- 1970 in architecture
The year 1970 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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December 23 - The North Tower of theWorld Trade Center inNew York City is topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world.
* TheAswan High Dam inEgypt is completed.
*Cathedral of Brasilia , designed byOscar Niemeyer is completed.
*One New York Plaza inManhattan ,New York ,United States is completed.
*KEMO Toren inArnheim ,The Netherlands is completed.
* TheTrust Bank Building inJohannesburg ,South Africa is completed.
*Euston Tower inLondon ,England is completed.
*Alpha Tower inBirmingham , West Midlands,United Kingdom is completed.
* TheWestinghouse Tower inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania is completed.
* TheRoyal Commonwealth Pool inEdinburgh ,Scotland is completed.Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Richard Buckminster Fuller .
*Architecture Firm Award -Ernest J. Kump Associates .
* RAIA Gold Medal - Jack McConnell.
*Royal Gold Medal -Robert Matthew .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Deaths
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April 16 -Richard Neutra (born 1892)
*July 20 -Egon Eiermann (born 1904)
*November 13 -Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez (born 1900)
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