1974 in architecture

The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland.

Buildings opened

• Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
• Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK, designed by John Madin (closed 2013).
• Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A. Legerton

Buildings completed

• Aon Center in Los Angeles, California, United States, the city's tallest building at this time.
• Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
• W. R. Grace Building in New York, USA.
• AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas Street, New York, USA, designed by John Carl Warnecke.
• Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
• Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, the world's tallest hospital at this time.
• Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Tbilisi Roads Ministry Building, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by architects George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania with engineer Temur Tkhilava.
• Palace of Weddings, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by Gediminas Baravykas.
• Laurie Short House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt.

Awards

• Architecture Firm Award – Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
• RAIA Gold Medal – Raymond Berg
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Powell & Moya
• Twenty-five Year Award – Johnson and Son Administration Building

Births

• October 2 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect

Deaths

• March 17 – Louis Kahn, American architect based in Philadelphia, USA (born 1901)
• April 6 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (born 1884)
• November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
• December 12 – Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)

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