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Overview of the events of 1977 in architecture
The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Pompidou Centre
The
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran
Cube houses in the
Netherlands, designed for
Rotterdam
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January 1 – The
Hilton Budapest hotel, designed by Béla Pintér, is opened.
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January 31 – The
Centre Georges Pompidou in
Paris, designed by
Renzo Piano,
Richard Rogers and
Gianfranco Franchini, is opened.
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February 28 – The '
Beehive',
New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Wellington, designed by government architect Fergus Sheppard and W. M. Angus to a concept by
Basil Spence, first stage officially opened.
- March –
Renaissance Center in
Detroit,
Michigan, designed by
John C. Portman Jr., is inaugurated.
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April 19 –
Yale Center for British Art gallery, designed by
Louis Kahn (died
1974), opens to the public in
New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Sainsbury Centre at the
University of East Anglia in
Norwich,
England, designed by
Norman Foster.
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran, designed by
Kamran Diba, is inaugurated.
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Extension to
Slovak National Gallery in
Bratislava, designed by
Vladimír Dedeček, is completed.
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30 Cannon Street in the
City of London, England, designed by engineers Whinney, Son & Austen Hall with
Ove Arup & Partners, is completed for Crédit Lyonnais.
- The
Citigroup Center at 601
Lexington Avenue in
Manhattan,
New York City, is completed; its structural engineer
William LeMessurier subsequently discovers it is vulnerable to extreme wind conditions and clandestine retrospective strengthening is carried out.
- The
Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg in
Nürnberg,
Germany is completed.
- The
MLC Centre in
Sydney,
Australia is completed and opened.
- The
Torre Espacial in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina is completed.
- The
Silberturm in
Frankfurt am Main,
Germany is completed.
- The
Shell Centre (Calgary) in
Calgary,
Alberta
- The
Dome Tower, Calgary and
Home Oil Tower, Calgary in
Calgary
- The
Harbour Centre in
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada is completed.
- The
Renaissance Center in
Detroit,
Michigan is completed.
- Penton Street flats in
Islington, London, designed by
John Melvin.
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Cube houses in the
Netherlands, designed by
Piet Blom, built in
Helmond and designed for
Rotterdam.
- The
rose window of
Lancing College Chapel in England, designed by
Stephen Dykes Bower, is completed.
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