1975 in architecture

The year1975 in architectureinvolved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• Planned residential development ofNoak Bridgein theBorough of Basildon(England), designed by George Garrard and Maurice Naunton, begins.

Buildings and structures

See also:Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1975

Buildings opened

Fundació Joan MiróinBarcelona,Spain

• June 10–Fundació Joan MiróinBarcelona,designed byJosep Lluís Sert.
• June 25–Addleshaw ToweratChester Cathedralin England, designed byGeorge Pace.
• June 28–Sir Thomas White Building,St John's College, Oxford,England, designed byPhilip DowsonofArup Associates.
• c. September –Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago,designed byHarry Weese.
• October 10–Afrikaans Language Monument,Paarl,South Africa.
• December 10–General Artigas Bridge,Uruguay River, Uruguay.
• Worth Abbeychurch inWest Sussex,England, designed by Francis Pollen, consecrated.
• Malmö Konsthallin Sweden, designed by Klas Anshelm.

Buildings completed

Foster'sWillis Building (Ipswich).

• Frank House,also known asHouse VI,designed byPeter Eisenman.
• First Canadian PlaceinToronto,Ontario,Canada,the tallest building in Canada (1975-present).
• TheFernmeldeturm MannheiminMannheim,Germany.
• TheWillis Building (Ipswich),England, designed byFoster Associates.
• Granite TowerinBillings, Montana,designed byHarrison Fagg's partnership.
• Modissa (fashion store) inZürich,Switzerland, designed by Werner Gantenbein.
• Foire Internationale de Dakar inSenegal,designed by Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin.
• Ramot Polinhousing development inEast Jerusalem,designed byZvi Hecker.
• River Park Towers,The Bronx,designed byDavis, Brody & Associates
• LesArcades du Lacand Le Viaduc housing development inSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines,near Versailles, France, designed byRicardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.
• Warszawa Centralna railway stationin Poland (by Arseniusz Romanowicz).

Awards

• Architecture Firm Award–Davis, Brody & Associates
• Grand prix national de l'architecture–Jean Willerval
• RAIA Gold Medal–Sydney Ancher
• RIBARoyal Gold Medal–Michael Scott
• Twenty-five Year Award–Philip Johnson's Residence

Events

• Designated European Architectural Heritage Year by theCouncil of Europe.
• SAVE Britain's Heritagefounded as a campaigning group for endangered buildings.

Births

• December 3–Julien De Smedt,Belgian-Danish architect

Deaths

Mihran Mesrobian

• June 2–Robert Matthew,Scottish modernist architect (born1906)
• June 5–John Leopold Denman,English Neo-Georgian architect (born1882)
• June 7–Robert Schmertz,American folk musician and architect (born1898)
• June 14–Pablo Antonio,Filipino modernist architect (born1901)
• July 9–Edward D. Dart,American Mid-Century Modern architect (born1922)
• August 23–George Pace,English ecclesiastical architect (born1915)
• August 28–Norman Jewson,English Arts & Crafts architect (born1884)
• September 21–Mihran Mesrobian,Armenian American architect (born1889)
• December 23–Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen,Danish Neoclassical architect (born1892)
• December 29–Sigurd Lewerentz,Swedish architect and furniture designer (born1885)