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Overview of the events of 1975 in architecture
The year 1975 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- June 10 – Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
- June 25 – Addleshaw Tower at Chester Cathedral in England, designed by George Pace.
- June 28 – Sir Thomas White Building, St John's College, Oxford, England, designed by Philip Dowson of Arup Associates.
- c. September – Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago, designed by Harry Weese.
- October 10 – Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, South Africa.
- December 10 – General Artigas Bridge, Uruguay River, Uruguay.
- Worth Abbey church in West Sussex, England, designed by Francis Pollen, consecrated.
- Malmö Konsthall in Sweden, designed by Klas Anshelm.
Buildings completed
- Frank House, also known as House VI, designed by Peter Eisenman.
- First Canadian Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the tallest building in Canada (1975-present).
- The Fernmeldeturm Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany.
- The Willis Building (Ipswich), England, designed by Foster Associates.[1]
- Granite Tower in Billings, Montana, designed by Harrison Fagg's partnership.
- Modissa (fashion store) in Zürich, Switzerland, designed by Werner Gantenbein.
- Foire Internationale de Dakar in Senegal, designed by Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin.
- Ramot Polin housing development in East Jerusalem, designed by Zvi Hecker.
- Les Arcades du Lac and Le Viaduc housing development in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Versailles, France, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.
Awards
Events
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2.