1973 in architecture

none 1973 architecture The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1973 Buildings opened thumb|Sydney Opera House February 14 – Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River, United States. April 4 – The World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Minoru Yamasaki. May 10 – General Belgrano Bridge, over the Paraná River, Argentina. June 29 – Clifton Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in Bristol, England, designed by R. J. Weeks with F. S. Jennett and A. Poremba of the Percy Thomas Partnership.Burrough T. H. B. Bristol 1970 Studio Vista London 0-289-79804-3 July 19 – National Stadium, Singapore."Straits Times 7 Jun" – "Stadium memories: 1973-2007", The Straits Times, 30 June 2007 August 25 – Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva. September – Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, designed by Karl Henrik Nøstvik. October 20 – Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Jørn Utzon.Lewis, Wendy Wendy Lewis Balderstone, Simon Bowan, John Events That Shaped Australia 239–243 New Holland 2006 978-1-74110-492-9 October 30 – 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 & Merrill2087-Uris Hall Facility Information https://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/facinfo/fs_facilinfo.cfm?facil_cd=2087 https://web.archive.org/web/20060908193506/http://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/facinfo/fs_facilInfo.cfm?facil_cd=2087 dead September 8, 2006 Cornell University 2 July 2018 Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech in Wales, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners.Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech 407907 2021-09-22 2008-07-11 Buildings completed thumb|Harvard Science Center at Harvard University, Boston, USA thumb|Mala Rijeka Viaduct, Podgorica, Montenegro May – Sears Tower, Chicago, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. September 4 – 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 (1973–present). Großgaststätte Ahornblatt, Berlin, Germany (demolished in 2000). Harvard Science Center at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Josep Lluís 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.Dan Greenhead Cabbie shelter and 'hobbit home' given Grade II listed status http://news.sky.com/story/cabbie-shelter-and-hobbit-home-given-grade-ii-listed-status-10977614 Sky News 2017-08-07 2017-08-07 292 Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.The Twentieth Century Society The Twentieth Century Society 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford 2017 978-1-84994-437-3 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 Eugène 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.October 2014. Events Vladimir Somov designs the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art for Veliky Novgorod.Andrei Rozen Fyodor Dostoevsky Theater http://openbuildings.com/buildings/fyodor-dostoevsky-theater-profile-39394 OpenBuildings Sofia 2015-03-05 2015-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150503110231/http://openbuildings.com/buildings/fyodor-dostoevsky-theater-profile-39394 dead Awards American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Louis Kahn Alvar Aalto Medal – Hakon Ahlberg Architecture Firm Award – Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Kenzo Tange RAIA Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leslie Martin AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Taliesin West Births January 24 – Eero Endjärv, Estonian architect date unknown – Zahava Elenberg, Australian architect Deaths January 22 – Stanisław Staszewski, Polish architect and poet (born 1925) June 14 – Clifford Percy Evans, American architect (born 1889) June 27 – Odd Nansen, Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian (born 1901) September 20 – Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect (born 1882) December 8 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (born 1883)Van Atta Robert B. A Centennial History of the City of Greensburg Chas. M. Henry Printing Company 1999 Greensburg, Pennsylvania 243 References Category:20th-century architecture