The year 1962 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Coventry Cathedral in England, designed by Basil Spence is completed.
• Maracaibo Lake Bridge in Venezuela, designed by Riccardo Morandi is opened.
• The Space Needle in Seattle is completed for the Century 21 Exposition.
• The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, designed by Eero Saarinen is opened.
• Policromatic condominium block in Zagreb by Ivo Vitic is completed.
• The Tour CIBC in Montreal, Canada is completed.
• The Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Canada is completed.
• The Sentech Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa is completed.
• The KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven in Rotterdam, The Netherlands is completed.
• Both Marina City towers in Chicago, United States are completed however are not fully furnished until 1964.
• The Tryvannstårnet in Oslo, Norway is completed.
• The Minolta Tower in Niagara Falls is opened.
• The Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, designed by Walter Netsch, is completed.
• Dalgety Bay, a small New town in Fife, Scotland is finished.

Awards

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

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