title: 1975 in architecture
text: # 1975 in architecture
  
  The year 1975 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Planned residential development of Noak Bridge in the Borough of Basildon (England), designed by George Garrard and Maurice Naunton, begins.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings opened
  
  * June 10 – Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
  * June 25 – Addleshaw Tower at Chester Cathedral in England, designed by George Pace.
  * June 28 – Sir Thomas White Building, St John's College, Oxford, England, designed by Philip Dowson of Arup Associates.
  * c. September – Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago, designed by Harry Weese.
  * October 10 – Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, South Africa.
  * December 10 – General Artigas Bridge, Uruguay River, Uruguay.
  * Worth Abbey church in West Sussex, England, designed by Francis Pollen, consecrated.
  * Malmö Konsthall in Sweden, designed by Klas Anshelm.
  
  ### Buildings completed
  
  * Frank House, also known as House VI, designed by Peter Eisenman.
  * First Canadian Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the tallest building in Canada (1975-present).
  * The Fernmeldeturm Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany.
  * The Willis Building (Ipswich), England, designed by Foster Associates.
  * Granite Tower in Billings, Montana, designed by Harrison Fagg's partnership.
  * Modissa (fashion store) in Zürich, Switzerland, designed by Werner Gantenbein.
  * Foire Internationale de Dakar in Senegal, designed by Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin.
  * Ramot Polin housing development in East Jerusalem, designed by Zvi Hecker.
  * River Park Towers, The Bronx, designed by Davis, Brody & Associates
  * Les Arcades du Lac and Le Viaduc housing development in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Versailles, France, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.
  * Warszawa Centralna railway station in Poland (by Arseniusz Romanowicz).
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Architecture Firm Award – Davis, Brody & Associates
  * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jean Willerval
  * RAIA Gold Medal – Sydney Ancher
  * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Michael Scott
  * Twenty-five Year Award – Philip Johnson's Residence
  
  ## Events
  
  * Designated European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
  * SAVE Britain's Heritage founded as a campaigning group for endangered buildings.
  
  ## Births
  
  * December 3 – Julien De Smedt, Belgian-Danish architect
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * June 2 – Robert Matthew, Scottish modernist architect (born 1906)
  * June 5 – John Leopold Denman, English Neo-Georgian architect (born 1882)
  * June 7 – Robert Schmertz, American folk musician and architect (born 1898)
  * June 14 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (born 1901)
  * July 9 – Edward D. Dart, American Mid-Century Modern architect (born 1922)
  * August 23 – George Pace, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1915)
  * August 28 – Norman Jewson, English Arts & Crafts architect (born 1884)
  * September 21 – Mihran Mesrobian, Armenian American architect (born 1889)
  * December 23 – Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen, Danish Neoclassical architect (born 1892)
  * December 29 – Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish architect and furniture designer (born 1885)
  