1974 in architecture
# 1974 in architecture

The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
* Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK, designed by John Madin (closed 2013).
* Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A. Legerton

### Buildings completed

* May 18 – The Warsaw radio mast in Poland, the second tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
* date unknown
* Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
* AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas Street, New York, USA, designed by John Carl Warnecke.
* Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
* Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, the world's tallest hospital at this time.
* Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
* Palace of Weddings, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by Gediminas Baravykas.
* Plastic classroom, Kennington Primary School, Preston, England.
* Hotel du Lac, Tunis, designed by Raffaele Contigiani.
* Laurie Short House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt.

## Awards

* Architecture Firm Award – Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
* RAIA Gold Medal – Raymond Berg
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Powell & Moya
* Twenty-five Year Award – Johnson and Son Administration Building

## Births

* October 2 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect

## Deaths

* March 17 – Louis Kahn, American architect based in Philadelphia, USA (born 1901)
* April 6 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (born 1884)
* April 25 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888)
* September 3 - Romuald Gutt, Polish architect (born 1888)
* November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
* December 12 – Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)
