1973 in architecture explained

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.^[1]
• July 19 – National Stadium, Singapore.^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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.^[4]
  • 29 Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.^[5]
  • 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.^[6]

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)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Burrough, T. H. B.. Bristol. 1970. Studio Vista. London. 0-289-79804-3.
2. "Straits Times 7 Jun" – "Stadium memories: 1973-2007", The Straits Times, 30 June 2007
3. Web site: 2087-Uris Hall Facility Information . Cornell University . 2 July 2018.
4. Web site: Dan. Greenhead. Cabbie shelter and 'hobbit home' given Grade II listed status. Sky News. 2017-08-07. 2017-08-07.
5. Book: The Twentieth Century Society. The Twentieth Century Society. 100 Houses 100 Years. London. Batsford. 2017. 978-1-84994-437-3.
6. Web site: Andrei. Rozen. Fyodor Dostoevsky Theater. OpenBuildings. Sofia. 2015-03-05. 2015-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503110231/http://openbuildings.com/buildings/fyodor-dostoevsky-theater-profile-39394. dead.
7. Book: Van Atta, Robert B.. A Centennial History of the City of Greensburg. Chas. M. Henry Printing Company. 1999. Greensburg, Pennsylvania. 243.