (born [[1881 in architecture|1881]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Piero Portaluppi]], Italian architect (born [[1888 in architecture|1888]])
* [[July 21]] – [[Eižens Laube]], Latvian architect (born [[1880 in architecture|1880]])
* August – [[Malachi Leo Elliott]], Florida-based architect (born [[1886 in architecture|1886]])
* [[December 6]] – [[Robert D. Farquhar]], California-based architect (born [[1872 in architecture|1872]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Barry Byrne]], American architect of the "[[Prairie School]]" (born [[1883 in architecture|1883]])

==References==
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