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See also: 1962 in architecture, other events of 1963, 1964 in architecture and the architecture timeline. See also: 1961 in architecture, other events of 1962, 1963 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1963 in architecture, other events of 1964, 1965 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. ...

Buildings

Bankside Power Station in London, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott is completed.
Millbank Tower in London is completed.
Work begins on the Ostankino Tower, designed by Nikolai Nikitin.
Work begins on the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, designed by Denys Lasdun.
The St. Petersburg TV Tower in St. Petersburg, Russia is opened.
March 7 - The MetLife Building in Manhattan, New York, United States is opened.
Tour de la Bourse in Montreal, Canada is completed.
Exxon Building in Houston, Texas is completed.
The Millbank Tower in London, England is completed.
Kobe Port Tower in Kobe, Japan is completed.

class="preview" id="pv5"> Bankside Power Station after conversion to the Tate Modern, from the Millennium Bridge Bankside Power Station is located on the south bank of the Thames in the Bankside district of London. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880â€”February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ... Millbank Tower, from the north Millbank Tower from the south, taken from Vauxhall bridge. ... Ostankino Tower from the air. ... The famous ziggurats of the student accommodation at Norfolk Terrace, photographed in January 2004. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch or Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England â€“ Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Sir Denys Lasdun (8 September 1914-11 January 2001) was an eminent English architect of the 20th century, particularly associated with the Modernist design of the Royal National Theatre on Londons South Bank of the River Thames. ... The Saint Petersburg TV Tower is a 310 metre high lattice steel tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... MetLife Building as seen from the Empire State Building, 2005. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Clinton (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 27th 141,205 kmÂ² 13. ... Tour de la Bourse by day. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor GÃ©rald Tremblay Area - % water 500. ... The Exxon Building (formerly the Humble Building), was built in 1963 in Houston, Texas. ... Downtown Houston City nickname: Space City Official website: www. ... Millbank Tower, from the north Millbank Tower from the south, taken from Vauxhall bridge. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England â€“ Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Kobe Port Tower Kobe Port Tower is a 108 metre high kattice tower in form of a hyperboloid in Kobe, Japan. ... Kobe (Japanese: ç¥žæˆ¸å¸‚; kÅbe-shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. ...

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Modern Architecture - Search View - MSN Encarta (8151 words)
	Among notable early modern architectural projects are exuberant and richly decorated buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh; imaginative designs for a city of the future by Italian visionary Antonio Sant’Elia; and houses with flowing interior spaces and projecting roofs by the American pioneer of modernism, Frank Lloyd Wright.
	As the 20th century began they believed it was necessary to invent an architecture that expressed the spirit of a new age and would surpass the styles, materials, and technologies of earlier architecture.
	He attributed his new architectural concepts to educational building blocks he had played with as a child, to Japanese architecture, and to the prairie landscape on which many of his houses were built.

Technology Education - Architecture (18551 words)
	The characteristics that distinguish a work of architecture from other man-made structures are (1) the suitability of the work to use by human beings in general and the adaptability of it to particular human activities; (2) the stability and permanence of the work's construction; and (3) the communication of experience and ideas through its form.
	This section of the article is concerned with architectural typology, with the role of society in determining the kinds of architecture, and with planning--the role of the architect in adapting designs to particular uses and to the general physical needs of human beings.
	Architectural ornament in the 19th century exemplified the common tendency for mimetic ornament, in all times and places, to turn into mere applied decoration, lacking either symbolic meaning or reference to the structure on which it is placed.

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