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Overview of the events of 1977 in architecture
The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
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January 1 – The
Hilton Budapest hotel, designed by Béla Pintér, is opened.
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January 31 – The
Centre Georges Pompidou in
Paris, designed by
Renzo Piano,
Richard Rogers and
Gianfranco Franchini, is opened.
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February 28 – The '
Beehive',
New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Wellington, designed by government architect Fergus Sheppard and W. M. Angus to a concept by
Basil Spence, first stage officially opened.
- March –
Renaissance Center in
Detroit,
Michigan, designed by
John C. Portman Jr., is inaugurated.
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April 19 –
Yale Center for British Art gallery, designed by
Louis Kahn (died
1974), opens to the public in
New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Sainsbury Centre at the
University of East Anglia in
Norwich,
England, designed by
Norman Foster.
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran, designed by
Kamran Diba, is inaugurated.
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Extension to
Slovak National Gallery in
Bratislava, designed by
Vladimír Dedeček, is completed.
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30 Cannon Street in the
City of London, England, designed by engineers Whinney, Son & Austen Hall with
Ove Arup & Partners, is completed for Crédit Lyonnais.
- The
Citigroup Center at 601
Lexington Avenue in
Manhattan,
New York City, is completed; its structural engineer
William LeMessurier subsequently discovers it is vulnerable to extreme wind conditions and clandestine retrospective strengthening is carried out.
- The
Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg in
Nürnberg,
Germany is completed.
- The
MLC Centre in
Sydney,
Australia is completed and opened.
- The
Torre Espacial in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina is completed.
- The
Silberturm in
Frankfurt am Main,
Germany is completed.
- The
Shell Centre (Calgary) in
Calgary,
Alberta
- The
Dome Tower, Calgary and
Home Oil Tower, Calgary in
Calgary
- The
Harbour Centre in
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada is completed.
- The
Renaissance Center in
Detroit,
Michigan is completed.
- Penton Street flats in
Islington, London, designed by
John Melvin.
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Cube houses in the
Netherlands, designed by
Piet Blom, built in
Helmond and designed for
Rotterdam.
- The
rose window of
Lancing College Chapel in England, designed by
Stephen Dykes Bower, is completed.
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