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Overview of the events of 1976 in architecture
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.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed and opened
Wotruba Church in
Vienna , Austria
Royal National Theatre in
London , England
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.
Bagsværd Church in
Copenhagen , Denmark, designed by
Jørn Utzon , 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]
Salters' Hall in the City of London, designed by Sir
Basil Spence .
Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by
Edward D. Dart of
Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart .
Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near
Koblenz in Germany.
[3]
El Parque de la Marca Hispanica,
Le Perthus , on the French/Spanish border, designed by
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura , completed.
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.
Hopkins House ,
Hampstead , London, designed by
Michael and
Patty Hopkins as a home and architectural studio for themselves.
[4]
The Round House (bungalow) at
Stoke Canon in England, designed by
Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.
The replacement replica
Kaohsiung Confucius Temple is built in Taiwan.
Młotek in Warsaw, Poland, designed by Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski.
Awards
Births
Deaths
References