1962 in architecture

• Construction of Dalgety Bay, a small New town in Fife, Scotland, begins.

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• April 21 – The Space Needle in Seattle, just in time for the Century 21 Exposition.[http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3118.html United States History: Space Needle]. Accessed 19 October 2013
• May 25 – Coventry Cathedral in England, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated.
• May 28 – TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, New York, designed by Eero Saarinen.{{cite web|title=A Review of a Show You Cannot See|publisher=Design Observer|first=Tom|last=Vanderbilt|date=2005-01-14|url=http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=2897|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104203506/http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=2897|archivedate=2010-01-04}}
• July 1 – The Minolta Tower in Niagara Falls.
• August 24 – General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge over Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, designed by Riccardo Morandi; opened by President Romulo Betancourt.
• September 23 – Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, designed by Max Abramovitz.
• November 6 – Commonwealth Institute in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Sir Robert Matthew of RMJM; opened by Queen Elizabeth II (refurbished 2016 as the Design Museum).
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• St George's Church, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, designed by Denys Hinton, is consecrated.
• Saint Petersburg TV Tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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• Both Marina City towers in Chicago, United States, are completed; however, they are not fully furnished until 1964.
• Tour CIBC in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Place Ville Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, becoming the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1962–1964).
• CIS Tower in Manchester, England, designed by G. S. Hay and Gordon Tait, becoming the tallest building in the United Kingdom (1962–1963).
• Tryvannstårnet, broadcasting tower in Oslo, Norway.
• Sentech Tower, television transmitter in Johannesburg, South Africa (transmissions began in 1961).
• Policromatic condominium block in Zagreb by Ivo Vitic.
• United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs, designed by Walter Netsch.{{cite web|title=Walter Netsch Interviewed by Detlef Mertins|publisher=SOM.com|url=http://www.som.com/content.cfm/walter_netsch_interview|accessdate=2010-01-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016003420/http://www.som.com/content.cfm/walter_netsch_interview|archivedate=2009-10-16}}
• Tukal, on Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England, house designed for himself by Seymour Harris.{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Rose|title=From Hampshire with love: the renovation of Seymour Harris' Tukal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/apr/13/tukal-new-forest-seymour-harris|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2009-04-13|accessdate=2019-06-08}}

• AIA Gold Medal – Eero Saarinen (posthumous).
• Architecture Firm Award – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Piet Blom.
• RAIA Gold Medal – Joseph Fowell.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sven Gottfried Markelius.

• February 25 – Andres Siim, Estonian architect

• January 16 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (born 1883)
• April 21 – W. Gray Young, New Zealand architect (born 1885)
• May 14 – Dov Karmi, Israeli architect (born 1905)
• August 18 – Max Fabiani, Slovene-Italian architect (born 1865)
• September 23 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (born 1890)
• December 28 – Karl Völker, German architect and painter (born 1889)

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