1971 in architecture

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The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events[]

July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.^[1]

April – Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[4]
May – New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
Marsham Towers, three 20-storey tower blocks for the Department of the Environment atop a 5-storey linking building at Marsham Street in Westminster, London, designed by Eric Bedford (demolished 2002–03).
Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.^[5]
Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
Danmarks Nationalbank headquarters, Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen with Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling.
Carmel de la Paix in Mazille, Saône-et-Loire, France, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
Fred. Olsen Lines terminal, London Docklands, the first major design of Foster Associates.^[6]
Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development, Kiev, designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
Redcar Library, England, designed by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (demolished 2011).
Anderton House, Rigg Side, Goodleigh, North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.^[7]
Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, designed by Hugh Stubbins^[8]

May 7 – Marco Casagrande, Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture
May 17 – Martin Aunin, Estonian architect
Carlo Ratti, Italian-born architect and urban theorist
Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architect

March 24 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (born 1902)
August 1 – Vincent Harris, English architect (born 1876)
August 28 – Edith Hughes, Britain's first professionally practising woman architect (born 1888)^[9]
October 16 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (born 1919)
November 23 – Bertalan Árkay, Hungarian architect (born 1901)

^ Tamara L. Britton (1 September 2010). World Trade Center. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-61785-022-6.
^ James E. B. Breslin (13 August 2012). Mark Rothko: A Biography. University of Chicago Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-226-07406-1.
^ Harminder C Rajan; Gareth Guang Ming Tan; Evan Beng Kai Tan (3 December 2019). Unlocking Hidden Potential: Strategic Transformation And Value Creation At Mandarin Orchard Singapore And Mandarin Gallery. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 72. ISBN 9789811214554.
^ Davie, Lucille (2004-01-06). "Hillbrow Tower – symbol of Joburg". Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
^ Udo Kultermann (1999). Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States: Renaissance of a Region. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-036831-6.
^ "How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?". Sternstunde Kultur. Schweizer Fernsehen. 2011-12-04.
^ Harwood, Elain. "1971: Anderton House, Devon". 100 Buildings 100 Years. Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^ Bernstein, Gerald S (1999). Building a Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary. Brandeis University Office of Publications. p. 77. OCLC 42703912.
^ "Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2009-05-05.