1974 in architecture
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The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- October – The Victoria and Albert Museum in London under Roy Strong opens an influential exhibition. 'The Destruction of the Country House 1875–1975', documenting the destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain.{{cite book|title=The Destruction of the Country House|first1=Roy|last1=Strong|first2=Marcus|last2=Binney|authorlink2=Marcus Binney|first3=John|last3=Harris|authorlink3=John Harris (curator)|year=1974|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=0-500-24094-9}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.open2.net/savingbritainspast/country_house.html|title=Saving Britain's Past Episode 3: The Country House|access-date=2021-09-26|website=open2.net|publisher=Open University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616122851/http://www.open2.net/savingbritainspast/country_house.html|archive-date=2010-06-16|url-status=dead|year=2009}}
- Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland.
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1974}}
=Buildings opened=
File:ChambSq Bham.jpg in Birmingham, England]]
- Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
- Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK, designed by John Madin (closed 2013).
- Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A. Legerton
=Buildings completed=
- May 18 – The Warsaw radio mast in Poland, the second tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
- date unknown
- Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas Street, New York, USA, designed by John Carl Warnecke.
- Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, the world's tallest hospital at this time.
- Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Palace of Weddings, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by Gediminas Baravykas.
- Plastic classroom, Kennington Primary School, Preston, England.{{cite web|title=Plastic Classroom at Kennington Primary School|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1438821|publisher=English Heritage|date=2017-10-04|accessdate=2022-04-04}}
- Hotel du Lac, Tunis, designed by Raffaele Contigiani.
- Laurie Short House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt.
Awards
Births
- October 2 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
Deaths
- March 17 – Louis Kahn, American architect based in Philadelphia, USA (born 1901)
- April 6 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (born 1884)
- April 25 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888){{cite news |title=Social and Personal: In Memoriam |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20020425/slug/social-and-personal.176906 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=Times of Malta |date=25 April 2002}}
- September 3 - Romuald Gutt, Polish architect (born 1888)
- November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
- December 12 – Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)