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

Buildings[edit]

• 
  Gehry House by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica, California.


• 
  Sunshine 60 in Tokyo, Japan is completed.


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  Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas is completed.


• 
  United Nations City in Vienna, Austria is completed.


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  Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral in Argentina is dedicated.


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  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).^[1]


• Commercial Street Housing in Perth, Scotland, designed by James Parr & Partners.^[2]


• 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 HawkinsBrown.

Events[edit]

• 
  Herzog & de Meuron Architekten set up in Basel.


• 
  Manfredi Nicoletti publishes L'ecosistema urbano (The Urban ecosystem) - a term that he himself has coined.

Awards[edit]

• 
  AIA Gold Medal – Philip Johnson
  


• 
  Alvar Aalto Medal – James Stirling (architect)
  


• 
  Architecture Firm Award – Harry Weese & Associates
  


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  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[edit]

Deaths[edit]




• 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)




References[edit]






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   ^ Murray, Peter; Trombley, Stephen (1990). Modern Britain. Phaidon Architecture Guide (2nd ed.). London: Phaidon. pp. 168–9. ISBN 0-7148-3133-6.|