1976 in architecture

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The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

October 4 - Tax Reform Act of 1976 in the United States is signed into law, establishing tax incentives designed to encourage the preservation of historic structures.

October - Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed.
October 1 - CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews, opened.^[1]
October 25 - Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun, opened.
November 26 - The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, completed.
John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
Scotia Centre (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta
Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate (now 102 Petty France), Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence.
Guildhall Library, Guildhall, London (City), designed by Richard Gilbert Scott, completed.^[2]
Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart.
Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany.^[3]
Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman.
ABSA Tower in Johannesburg.
First planned residential development at South Woodham Ferrers in England.
The Round House (bungalow) at Stoke Canon in England, designed by Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.

January 26 - Eric Francis, British architect and painter (born 1887)
May 11 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (born 1898)^[5]
November 19 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect (born 1907)
Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1896)

^ CN Tower celebrates 30th birthday Archived 2015-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Broadcast News/canada.com, June 26, 2006.
^ Stamp, Gavin (2017-07-15). "Richard Gilbert Scott". The Guardian. No. 53150. London. p. 38. Retrieved 2017-07-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ Kühkopf Transmission Tower at Structurae.
^ Benelli, Staisey (May 22, 2011). "The Ecstatic Design of Antonio Pio Saracino". GanzoMag. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
^ Chilvers, Ian, ed. (2004) [1988]. "Aalto, Alvar". The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860476-9. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)