Overview of the events of 1972 in architecture
The year 1972 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures [ edit ] Buildings opened [ edit ] Olympiastadion (Munich) , Germany CCRI Knight campus by Perkins and Will January – The South Tower (2WTC) of the World Trade Center in New York City , the second tallest building in the world at this time, designed by Minoru Yamasaki , opens to its first tenants. The North Tower (1WTC) is also completed in this year. April 17 – The Wells Fargo Center (opened as First National Bank Tower) in Portland, Oregon , United States , designed by Charles Luckman and Associates. May 26 – Olympiastadion (Munich) for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany, designed by Gunter Behnisch with roof structure by Frei Otto . September — The Knight Campus of Community College of Rhode Island , designed in the Brutalist style by Perkins and Will [2] [3] October 4 – Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas , designed by Louis Kahn .[4] Buildings completed [ edit ] Catedral de Maringá , Maringá , Brazil Phillips Exeter Academy Library , Exeter, New Hampshire , USA May 10 – The Catedral de Maringá in Maringá , Paraná , Brazil is completed and is one of the tallest churches/cathedrals in the world. June 8 – KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg , Denmark , by Alvar and Elissa Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël.[5] 55 Water Street , designed by Emery Roth and Sons and Lee Jablin , Lower Manhattan , New York City , USA. W. R. Grace Building in New York , USA.[6] Chase Tower in Phoenix, designed by Welton Becket and Associates is completed, becoming the tallest building in the southwest United States. Brunswick Centre in London , UK, designed by Patrick Hodgkinson . Robin Hood Gardens council housing complex in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , UK, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson (demolished 2017– ). Trellick Tower in North Kensington , London, UK, by Ernő Goldfinger . Hill House (private residence and art gallery for Tim Sainsbury ) near Headley, East Hampshire , England, designed by Denys Lasdun .[7] Brion-Vega Cemetery , San Vito d'Alvitole, Italy , by Carlo Scarpa . The Burroughs Wellcome Building (now renamed the Elion-Hitchings Building) in Durham, North Carolina , United States by Paul Rudolph (partially demolished 2014).[8] Centraal Beheer , Apeldoorn , Netherlands , by Herman Hertzberger . Phillips Exeter Academy Library , Exeter, New Hampshire , USA, designed by Louis Kahn . Library of Downside Abbey , Somerset, UK, designed by Francis Pollen. City Theater of Tehran , Iran, designed by Ali Sardar Afkhami. Commerce Court West in Toronto , Ontario , Canada is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1972–1975). Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco , California , United States . One Penn Plaza in New York City , New York , United States . High Point, Bradford , England (office block), by John Brunton Partnership. The Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (Stuttgarter Fernmeldeturm) in Stuttgart , Germany . The Camlica TV Tower in Istanbul , Turkey . The Dorint Hotel Tower in Augsburg , Germany is completed and opened. Olivetti UK regional offices in Carlisle, Derby, Dundee and Belfast, designed by Edward Cullinan . Daniel Burke Library at Hamilton College , Clinton, New York , by Hugh Stubbins [9] Publications [ edit ] Sven Markelius References [ edit ]