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1971 in architecture

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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.{{cite book|author=Tamara L. Britton|title=World Trade Center|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfV6AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20|date=1 September 2010|publisher=ABDO Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-61785-022-6|pages=20}}

Buildings and structures

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1971}}

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File:Malta Valletta BW 2011-10-07 10-41-05.JPG in Valletta, Malta]]

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File:Walker Art Center 03.jpg in Minneapolis, USA]]

  • April – Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cities/hillbrowtower.htm|title=Hillbrow Tower – symbol of Joburg|last=Davie|first=Lucille|date=2004-01-06|accessdate=2008-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227151714/http://southafrica.info/travel/cities/hillbrowtower.htm|archive-date=2009-02-27|url-status=dead}}
  • May – New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
  • Marsham Towers, three 20-storey tower blocks for the Department of the Environment atop a 5-storey linking building at Marsham Street in Westminster, London, designed by Eric Bedford (demolished 2002–03).
  • Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.{{cite book|author=Udo Kultermann|title=Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States: Renaissance of a Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQZQAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-036831-6}}
  • Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
  • Danmarks Nationalbank headquarters, Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen with Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling.
  • Carmel de la Paix in Mazille, Saône-et-Loire, France, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
  • Fred. Olsen Lines terminal, London Docklands, the first major design of Foster Associates.{{cite web|url=http://www.sendungen.sf.tv/sternstunden/Nachrichten/Archiv/2011/11/29/sternstundeneinzel/Sternstunde-Kunst-vom-4.-Dezember-2011|title=How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?|work=Sternstunde Kultur|publisher=Schweizer Fernsehen|date=2011-12-04|access-date=2012-10-17|archive-date=2012-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504100810/http://www.sendungen.sf.tv/sternstunden/Nachrichten/Archiv/2011/11/29/sternstundeneinzel/Sternstunde-Kunst-vom-4.-Dezember-2011|url-status=dead}}
  • Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
  • Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development, Kyiv, designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
  • Redcar Library, England, designed by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (demolished 2011).
  • Villa Gontero, Cumiana, Italy, designed by Carlo Graffi.{{cite web|title=Villa Gontero, brutalist but not too much|work=domus|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2022/05/25/villa-gontero-paradigm-of-a-brutalist-architecture-but-not-too-much.html|first=Roberto|last=Dulio|date=2022-05-30|accessdate=2022-06-01}}
  • Anderton House, Rigg Side, Goodleigh, North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.{{cite web|first=Elain|last=Harwood|title=1971: Anderton House, Devon|url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/100-buildings/1971-anderton-house-devon/|work=100 Buildings 100 Years|publisher=Twentieth Century Society|accessdate=2016-04-22}}
  • Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, designed by Hugh Stubbins{{cite book |last1=Bernstein |first1=Gerald S |title=Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary |date=1999 |publisher=Brandeis University Office of Publications |oclc=42703912 |page=77}}

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Category:20th-century architecture