1973 in architecture
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The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
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- 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.{{cite book|last=Burrough|first=T. H. B.|title=Bristol|year=1970|publisher=Studio Vista|location=London|isbn=0-289-79804-3}}
- July 19 – National Stadium, Singapore."Straits Times 7 Jun" – "Stadium memories: 1973-2007", The Straits Times, 30 June 2007
- 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{{cite web |title=2087-Uris Hall Facility Information |url=https://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/facinfo/fs_facilinfo.cfm?facil_cd=2087 |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=2 July 2018}}
- Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech in Wales, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners.{{Coflein|desc=Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech|num=407907|access-date=2021-09-22|date=2008-07-11}}
=Buildings completed=
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- 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.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Greenhead|title=Cabbie shelter and 'hobbit home' given Grade II listed status|url=http://news.sky.com/story/cabbie-shelter-and-hobbit-home-given-grade-ii-listed-status-10977614|publisher=Sky News|date=2017-08-07|accessdate=2017-08-07}}
- 29{{frac|2}} Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.{{cite book|author=The Twentieth Century Society|author-link=The Twentieth Century Society|title=100 Houses 100 Years|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2017|isbn=978-1-84994-437-3}}
- 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}.
Events
- Vladimir Somov designs the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art for Veliky Novgorod.{{cite web|first=Andrei|last=Rozen|title=Fyodor Dostoevsky Theater|url=http://openbuildings.com/buildings/fyodor-dostoevsky-theater-profile-39394|publisher=OpenBuildings|location=Sofia|accessdate=2015-03-05|archive-date=2015-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503110231/http://openbuildings.com/buildings/fyodor-dostoevsky-theater-profile-39394|url-status=dead}}
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){{cite book|last=Van Atta|first=Robert B.|title=A Centennial History of the City of Greensburg|publisher=Chas. M. Henry Printing Company|year=1999|location=Greensburg, Pennsylvania|page=243}}