1960-1969
Stadio Olimpico (Italy)
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| Year | Event | |
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| 1960 | |
The Southern Branch is formed. |
| 1960 | |
The Stadio Olimpico (Italy) opens as the site for the Summer Olympics. |
| 1961 | |
The Republic of Ireland Section is formed. |
| 1961 | |
Cyril D Morgan appointed Secretary . |
| 1962 | |
The Space Needle (USA) is completed; like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Space Needle was created for an international exposition, in this case, the 1962 World Fair. |
| 1963 | |
The Mill Bank Tower (UK) is completed. |
| 1964 | |
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge (USA) is completed. |
| 1964 | |
The Forth Road Bridge (UK) opens; it is a suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh at South Queensferry to Fife at North Queensferry. |
| 1964 | |
The BT Tower (UK) is completed. |
| 1965 | |
The Ostankino TV Tower (Russia) becomes the world's 2nd tallest tower. |
| 1967 | |
The East Anglian Section is formed. |
| 1967 | |
The two auditoriums, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room in London (UK), both part of the South Bank arts complex, are opened. |
| 1968 | |
The first Structural Awards are held. The Structural Special Awards are won by Freeman Fox & Partners (for the Severn Bridge, UK) and Lowe and Rodin (for the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, UK). |
| 1969 | |
The John Hancock Center (USA) is opened; this one-hundred-story skyscraper, when completed, was the tallest building in the world outside New York City at 344m tall. |
