1972 in architecture
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The year 1972 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Brunswick Centre in London, designed by Patrick Hodgkinson is completed.
- Munich Olympic Arena, designed by Gunter Behnisch for the 1972 Summer Olympics is completed.
- Brion-Vega Cemetery, San Vito d'Alvitole, Italy by Carlo Scarpa is completed.
- Centraal Beheer, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands by Herman Hertzberger is completed.
- Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire by Louis Kahn is completed.
- Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas by Louis Kahn is completed.
- Commerce Court West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed.
- Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, United States is completed.
- Fernmeldeturm Kiel in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is completed.
- One Penn Plaza in New York City, New York, United States is completed.
- McGraw-Hill Building in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed and opened.
- The Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (Stuttgarter Fernmeldeturm) in Stuttgart, Germany is completed.
- The Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon, United States is opened.
- The Camlica TV Tower in Istanbul, Turkey is completed.
- The Dorint Hotel Tower in Augsburg, Germany is completed and opened.
- The Catedral de Maringá in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil is completed and is one of the tallest churches/ catherdrals in the world.
[edit] Events
- Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour and Denise Scott Brown is published.
- India passes the Architects Act governing the professional practice of architecture in India.
- Yale University designates the Yale School of Architecture as a separate professional school.
- Demolition begins (March 16) of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing project designed by Minoru Yamasaki in St. Louis, Missouri. Film from the demolition is featured in the 1983 Godfrey Reggio movie Koyaanisqatsi.
[edit] Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Pietro Belluschi.
- Architecture Firm Award - Caudill Rowlett Scott.
- Royal Gold Medal - Louis Kahn.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

