1971 in architecture
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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.[1]
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- January 9 – Courts of Justice building in Valletta, Malta
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- May 9 – Peace Candle of the World, Scappoose, Oregon, USA.
- August –
- October 16 – Azadi Tower, originally Shahyad Tower, Tehran, Iran, designed by Hossein Amanat
Buildings completed
- April – Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.[4]
- May – New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
- 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.[5]
- Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
- Danmarks Nationalbank headquarters, Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen with Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling.
- Carmel de la Paix in Mazille, Saône-et-Loire, France, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
- Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
- Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development, Kyiv, designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
- Ahrends, Burton and Koralek(demolished 2011).
- Villa Gontero, Cumiana, Italy, designed by Carlo Graffi.[7]
- Anderton House, Rigg Side, Goodleigh, North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.[8]
- Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, designed by Hugh Stubbins[9]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Louis Kahn
- Architecture Firm Award – Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
- RAIA Gold Medal – Frederick Lucas
- 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
- May 17 – Martin Aunin, Estonian architect
- Carlo Ratti, Italian-born architect and urban theorist
- Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architect
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 professionally practising woman architect (born 1888)[10]
- October 16 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (born 1919)
- November 23 – Bertalan Árkay, Hungarian architect (born 1901)
References
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- ^ Davie, Lucille (2004-01-06). "Hillbrow Tower – symbol of Joburg". Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ISBN 978-0-07-036831-6.
- ^ "How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?". Sternstunde Kultur. Schweizer Fernsehen. 2011-12-04. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ Dulio, Roberto (2022-05-30). "Villa Gontero, brutalist but not too much". domus. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
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- ^ "Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2009-05-05.