1975 in architecture

none 1975 architecture The year 1975 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events Planned residential development of Noak Bridge in the Borough of Basildon (England), designed by George Garrard and Maurice Naunton, begins. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1975 Buildings opened thumb|Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain June 10 – Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, designed by Josep Lluís Sert. June 25 – Addleshaw Tower at Chester Cathedral in England, designed by George Pace. June 28 – Sir Thomas White Building, St John's College, Oxford, England, designed by Philip Dowson of Arup Associates. c. September – Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago, designed by Harry Weese. October 10 – Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, South Africa. December 10 – General Artigas Bridge, Uruguay River, Uruguay. Worth Abbey church in West Sussex, England, designed by Francis Pollen, consecrated. Malmö Konsthall in Sweden, designed by Klas Anshelm. Buildings completed thumb|right|Foster's Willis Building (Ipswich). Frank House, also known as House VI, designed by Peter Eisenman. First Canadian Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the tallest building in Canada (1975-present). The Fernmeldeturm Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany. The Willis Building (Ipswich), England, designed by Foster Associates.Elain Harwood England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings rev. London Batsford 2003 0-7134-8818-2 Granite Tower in Billings, Montana, designed by Harrison Fagg's partnership. Modissa (fashion store) in Zürich, Switzerland, designed by Werner Gantenbein. Foire Internationale de Dakar in Senegal, designed by Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin. Ramot Polin housing development in East Jerusalem, designed by Zvi Hecker. River Park Towers, The Bronx, designed by Davis, Brody & Associates Les Arcades du Lac and Le Viaduc housing development in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Versailles, France, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Warszawa Centralna railway station in Poland (by Arseniusz Romanowicz). Awards Architecture Firm Award – Davis, Brody & Associates Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jean Willerval RAIA Gold Medal – Sydney Ancher RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Michael Scott Twenty-five Year Award – Philip Johnson's Residence Events Designated European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. SAVE Britain's Heritage founded as a campaigning group for endangered buildings. Births December 3 – Julien De Smedt, Belgian-Danish architect Deaths thumb|upright|Mihran Mesrobian June 2 – Robert Matthew, Scottish modernist architect (born 1906) June 5 – John Leopold Denman, English Neo-Georgian architect (born 1882) June 7 – Robert Schmertz, American folk musician and architect (born 1898) June 14 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (born 1901) July 9 – Edward D. Dart, American Mid-Century Modern architect (born 1922) August 23 – George Pace, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1915) August 28 – Norman Jewson, English Arts & Crafts architect (born 1884) September 21 – Mihran Mesrobian, Armenian American architect (born 1889) December 23 – Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen, Danish Neoclassical architect (born 1892) December 29 – Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish architect and furniture designer (born 1885) References Category:20th-century architecture