- 1972 in architecture
The year 1972 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Brunswick Centre inLondon , designed byPatrick Hodgkinson is completed.
*Munich Olympic Arena , designed byGunter Behnisch for the1972 Summer Olympics is completed.
*Brion-Vega Cemetery , San Vito d'Alvitole,Italy byCarlo Scarpa is completed.
*Centraal Beheer ,Apeldoorn , theNetherlands byHerman Hertzberger is completed.
*Phillips Exeter Academy Library ,Exeter, New Hampshire byLouis Kahn is completed.
*Kimball Art Museum ,Fort Worth, Texas byLouis Kahn is completed.
*Commerce Court West inToronto ,Ontario ,Canada is completed.
*Transamerica Pyramid inSan Francisco ,California ,United States is completed.
*Fernmeldeturm Kiel inKiel ,Schleswig-Holstein ,Germany is completed.
*One Penn Plaza inNew York City ,New York ,United States is completed.
* McGraw-Hill Building inManhattan ,New York ,United States is completed and opened.
* TheFernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (Stuttgarter Fernmeldeturm) inStuttgart ,Germany is completed.
* The Wells Fargo Center inPortland, Oregon ,United States is opened.
* TheCamlica TV Tower inIstanbul ,Turkey is completed.
* TheDorint Hotel Tower inAugsburg ,Germany is completed and opened.
* TheCatedral de Maringá inMaringá , Paraná,Brazil is completed and is one of the tallest churches/ catherdrals in the world.Events
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Learning from Las Vegas " byRobert Venturi ,Steven Izenour andDenise Scott Brown is published.
*India passes the "Architects Act" governing the professional practice of architecture in India.
*Yale University designates the Yale School of Architecture as a separate professional school.
*Demolition begins (March 16 ) of thePruitt-Igoe public housing project designed byMinoru Yamasaki inSt. Louis, Missouri . Film from the demolition is featured in the1983 Godfrey Reggio movieKoyaanisqatsi .Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Pietro Belluschi .
*Architecture Firm Award -Caudill Rowlett Scott .
*Royal Gold Medal -Louis Kahn .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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Deaths
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Hans Scharoun (1893 -1972 )
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