1977 in architecture

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The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• January 31 - The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, is opened.
• Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, designed by Norman Foster.
• The Citigroup Center in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed however was discovered to be structurally unsound.
• The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg in Nürnberg, Germany is completed.
• The MLC Centre in Sydney, Australia is completed and opened.
• The Torre Espacial in Buenos Aires, Argentina is completed.
• The Silberturm in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
• The Harbour Centre in Vancouver, Canada is completed.
• The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan is completed.

Awards

• 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
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Denys Lasdun
• Twenty-five Year Award - Christ Lutheran Church

Events

• A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein is published.
• The Language of Postmodern Architecture by Charles Jencks is published.

Births

Deaths