1976 in architecture
The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings completed and opened
- October – Wotruba Church in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed.
- October 1 – CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews, opened.
- October 25 – Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun, opened.
- November 26 – The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, completed.
- John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
- Scotia Centre in Calgary, Alberta.
- Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
- Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence.
- Guildhall Library, Guildhall, London, designed by Richard Gilbert Scott, completed.
- Salters' Hall in the City of London, designed by Sir Basil Spence.
- Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart.
- Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany.
- El Parque de la Marca Hispanica, Le Perthus, on the French/Spanish border, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
- Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman.
- ABSA Tower in Johannesburg.
- First planned residential development at South Woodham Ferrers in England.
- Hopkins House, Hampstead, London, designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as a home and architectural studio for themselves.
- The Round House at Stoke Canon in England, designed by Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.
- The replacement replica Kaohsiung Confucius Temple is built in Taiwan.
- Młotek in Warsaw, Poland, designed by Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski.
Awards
- Architecture Firm Award – Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
- Grand prix national de l'architecture – Roger Taillibert
- Rome Prize for architecture – Gunnar Birkerts
- RAIA Gold Medal – Harry Seidler
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Summerson
- Twenty-five Year Award – 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
Births
- 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
- date unknown – Antonio Pio Saracino, Italian-born US architect
Deaths
- January 26 – Eric Francis, British architect and painter
- May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter
- November 19 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect
- Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect
