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1978 in architecture

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The year 1978 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

  • Gehry House by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica, California.
  • Sunshine 60 in Tokyo, Japan is completed.
  • Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas is completed.
  • United Nations City in Vienna, Austria is completed.
  • Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral in Argentina is dedicated.
  • London Borough of Camden low-rise high-density social housing schemes completed on Alexandra Road Estate (designed by Neave Brown in 1968) and Branch Hill (by Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth).
  • Commercial Street Housing in Perth, Scotland, designed by James Parr & Partners.
  • Angoori Bagh Housing in Pakistan, designed by Yasmeen Lari, completed.
  • Sanctuary of Meritxell, Andorra, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
  • Sheep Field Barn (sculpture gallery for Henry Moore Foundation), Perry Green, Hertfordshire, England, designed by Hawkins\Brown.

Events

  • Herzog & de Meuron Architekten set up in Basel.
  • Manfredi Nicoletti publishes L'ecosistema urbano (The Urban ecosystem) - a term that he himself has coined.
  • Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter publish Collage City.

Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal – Philip Johnson
  • Alvar Aalto Medal – James Stirling (architect)
  • Architecture Firm Award – Harry Weese & Associates
  • Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jean Renaudie
  • RAIA Gold Medal – Mervyn Parry
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon
  • Twenty-five Year Award – Eames House

Births

  • Brian James Walker was born in Leith, Edinburgh on February. 17, 1978.

Deaths

  • January 27 – Thomas Sharp, English urban planner (born 1901)
  • March 1 – Léon Azéma, French architect (born 1888)
  • April 9 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (born 1883)
  • August 21 – Charles Eames, American designer (born 1907)
  • September 6 – Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect (born 1898)
  • November 4 – Alfred Albini, Croatian architect and urban planner (born 1896)
  • November 27 – Carlo Scarpa, Italian architect and designer (born 1906)

References

References

  1. (1999). "London Suburbs". Merrell Holberton.
  2. (1990). "Modern Britain". Phaidon.
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