1976 in architecture

none 1976 architecture The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events 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 Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1976 Buildings completed and opened thumb|Wotruba Church in Vienna, Austria thumb|Royal National Theatre in London, England 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.http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=057d78dc-4964-422f-ba85-361425ea8126&k=3499 CN Tower celebrates 30th birthday 2014-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20150622034959/http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=057d78dc-4964-422f-ba85-361425ea8126&k=3499 2015-06-22 dead Broadcast News/canada.com 2006-06-26. 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.Richard Gilbert Scott Gavin Stamp Gavin Stamp The Guardian London 2017-07-15 53150 38 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/12/richard-gilbert-scott-obituary 2017-07-15 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.20000120 Kühkopf Transmission Tower. 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.Merrick Jay The Brits Who Built the Modern World and 49b - the house built by High Tech designers Michael and Patty Hopkins https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/the-brits-who-built-the-modern-world-and-49b-the-house-built-by-high-tech-designers-michael-and-8950228.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/the-brits-who-built-the-modern-world-and-49b-the-house-built-by-high-tech-designers-michael-and-8950228.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent London 2013-11-19 2018-01-07 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 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 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect date unknown – Antonio Pio Saracino, Italian-born US architectThe Ecstatic Design of Antonio Pio Saracino Staisey Benelli http://www.ganzomag.com/the-ecstatic-design-of-antonio-pio-saracino.html GanzoMag May 22, 2011 2013-10-22 Deaths January 26 – Eric Francis, British architect and painter (born 1887) May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (born 1898)Chilvers Ian Aalto, Alvar The Oxford Dictionary of Art 3rd Oxford University Press Oxford, UK 0-19-860476-9 1988 2004 November 19 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect (born 1907) Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1896) References Category:20th-century architecture