1973 in architecture

The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• February 14 – Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River, United States.
• April 4 – The World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Minoru Yamasaki.
• May 10 – General Belgrano Bridge, over the Paraná River, Argentina.
• June 29 – Clifton Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in Bristol, England, designed by R. J. Weeks with F. S. Jennett and A. Poremba of the Percy Thomas Partnership.
• July 19 – National Stadium, Singapore.
• August 25 – Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva.
• September – Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, designed by Karl Henrik Nøstvik.
• October 20 – Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Jørn Utzon.
• October 30 – Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.
• The Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States, originally known as the Standard Oil Building.
• Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, becomes the tallest building in the world.
• Uris Hall at Cornell University, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech in Wales, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners.

Buildings completed

• May – Sears Tower, Chicago, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
• September 4 – First Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• date unknown
• Alpha Tower, Birmingham, England, designed by George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners.
• The Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, becomes the tallest building in South Africa and in Africa (1973–present).
• Großgaststätte Ahornblatt, Berlin, Germany (demolished in 2000).
• Harvard Science Center at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
• IDS Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Boyana Residence, Sofia (later National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)), designed by Alexander Barov.
• Underhill (underground residence), Holme, West Yorkshire, England, designed by Arthur Quarmby.
• 29 Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.
• Kyiv TV Tower in Kyiv, Ukraine.
• Mala Rijeka Viaduct, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• Royal Centre (Vancouver) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Empire Landmark Hotel in Vancouver
• Granville Square in Vancouver
• Tour Montparnasse in Paris, France, designed by Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien.
• Tower 2 of the Meritus Mandarin Singapore in Singapore.
• Cromwell Tower in London, England.
• Le Pyramide market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, designed by Rinaldo Olivieri.
• Zagreb TV Tower in Zagreb, Croatia..

Events

• Vladimir Somov designs the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art for Veliky Novgorod.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Louis Kahn
• Alvar Aalto Medal – Hakon Ahlberg
• Architecture Firm Award – Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
• Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Kenzo Tange
• RAIA Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leslie Martin
• AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Taliesin West

Births

• January 24 – Eero Endjärv, Estonian architect
• date unknown – Zahava Elenberg, Australian architect

Deaths

• January 22 – Stanisław Staszewski, Polish architect and poet (born 1925)
• June 14 – Clifford Percy Evans, American architect (born 1889)
• June 27 – Odd Nansen, Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian (born 1901)
• September 20 – Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect (born 1882)
• December 8 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (born 1883)

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