1969 in architecture

• January 8 – At the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S. Dillon Ripley.
• April 3 – Pope Paul VI promulgates the apostolic constitution Missale Romanum which confirms the desirability of celebration of Mass facing the congregation in Catholic churches, with implication for their internal layout.

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• March 7 – The John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois, by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
• May 19 — Robert H. Goddard Library, Clark University, designed by John M. Johansen.{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=Anne |title=Clark community to celebrate 50 years of Goddard Library |url=https://clarknow.clarku.edu/2019/03/04/clark-community-to-celebrate-50-years-of-goddard-library/ |accessdate=12 October 2020 |publisher=Clark University |date=4 March 2019}}
• June – Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, designed by Bill Howell of Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis.{{NHLE|num=1392017 |desc=Houses for Visiting Mathematicians, University of Warwick |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
• September 18 – Dresden TV tower (Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwit) begins radio transmission in Dresden, Germany.
• October 3 – Fernsehturm Berlin (Berlin TV tower) in East Berlin, Germany.
• St. John's Beacon in Liverpool, England.

• Knights of Columbus Building (New Haven, Connecticut), designed by Roche-Dinkeloo
• One New York Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, designed by William Lescaze & Associates and Kahn & Jacobs
• Bank One Plaza, Chicago, Illinois (renamed as the Chase Tower on October 24, 2005)
• 555 California Street (formerly The Bank of America Center), San Francisco, California, the tallest building west of the Mississippi from 1969 to 1972
• Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge, Kelantan, Malaysia
• Toronto-Dominion Centre (formerly the Royal Trust Tower) is partially completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Hilton Hotel, Paradise, Nevada, designed by architect Martin Stern, Jr.
• Ullasund Bridge, Norway (replaced in 1998){{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal/Haram/Ullasundbrua/|title=Ullasundbrua|publisher=yr.no|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2010-10-18}}
• Wyndham Court, Southampton, England{{NHLE|num=1051043|desc=Wyndham Court including raised terrace and ramps; Wyndham Court including terraces and ramps|accessdate=2012-04-18}}
• Span Developments houses at New Ash Green, Kent, England, designed by Eric Lyons{{cite book|first=Gillian|last=Darley|chapter=1969|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|pages=116–17}}
• Benjamin's Mount, Perry House or Teesdale (private residence), Westwood Road, Windlesham, Surrey, England, designed by Ernő Goldfinger{{NHLE|num=1245054|desc=Benjamin's Mount and attached steps|accessdate=2020-03-14}}
• Taivallahti Church, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen in 1960
• King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, designed by George Pace{{cite news|title=Last resting place of King George VI|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51474557/TTDA?u=wes_ttda&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=0995b20e|accessdate=14 September 2022|work=The Times|issue=57522|date=22 March 1969|page=3}}

• AIA Gold Medal – William Wilson Wurster
• Architecture Firm Award – Jones & Emmons
• RAIA Gold Medal – Robin Boyd
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jack Antonio Coia
• Twenty-five Year Award – Rockefeller Center

• February 28 – Sadie Morgan, English architect and designer
• date unknown – Sami Rintala, Finnish architect and artist

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• February 11 – Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, Nevada-based architect (born 1882)
• May 23 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)
• July 5 – Walter Gropius, German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School[http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=40 Bauhaus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331083320/http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=40 |date=2012-03-31 }}, The Tate Collection, retrieved 2008-05-18 (born 1883)
• August 8 – Welton Becket, Los Angeles architect (born 1902)
• August 17 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect and last director of the Bauhaus{{cite news|title=Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0327.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 17, 1969|accessdate=2007-07-21}} (born 1886)
• August 19 – Sir Percy Thomas, Cardiff-based architect (born 1883)
• November 7 – Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Italian architect, writer and educator (born 1909)
• December 15 – Ruth Rivera Marín, Mexican architect (born 1927)

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