1973 in architecture
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The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
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- February 14 â Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River, United States.
- April 4 â The World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Minoru Yamasaki.
- May 10 â General Belgrano Bridge, over the ParanĂĄ River, Argentina.
- June 29 â Clifton Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in Bristol, England, designed by R. J. Weeks with F. S. Jennett and A. Poremba of the Percy Thomas Partnership.[1]
- July 19 â National Stadium, Singapore.[2]
- August 25 â JesĂșs Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad BolĂvar, Venezuela, designed by Carlos RaĂșl Villanueva.
- September â Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, designed by Karl Henrik NĂžstvik.
- October 20 â Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, designed by JĂžrn Utzon.[3]
- October 30 â Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.
- The Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States, originally known as the Standard Oil Building.
- Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, becomes the tallest building in the world.
- Uris Hall at Cornell University, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[4]
- Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech in Wales, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners.[5]
Buildings completed
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- May â Sears Tower, Chicago, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
- September 4 â First Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- date unknown
- Alpha Tower, Birmingham, England, designed by George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners.
- The Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, becomes the tallest building in South Africa and in Africa (1973âpresent).
- GroĂgaststĂ€tte Ahornblatt, Berlin, Germany (demolished in 2000).
- Harvard Science Center at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Josep LluĂs Sert.
- IDS Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Boyana Residence, Sofia (later National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)), designed by Alexander Barov.
- Underhill (underground residence), Holme, West Yorkshire, England, designed by Arthur Quarmby.[6]
- 291⁄2 Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.[7]
- Kyiv TV Tower in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Mala Rijeka Viaduct, Podgorica, Montenegro.
- Royal Centre (Vancouver) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Empire Landmark Hotel in Vancouver
- Granville Square in Vancouver
- Tour Montparnasse in Paris, France, designed by EugĂšne Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien.
- Tower 2 of the Meritus Mandarin Singapore in Singapore.
- Cromwell Tower in London, England.
- Le Pyramide market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, designed by Rinaldo Olivieri.
- Zagreb TV Tower in Zagreb, Croatia.[citation needed].
Events
[edit]- Vladimir Somov designs the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art for Veliky Novgorod.[8]
Awards
[edit]- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal â Louis Kahn
- Alvar Aalto Medal â Hakon Ahlberg
- Architecture Firm Award â Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
- Prix de l'AcadĂ©mie d'Architecture de France â Kenzo Tange
- RAIA Gold Medal â JĂžrn Utzon
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Leslie Martin
- AIA Twenty-five Year Award â Taliesin West
Births
[edit]- January 24 â Eero EndjĂ€rv, Estonian architect
- date unknown â Zahava Elenberg, Australian architect
Deaths
[edit]- January 22 â StanisĆaw Staszewski, Polish architect and poet (born 1925)
- June 14 â Clifford Percy Evans, American architect (born 1889)
- June 27 â Odd Nansen, Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian (born 1901)
- September 20 â Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect (born 1882)
- December 8 â Paul Bartholomew, American architect (born 1883)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Burrough, T. H. B. (1970). Bristol. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 0-289-79804-3.
- ^ "Straits Times 7 Jun" â "Stadium memories: 1973-2007", The Straits Times, 30 June 2007
- ^ Lewis, Wendy; Balderstone, Simon; Bowan, John (2006). Events That Shaped Australia. New Holland. pp. 239â243. ISBN 978-1-74110-492-9.
- ^ "2087-Uris Hall Facility Information". Cornell University. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech (407907)". Coflein. RCAHMW. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Greenhead, Dan (2017-08-07). "Cabbie shelter and 'hobbit home' given Grade II listed status". Sky News. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ The Twentieth Century Society (2017). 100 Houses 100 Years. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-1-84994-437-3.
- ^ Rozen, Andrei. "Fyodor Dostoevsky Theater". Sofia: OpenBuildings. Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ^ Van Atta, Robert B. (1999). A Centennial History of the City of Greensburg. Greensburg, Pennsylvania: Chas. M. Henry Printing Company. p. 243.