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Overview of the events of 1971 in architecture
The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Courts of Justice building in
Valletta ,
Malta
January 9 –
Courts of Justice building in
Valletta ,
Malta
February 26 –
Rothko Chapel in
Houston, Texas , United States, designed by
Mark Rothko and
Philip Johnson .
[2]
May 1 –
Näsinneula tower in
Tampere ,
Finland .
May 9 –
Peace Candle of the World ,
Scappoose, Oregon , USA.
August –
Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Tower 1 in
Singapore , designed by Stanley T. S. Leong.
[3]
October 16 –
Azadi Tower , originally Shahyad Tower,
Tehran , Iran, designed by
Hossein Amanat
Buildings completed
New
Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis , USA
April –
Hillbrow Tower in
Johannesburg ,
South Africa .
[4]
May – New
Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis , designed by
Edward Larrabee Barnes .
Marsham Towers , three 20-storey tower blocks for the Department of the Environment atop a 5-storey linking building at Marsham Street in
Westminster ,
London , designed by
Eric Bedford (demolished 2002–03).
Mausoleum of Mohammed V ,
Rabat , Morocco.
[5]
Maupoleum in
Amsterdam , designed by
Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
Danmarks Nationalbank headquarters,
Copenhagen , designed by
Arne Jacobsen with
Hans Dissing and
Otto Weitling .
Carmel de la Paix in
Mazille ,
Saône-et-Loire , France, designed by
Josep Lluís Sert .
Fred. Olsen Lines terminal,
London Docklands , the first major design of
Foster Associates .
[6]
Summerland
Leisure Complex in
Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development,
Kyiv , designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
Redcar Library, England, designed by
Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (demolished 2011).
Villa Gontero,
Cumiana , Italy, designed by Carlo Graffi.
[7]
Anderton House, Rigg Side,
Goodleigh , North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.
[8]
Usdan Student Center,
Brandeis University , designed by
Hugh Stubbins
[9]
Awards
Births
Deaths
References