1977 in architecture
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The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- January 31 - The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, is opened.
- Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, designed by Norman Foster.
- The Citigroup Center in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed however was discovered to be structurally unsound.
- 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.
- Silver Tower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
- The Harbour Centre in Vancouver, Canada is completed and opened.
[edit] Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Richard Neutra (posthumous).
- Architecture Firm Award - Sert Jackson and Associates.
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Paul Andreu; Roland Simounet.
- RAIA Gold Medal - Ronald Gilling.
- Royal Gold Medal - Denys Lasdun.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Events
- A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein is published.
- The Language of Postmodern Architecture by Charles Jencks is published.
