1961 in architecture

• December - Demolition of the Euston Arch in London begins.
• Archigram is founded as an avant-garde architectural group based at the Architectural Association, London, and publishes its manifesto Archigram I. It will work through hypothetical projects and an associated magazine.{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Sadler|author-link=Simon Sadler|title=Archigram: architecture without architecture|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=MIT Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-262-69322-6}}
• Ahrends, Burton and Koralek is formed as an architectural practice in London.
• Building Design Partnership is formed in Preston, Lancashire.
• St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem, Netherlands, is restored by Berend Tobia Boeyinga.{{cite web|url=http://www.archimon.nl/gelderland/arnhemeusebius.html|title=Arnhem (G): St. Eusebius|work=Archimon, The virtual museum of religious architecture in The Netherlands|accessdate=2015-10-06}}
• The first apartment blocks in Hungary of Panelház (large panel building) construction are erected in Dunaújváros.
• Construction of Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (house of the national parliament of Bangladesh) in Dhaka, designed by Louis Kahn, begins.
• Double tee beams are first used by Gene Leedy in constructing his own office at Winter Haven, Florida.{{cite web|title=Building a Day: October 14, 2014|url=http://cfasrq.org/archtober-2/buildingaday/october14/|accessdate=2015-04-26|publisher=Center for Architecture Sarasota|date=2014-10-28|archive-date=2015-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526110436/http://cfasrq.org/archtober-2/buildingaday/october14/|url-status=dead}}

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1961}}

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• February 6 - Olin Library at Cornell University, designed by Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde,{{cite web |title=Olin@50: Design |url=https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/architecture/design |website=Cornell University Library |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=30 October 2018}} opens.{{cite web |title=Inaugurating Olin Library |url=https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/inaugurating-olin |website=Cornell University Library |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=30 October 2018}}
• March 11 - Benton Park School, Leeds, England, designed by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners, formally opened.
• May 17 - Guildford Cathedral, England, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, dedicated.
• May 18 - The Henninger Turm in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by Karl Leiser, inaugurated.{{cite web|title=Lagersilo "Henninger Turm"|url=http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/serie/Teil23-25/25-9.html|publisher=Frankfurt-Dokumentation zur Nachkriegszeit|language=German|date=2005-05-07|accessdate=2012-06-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303225420/http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/serie/Teil23-25/25-9.html|archivedate=2012-03-03}}
• September 17 - The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, United States, designed by Mitchell and Ritchey, is completed (demolished 2011-2012).
• October 17 - The Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow, Soviet Union, designed by a team led by M. Posokhin.
• November 20 - Dungeness Lighthouse on the south coast of England, designed by Philip W. Hunt (engineer) and Ronald Ward and Partners (architects), illuminated.
• December 17 - New Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin, designed by Egon Eiermann, consecrated.
• date unknown - Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, designed by Harrison & Abramovitz.{{cite book |last1=Bernstein |first1=Gerald S |title=Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary |date=1999 |publisher=Brandeis University Office of Publications |oclc=42703912 |pages=34–37}}

File:Aarno Ruusuvuori Hyvinkaan kirkko 1961.jpg, Finland]]

• December 8 - The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by Edward Carlson, John Graham and Victor Steinbrueck.Bill Speidel, Through the Eye of the Needle, Seattle: Nettle Creek, {{ISBN|0914890042}}. p. 6–7.
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• Hyvinkää Church in Hyvinkää, Finland, designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori.
• The Palazzo del Lavoro and Palazzetto dello sport in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi.
• One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
• The Empress State Building in London, England, designed by Stone, Toms & Partners.
• Brasenose College, Oxford, England, Staircases 16, 17 and 18, designed by Powell and Moya.
• Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England, Wolfson Quadrangle library and entrance, designed by Raymond Erith.
• Yokohama Marine Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
• Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong, China.
• Park Hill Flats, Sheffield, England, designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith.{{cite book|first=Elain|last=Harwood|title=England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings|edition=rev.|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7134-8818-0}}
• Keelson (house for Olga Kennard), Hills Avenue, Cambridge, England, designed by Danish architect Eric Sørensen.{{cite book|first=Elain|last=Harwood|editor=The Twentieth Century Society|editor-link=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3|chapter=Keelson|pages=98–9}}
• Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq, designed by Josep Lluís Sert, is completed{{cite journal|first=Samuel|last=Isenstadt|title=Faith in a Better Future": Josep Luis Sert's American Embassy in Baghdad|journal=Journal of Architectural Education|volume=50|issue=3|pages=172–88|date=February 1997|jstor = 1425469}}{{cite web|work=WikiArquitectura|url=http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/U.S._Embassy_in_Baghdad|title=U.S. Embassy in Baghdad|date=2010-11-24|accessdate=2012-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506231642/http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/U.S._Embassy_in_Baghdad|archive-date=2012-05-06|url-status=dead}} (abandoned 1990).
• Michael Faraday Memorial at Elephant and Castle in London, designed by Rodney Gordon.
• Service station with hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roof at Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire, England, designed by Sam Scorer.

• Jane Jacobs - The Death and Life of Great American Cities
• Lewis Mumford - The City in History
• Gordon Cullen - The Concise Townscape

• AIA Gold Medal - Le Corbusier.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Louis Laybourne-Smith.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Lewis Mumford.
• Rome Prize - Max Abramovitz

• July - Simon Allford, English architect
• November 18 - Dietmar Feichtinger, Austrian architect based in Paris
• Patrik Schumacher, German-born architect

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• January 5 - Yehuda Magidovitch, Israeli architect (born 1886)
• July 18 - Olaf Andreas Gulbransson, German architect (born 1916)
• August 3 - Gilbert Stanley Underwood, American architect best known for his National Park lodges (born 1880)
• September 1 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect and industrial designer (born 1910)
• September 16 - Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architect (born 1881)
• October 19 - Jan Buijs, Dutch architect (born 1889)Rehorst, Chris (Christiaan M. Rehorst; 1983). Jan Buijs, architect van de Volharding: de architectuur van het bureau Ir. J.W.E. Buijs en J.B. Lürsen. Cahiers van het Nederlands Documentatiecentrum voor de Bouwkunst, 4. The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij. {{ISBN|978-90-12-03890-4}} (thesis).
• December 13 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and educator (born 1867)

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