The year 1965 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Akosombo Dam in Ghana is completed.
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Eero Saarinen, is completed.
• Elephant House at London Zoo, designed by Hugh Casson and Neville Conder is completed.
• The first phase of the University of California, Irvine campus, designed by William Pereira, is opened.
• The first phase of the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, designed by John Carl Warnecke, is opened.
• Seinajoki Town Hall in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto is completed.
• The Guangdong TV Tower in Guangzhou, China is completed.
• The Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, United States is completed.
• The NASA Vehicle Assembly Building in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States is completed.
• The Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls is completed.
• The Shalom Meir tower in Tel-Aviv, Israel is completed.
• The Nozema Zendstation at The Hague, The Netherlands is completed.
• Toronto City Hall in Toronto, Canada is opened.
• The BT Tower in London, England is operational.

Awards

• Architecture Firm Award - Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Osborn McCutcheon.
• Royal Gold Medal - Kenzo Tange.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

Deaths

• August 27 - Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret, born 1887)