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The year 1979 involved some significant events in architecture.
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Buildings
- Xanadu House design started.
- The Tower of Europe in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
Events
- Pritzker Prize instituted by Jay A. Pritzker.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - I. M. Pei.
- Architecture Firm Award - Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham.
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Claude Parent.
- Pritzker Prize - Philip Johnson.
- RAIA Gold Medal - Bryce Mortlock.
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles and Ray Eames.
- Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
Deaths
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