1976 in architecture
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The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- October - Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, is completed.
- October 1 - CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews is opened.
- October 25 - Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun is opened.
- November 26 - The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, is completed.
- John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners, is completed.
- Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
- The former Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence, is completed.
- Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart, is completed.
- Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany is completed.
- Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman, is completed.
- ABSA Tower in Johannesburg is completed.
Awards
- Architecture Firm Award - Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Roger Taillibert
- RAIA Gold Medal - Harry Seidler
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal - John Summerson
- Twenty-five Year Award - 860-880 North Lakeshore Drive Apartments
Births
Deaths
- 11 May - Alvar Aalto (born 1898)
- 19 November - Basil Spence (born 1907)
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