1962

1862 – House of Retreat, Inchicore, Dublin

Architect: John Bourke

Part of a larger intended scheme for the Oblate Fathers, the Retreat House was constructed in 1858-62.

1962 – 360 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Waisman Ross

Sic storey building with pavilion-like top level. The corners are inverted which draws the eye to the cantilervered pavilion roof.

1962 – AMP Building, Sydney, Australia

This was Sydney’s first highrise to take advantage of the lifting of the 46m (150ft) height limit which was enforced until 1957.

1962 – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York

Architect: Max Abramovitz

Part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and designed by Max Abramovitz ,the hall opened in 1962 as Philharmonic Hall,

1962 – Bord Failte, Baggot Street, Dublin

Architect: Michael Scott & Partners

Designed to cost as little as possible, the headquarters of Bord Failte (Irish Tourist Board) occupies a very important site at the Baggot Street crossing of the Grand Canal.

1962 – Church of our Lady Mother of Divine Grace, Raheny, Co. Dublin

Architect: Peppard & Duffy

Modern church recalling the design of Irish Romanesque doorways at Abbeys and churches. Not completely successful,

1962 – County Hall, Omagh, Co. Tyrone

Architect: Ostick + Williams

In the 1960s it was decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate both the local judicial system and the county council in the context of the county council’s increasing administrative responsibilities.

1962 – Hawkins House, Poolbeg Street, Dublin

Architect: Sir Thomas Bennett

In a poll in 1998, this was voted the worst building in Dublin by the readers of Archiseek.

1962 – Marina City, Chicago, Illinois

Architect: Bertrand Goldberg

Sitting on a three-acre site, Marina City is referred to as “the city within a city,”

1962 – Memorial Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario

Architect: Allward & Gouinlock

Construction of the two edifices, originally called “Veterans Memorial Buildings”, began following the Second World War.