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1968 In Architecture
The year 1968 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * May 16 – Ronan Point tower block in London collapses after a gas explosion, killing four occupants. * August 6 – The first steel columns for the World Trade Center in New York City are put into place by Karl Koch Erecting, at what will become the southwest corner of One World Trade Center ( North Tower) Buildings and structures * The Calgary Tower in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is opened. * Marina City complex in Chicago, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, is completed. * Lake Point Tower in Chicago, designed by Schippereit-Heinrich Associates, is completed. * The Heinrich Hertz Tower in Hamburg, West Germany, is completed. * The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Sir Roy Grounds, is completed. * The Neue Nationalgalerie in West Berlin, Germany, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is opened. * The Nozema Tower Wormer in Wormerland, Netherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronan Point
Ronan Point was a 22-storey tower block in Canning Town in Newham, East London, that partly collapsed on 16 May 1968, only two months after it had opened. A gas explosion blew out some load-bearing walls, causing the collapse of one entire corner of the building; four people died and 17 were injured. The spectacular nature of the failure (caused by both poor design and poor construction) led to a loss of public confidence in high-rise residential buildings, and major changes in British building regulations resulted. Construction Ronan Point, named after Deputy Mayor Harry Ronan (a former Chairman of the Housing Committee of the London Borough of Newham), was part of the wave of tower blocks built in the 1960s as cheap, affordable prefabricated housing for inhabitants of West Ham and other areas of London. The tower was built by Taylor Woodrow Anglian using a technique known as large panel system building, which involves casting large concrete prefabricated sections off-site an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
