Editing 1975 in architecture

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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==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1975}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Eingang Fundació Joan Miró 2013.jpg|thumb|[[Fundació Joan Miró]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]
* [[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]] – [[:File:Thomas White Quad.jpg|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===
[[File:Foster - Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters Ipswich.jpg|thumb|right|[[Foster and Partners|Foster]]'s [[Willis Building (Ipswich)]].]]
* [[House VI|Frank House]], also known as [[House VI]], designed by [[Peter Eisenman]].
* [[First Canadian Place]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], [[List of tallest buildings in Canada|the tallest building in Canada (1975-present)]].
* The [[Fernmeldeturm Mannheim]] in [[Mannheim]], [[Germany]].
* The [[Willis Building (Ipswich)]], England, designed by [[Foster and Partners|Foster Associates]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Elain|last=Harwood|title=England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings|edition=rev.|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=2003|isbn=0-7134-8818-2}}</ref>
* [[:File:Granite Tower, Billings, Montana.JPG|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 Bond|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]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Sydney Ancher]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Glass House|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==
[[File:Mihran Mesrobian.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mihran Mesrobian]]]]
* [[June 2]] – [[Robert Matthew]], Scottish modernist architect (born [[1906 in architecture|1906]])
* [[June 5]] – [[John Leopold Denman]], English Neo-Georgian architect (born [[1882 in architecture|1882]])
* [[June 7]] – [[Robert Schmertz (artist)|Robert Schmertz]], American folk musician and architect (born [[1898 in architecture|1898]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Pablo Antonio]], Filipino modernist architect (born [[1901 in architecture|1901]])
* [[July 9]] – [[Edward D. Dart]], American Mid-Century Modern architect (born [[1922 in architecture|1922]])
* [[August 23]] – [[George Pace]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1915 in architecture|1915]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Norman Jewson]], English Arts & Crafts architect (born [[1884 in architecture|1884]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Mihran Mesrobian]], Armenian American architect (born [[1889 in architecture|1889]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen]], Danish Neoclassical architect (born [[1892 in architecture|1892]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Sigurd Lewerentz]], Swedish architect and furniture designer (born [[1885 in architecture|1885]])

==References==
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