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1974 in architecture

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The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • October – The Victoria and Albert Museum in London under Roy Strong opens an influential exhibition. 'The Destruction of the Country House 1875–1975', documenting the destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain.
  • Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

  • Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
  • Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK, designed by John Madin (closed 2013).
  • Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A. Legerton

Buildings completed

Hotel du Lac
  • May 18 – The Warsaw radio mast in Poland, the second tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
  • date unknown
  • Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas Street, New York, USA, designed by John Carl Warnecke.
  • Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, the world's tallest hospital at this time.
  • Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Palace of Weddings, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by Gediminas Baravykas.
  • Plastic classroom, Kennington Primary School, Preston, England.
  • Hotel du Lac, Tunis, designed by Raffaele Contigiani.
  • Laurie Short House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt.

Awards

  • Architecture Firm Award – Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
  • RAIA Gold Medal – Raymond Berg
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Powell & Moya
  • Twenty-five Year Award – Johnson and Son Administration Building

Births

  • October 2 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect

Deaths

  • March 17 – Louis Kahn, American architect based in Philadelphia, USA (born 1901)
  • April 6 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (born 1884)
  • April 25 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888)
  • September 3 - Romuald Gutt, Polish architect (born 1888)
  • November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
  • December 12 – Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)

References

References

  1. (1974). "The Destruction of the Country House". Thames & Hudson.
  2. (2009). "Saving Britain's Past Episode 3: The Country House". Open University.
  3. (2017-10-04). "Plastic Classroom at Kennington Primary School". English Heritage.
  4. (25 April 2002). "Social and Personal: In Memoriam". [[Times of Malta]].
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