title: 1978 in architecture
text: # 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)
  