1971 in architecture
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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- July 19 - The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415m), making it the second tallest building in the world.
Buildings opened
- May 1 - Näsinneula tower in Tampere, Finland.
- May 9 - Peace Candle of the World, Scappoose, Oregon, USA.
Buildings completed
- April - Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1]
- May - New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
- October 16 - Azadi Tower, originally Shahyad Tower, Tehran, Iran, designed by Hossein Amanat, inaugurated.
- Marsham Towers, three 20-storey tower blocks for the Department of the Environment atop a 5-storey linking building at Marsham Street in Westminster, London, designed by Eric Bedford (demolished 2002–03).
- Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
- Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson.
- Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
- Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Tower 1 in Singapore, designed by Stanley T. S. Leong.
- Carmel de la Paix in Mazille, Saône-et-Loire, France, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
- Fred. Olsen Lines terminal, London Docklands, the first major design of Foster Associates.[2]
- Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Louis Kahn.
- Architecture Firm Award - Albert Kahn Associates, Inc..
- RAIA Gold Medal - Frederick Lucas.
- Royal Gold Medal - Hubert de Cronin Hastings.
- Twenty-five Year Award - Crow Island School
Births
- May 7 - Marco Casagrande, Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture
- Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architecture
Deaths
- March 24 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (born 1902)
- August 1 - Vincent Harris, English architect (born 1876)
- August 28 - Edith Hughes, Britain's first practising woman architect[3][4]
- October 16 - Robin Boyd, Australian architect (born 1919)
References
- ↑ Davie, Lucille (2004-01-06). "Hillbrow Tower - symbol of Joburg". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ↑ "How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?". Sternstunde Kultur. Schweizer Fernsehen. 2011-12-04.
- ↑ "Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ↑ Some scholars claim this for Elizabeth Wilbraham who was active in the early 1660s."Elizabeth Wilbraham, the first lady of architecture". The Independent. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
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