- 1977 in architecture
The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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January 31 - TheCentre Georges Pompidou inParis , designed byRenzo Piano ,Richard Rogers andGianfranco Franchini , is opened.
*Sainsbury Centre at theUniversity of East Anglia inNorwich ,England , designed by Norman Foster.
* TheCitigroup Center inManhattan ,New York ,United States is completed however was discovered to be structurally unsound.
* TheFernmeldeturm Nürnberg inNürnberg ,Germany is completed.
* TheMLC Centre inSydney ,Australia is completed and opened.
* TheTorre Espacial inBuenos Aires ,Argentina is completed.
* Silver Tower inFrankfurt am Main ,Germany is completed.
* TheHarbour Centre inVancouver ,Canada is completed and opened.Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Richard Neutra (posthumous).
*Architecture Firm Award -Sert Jackson and Associates .
*Grand prix national de l'architecture -Paul Andreu ;Roland Simounet .
*RAIA Gold Medal -Ronald Gilling .
*Royal Gold Medal -Denys Lasdun .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Events
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A Pattern Language " byChristopher Alexander ,Sara Ishikawa andMurray Silverstein is published.
* "The Language of Postmodern Architecture" byCharles Jencks is published.Births
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Deaths
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