The year 1966 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- February 14 â CN Tower (Edmonton), the first skyscraper in the city of Edmonton, and tallest building in Western Canada until 1971.
- March
- Dunelm House, Durham, England, designed by Richard Raines of Architects' Co-Partnership.
- Hotel des Dromonts, Avoriaz, France, designed by .
- June â Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, opens as the largest new hospital in North America.
- July 3 â Church of Mariä Heimsuchung, Wiesbaden, designed by Johannes Lackel.
- July 18 â New Abbey Theatre, Dublin, designed by former actor Michael Scott.
- c. August 31 â Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, England, designed by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon.
- September 8 â Severn Bridge in Britain.
Buildings completed
- October 28 â The Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri, United States, designed by Eero Saarinen.
- December â GPO Tower (Birmingham), England.
- Brutalist showroom of jeweller Andrew Grima at 80 Jermyn Street, St James's, London (demolished 1986).
- New Hall, Cambridge, England, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (modern-day Murray Edwards College).
- Church of St Peter, Klippan, Sweden, by Sigurd Lewerentz.
- Kaleva Church in Tampere, Finland, designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä.
- 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.
- Creek Vean (private residence), Feock, Cornwall, England, designed by Team 4.
- Lovejoy Plaza in Portland, Oregon, by Lawrence Halprin, is designed.
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