1971 in architecture

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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

July 19 - The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415m), making it the second tallest building in the world.

April - Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1]
May - New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
October 16 - Azadi Tower, originally Shahyad Tower, Tehran, Iran, designed by Hossein Amanat, inaugurated.
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.
Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson.
Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Tower 1 in Singapore, designed by Stanley T. S. Leong.
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.^[2]
Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).

May 7 - Marco Casagrande, Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture
Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architecture

^ Davie, Lucille (2004-01-06). "Hillbrow Tower - symbol of Joburg". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
^ "How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?". Sternstunde Kultur. Schweizer Fernsehen. 2011-12-04.
^ "Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
^ Some scholars claim this for Elizabeth Wilbraham who was active in the early 1660s."Elizabeth Wilbraham, the first lady of architecture". The Independent. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-12.