1971 in architecture

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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• July 19 - The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415m), making it the second tallest building in the world.

Buildings opened

• May 1 - Näsinneula tower in Tampere, Finland.
• May 9 - Peace Candle of the World, Scappoose, Oregon, USA.

Buildings completed

Courts of Justice building in Valletta, Malta

• January 9 - Courts of Justice building in Valletta, Malta, inaugurated.
• April - Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1]
• May - New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
• October 16 - Azadi Tower, originally Shahyad Tower, Tehran, Iran, designed by Hossein Amanat, inaugurated.
• 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.
• Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson.
• Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
• Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Tower 1 in Singapore, designed by Stanley T. S. Leong.
• 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.^[2]
• Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
• Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development, Kiev, designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
• Anderton House, Rigg Side, Goodleigh, North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.^[3]

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Louis Kahn.
• Architecture Firm Award - Albert Kahn Associates, Inc..
• RAIA Gold Medal - Frederick Lucas.
• Royal Gold Medal - Hubert de Cronin Hastings.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Crow Island School

Births

• May 7 - Marco Casagrande, Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture
• May 17 - Martin Aunin, Estonian architect
• Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architect

Deaths

• March 24 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (born 1902)
• August 1 - Vincent Harris, English architect (born 1876)
• August 28 - Edith Hughes, Britain's first practising woman architect^[4][5]
• October 16 - Robin Boyd, Australian architect (born 1919)

References

1. Davie, Lucille (2004-01-06). "Hillbrow Tower - symbol of Joburg". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
2. "How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?". Sternstunde Kultur. Schweizer Fernsehen. 2011-12-04.
3. Harwood, Elain. "1971: Anderton House, Devon". 100 Buildings 100 Years. Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
4. "Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
5. Some scholars claim this for Elizabeth Wilbraham who was active in the early 1660s."Elizabeth Wilbraham, the first lady of architecture". The Independent. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-12.