1972 in architecture

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Years in architecture:	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Brunswick Centre in London, designed by Patrick Hodgkinson is completed.
• Munich Olympic Arena, designed by Gunter Behnisch for the 1972 Summer Olympics is completed.
• Brion-Vega Cemetery, San Vito d'Alvitole, Italy by Carlo Scarpa is completed.
• Centraal Beheer, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands by Hermann Hertzberger is completed.
• Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire by Louis Kahn is completed.
• Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas by Louis Kahn is completed.
• Commerce Court West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed.
• Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, United States is completed.
• Fernmeldeturm Kiel in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is completed.
• One Penn Plaza in New York City, New York, United States is completed.
• McGraw-Hill Building in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed and opened.
• The Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (Stuttgarter Fernmeldeturm) in Stuttgart, Germany is completed.
• The Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon, United States is opened.
• The Camlica TV Tower in Istanbul, Turkey is completed.
• The Dorint Hotel Tower in Augsburg, Germany is completed and opened.
• The Catedral de Maringá in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil is completed and is one of the tallest churches/ catherdrals in the world.

[edit] Events

• Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour and Denise Scott Brown is published.
• India passes the Architects Act governing the professional practice of architecture in India.
• Yale University designates the Yale School of Architecture as a separate professional school.
• Demolition begins (March 16) of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing project designed by Minoru Yamasaki in St. Louis, Missouri. Film from the demolition is featured in the 1983 Godfrey Reggio movie Koyaanisqatsi.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Pietro Belluschi
• Architecture Firm Award - Caudill Rowlett Scott
• Royal Gold Medal - Louis Kahn

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Hans Scharoun (1893-1972)