1976 in architecture
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The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
[edit]- October 4 – Tax Reform Act of 1976 in the United States is signed into law, establishing tax incentives designed to encourage the preservation of historic structures.
Buildings and structures
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- October – Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed.
- October 1 – CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews, opened.[1]
- October 25 – Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun, opened.
- November 26 – The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, completed.
- Bagsværd Church in Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Jørn Utzon, completed.
- John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
- Scotia Centre (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta.
- Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
- Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate (now 102 Petty France), Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence.
- Guildhall Library, Guildhall, London (City), designed by Richard Gilbert Scott, completed.[2]
- Salters' Hall in the City of London, designed by Sir Basil Spence.
- Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart.
- Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany.[3]
- El Parque de la Marca Hispanica, Le Perthus, on the French/Spanish border, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
- Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman.
- ABSA Tower in Johannesburg.
- First planned residential development at South Woodham Ferrers in England.
- Hopkins House, Hampstead, London, designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as a home and architectural studio for themselves.[4]
- The Round House (bungalow) at Stoke Canon in England, designed by Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.
- The replacement replica Kaohsiung Confucius Temple is built in Taiwan.
- Młotek in Warsaw, Poland, designed by Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski.
Awards
[edit]- Architecture Firm Award – Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
- Grand prix national de l'architecture – Roger Taillibert
- Rome Prize for architecture – Gunnar Birkerts
- RAIA Gold Medal – Harry Seidler
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Summerson
- Twenty-five Year Award – 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
Births
[edit]- 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
- date unknown – Antonio Pio Saracino, Italian-born US architect[5]
Deaths
[edit]- January 26 – Eric Francis, British architect and painter (born 1887)
- May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (born 1898)[6]
- November 19 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect (born 1907)
- Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1896)
References
[edit]- ^ "CN Tower celebrates 30th birthday". Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2014-07-10. Broadcast News/canada.com 2006-06-26.
- ^ Stamp, Gavin (2017-07-15). "Richard Gilbert Scott". The Guardian. No. 53150. London. p. 38. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ Kühkopf Transmission Tower at Structurae.
- ^ Merrick, Jay (2013-11-19). "The Brits Who Built the Modern World and 49b - the house built by High Tech designers Michael and Patty Hopkins". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ Benelli, Staisey (May 22, 2011). "The Ecstatic Design of Antonio Pio Saracino". GanzoMag. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ^ Chilvers, Ian, ed. (2004) [1988]. "Aalto, Alvar". The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860476-9.