Editing 1970 in architecture (section)

===Buildings opened===
[[File:Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University.jpg|thumb|Usdan Center]]
[[File:Brasilia Catedral 08 2005 03.jpg|thumb|[[Cathedral of Brasília]], Brazil]]
* [[March 7]] – [[John Hancock Center]] official opening ceremony, by [[Bruce Graham]]/ [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill|SOM]], in Chicago, Illinois.
* [[May 31]] – [[Cathedral of Brasília]], designed by [[Oscar Niemeyer]], is dedicated.
* [[July 21]] – The [[Aswan High Dam]] in [[Egypt]] (officially opened in January 1971).<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40203/Aswan-High-Dam Encyclopædia Britannica]. Accessed 28 April 2013</ref>
* August – [[Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō]], cenotaph in [[Osaka]], Japan.
* [[November 1]] — Usdan Student Center, [[Brandeis University]], designed by [[Hugh Stubbins]] and Associates.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yue |first1=Chen |title=Usdan History |url=https://sites.google.com/a/brandeis.edu/tarausdan/home/archive/usdan-history |website=tarausdan |accessdate=12 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] – The North Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], by [[Minoru Yamasaki]], is topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world. The building accepts its first tenants that same month.<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html History of the Twin Towers, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228040848/http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |date=2013-12-28 }}.PANYNJ.gov. 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015</ref>