1978 in architecture
# 1978 in architecture

The year 1978 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* Gehry House by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica, California.
* Sunshine 60 in Tokyo, Japan is completed.
* Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas is completed.
* United Nations City in Vienna, Austria is completed.
* Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral in Argentina is dedicated.
* London Borough of Camden low-rise high-density social housing schemes completed on Alexandra Road Estate (designed by Neave Brown in 1968) and Branch Hill (by Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth).
* Commercial Street Housing in Perth, Scotland, designed by James Parr & Partners.
* Angoori Bagh Housing in Pakistan, designed by Yasmeen Lari, completed.
* Sanctuary of Meritxell, Andorra, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
* Sheep Field Barn (sculpture gallery for Henry Moore Foundation), Perry Green, Hertfordshire, England, designed by Hawkins\Brown.

## Events

* Herzog & de Meuron Architekten set up in Basel.
* Manfredi Nicoletti publishes L'ecosistema urbano (The Urban ecosystem) - a term that he himself has coined.
* Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter publish Collage City.

## Awards

* AIA Gold Medal – Philip Johnson
* Alvar Aalto Medal – James Stirling (architect)
* Architecture Firm Award – Harry Weese & Associates
* Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jean Renaudie
* RAIA Gold Medal – Mervyn Parry
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon
* Twenty-five Year Award – Eames House

## Births

* Brian James Walker was born in Leith, Edinburgh on February. 17, 1978.

## Deaths

* January 27 – Thomas Sharp, English urban planner (born 1901)
* March 1 – Léon Azéma, French architect (born 1888)
* April 9 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (born 1883)
* August 21 – Charles Eames, American designer (born 1907)
* September 6 – Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect (born 1898)
* November 4 – Alfred Albini, Croatian architect and urban planner (born 1896)
* November 27 – Carlo Scarpa, Italian architect and designer (born 1906)
