Editing 1978 in architecture

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

==Buildings and structures==
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===Buildings===
* [[Gehry House]] by [[Frank Gehry]] in [[Santa Monica, California]].
* [[Sunshine 60]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] is completed.
* [[Reunion Tower]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] is completed.
* [[Vienna International Centre|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, Hampstead|Branch Hill]] (by Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth).<ref>{{cite book|title=London Suburbs|location=London|publisher=Merrell Holberton|year=1999|isbn=978-1-85894-077-9}}</ref>
* Commercial Street Housing in [[Perth, Scotland]], designed by James Parr & Partners.<ref>{{cite book|pages=168-9|first1=Peter|last1=Murray|first2=Stephen|last2=Trombley|title=Modern Britain|series=Phaidon Architecture Guide|publisher=Phaidon|location=London|edition=2nd|year=1990|isbn=0-7148-3133-6}}|</ref>
* 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]]
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Mervyn Parry]]
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|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 (town planner)|Thomas Sharp]], English urban planner (born [[1901 in architecture|1901]])
* March 1 – [[Léon Azéma]], French architect (born [[1888 in architecture|1888]])
* April 9 – [[Clough Williams-Ellis]], British architect (born [[1883 in architecture|1883]])
* August 21 – [[Charles Eames]], American designer (born [[1907 in architecture|1907]])
* September 6 – [[Jo van den Broek]], Dutch architect (born [[1898 in architecture|1898]])
* November 4 – [[Alfred Albini]], Croatian architect and urban planner (born [[1896 in architecture|1896]])
* November 27 – [[Carlo Scarpa]], Italian architect and designer (born [[1906 in architecture|1906]])

==References==
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