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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1979</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li>March – <a href="/facts/Kuwait_Towers/tbhSQmov">Kuwait Towers</a> opens in <a href="/facts/Kuwait_City/14MnXtKg">Kuwait City</a> with a <i>Viewing Sphere</i> which completes a full turn every 30 minutes.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_2/3vvRGBSn">September 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Prabhupada%27s_Palace_of_Gold/YUoUpsqE">Prabhupada's Palace of Gold</a> is dedicated in <a href="/facts/Marshall_County,_West_Virginia/hLw02DS5">Marshall County, West Virginia</a>, USA, as a memorial shrine built by Hare Krishna devotees.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_3/HveWHyJI">September 3</a> – <a href="/facts/National_Theater_of_Cuba/T3yuRBKD">National Theater of Cuba</a>, Havana;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> construction of the building began in 1951.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_10/hmYlL72H">October 10</a> – <a href="/facts/New_Harmony%27s_Atheneum/FqFovlPd">The Atheneum</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Richard_Meier/X0FBknTw">Richard Meier</a>, opens as a visitor center in <a href="/facts/New_Harmony,_Indiana/lWm3KL2h">New Harmony, Indiana</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysund_Bridge/SVHMSQ8w">Brønnøysund Bridge</a>, <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Parque_Central_Complex/Q4QmPg59">Parque Central Complex</a>, <a href="/facts/Caracas/5MSJo2SQ">Caracas</a>, <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a>, the tallest building in South America.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Europaturm/m1XxpIYU">Tower of Europe</a> in <a href="/facts/Frankfurt_am_Main/Pw4Xj9A4">Frankfurt am Main</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vienna_International_Centre/e1PMQaS8">Vienna International Centre</a>, for the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_at_Vienna/cGtFG9IQ">United Nations Office at Vienna</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rio_de_Janeiro_Cathedral/7b26d6Mt">Rio de Janeiro Cathedral</a> (<i>Catedral Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro</i>), with 64 meter (210 ft) tall stained glass windows.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hedmark_Museum/XJUkAHVc">Hedmark Museum</a>, <a href="/facts/Hamar/4fMejc6N">Hamar</a>, Norway, designed by <a href="/facts/Sverre_Fehn/q66VjwQK">Sverre Fehn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bauhaus_Archive/xpg7joun">Bauhaus Archive</a>, <a href="/facts/West_Berlin/TNTMYYlN">West Berlin</a>, Germany, designed by <a href="/facts/Alexander_Cvijanovi%C4%87/SgGPtChm">Alexander Cvijanović</a> with Hans Bandel after <a href="/facts/Walter_Gropius/BdbkskNf">Walter Gropius</a>.</li> <li>"Stars" housing estate, <a href="/facts/Katowice/k8erX800">Katowice</a>, <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>December: The Thirties Society (now the <a href="/facts/Twentieth_Century_Society/o6tjUvFs">Twentieth Century Society</a>) established in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> as an architectural conservation pressure group.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> instituted by <a href="/facts/Jay_A._Pritzker/5EJjNx9L">Jay A. Pritzker</a>.</li> <li>Construction begins at the <a href="/facts/Jacob_K._Javits_Convention_Center/0lS9sMsW">Jacob K. Javits Convention Center</a> designed by <a href="/facts/I._M._Pei/IFhNJsSA">I. M. Pei</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Xanadu_House/qDmz6mb6">Xanadu House</a> design started.</li> <li>Construction of the 360 foot (110 m) communications mast atop the North Tower <a href="/facts/List_of_tenants_in_One_World_Trade_Center/cpFy5sYc">(1WTC)</a> of the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)/mtSktMFe">World Trade Center</a> is completed.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Gold_Medals/6x58KDnc">American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/I._M._Pei/IFhNJsSA">I. M. Pei</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/I._M._Pei/IFhNJsSA">I. M. Pei</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Geddes_Brecher_Qualls_Cunningham/Fh7eTpIX">Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_prix_national_de_l%27architecture/DxfTle1s">Grand prix national de l'architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Claude_Parent/HssscgSx">Claude Parent</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Johnson/zW682weu">Philip Johnson</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Bryce_Mortlock/pzhnQTCu">Bryce Mortlock</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Eames/f4SYxDK1">Charles</a> and <a href="/facts/Ray_Eames/aEL2EDa0">Ray Eames</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Yale_University_Art_Gallery/4VIPxyrP">Yale University Art Gallery</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Ivan_Vasilyov/p2ltFl1F">Ivan Vasilyov</a>, Bulgarian architect (born <a href="/facts/1893_in_architecture/5KqKbjT8">1893</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Juraj_Neidhardt/hzAHpwGv">Juraj Neidhardt</a>, Croatian architect, teacher, urban planner and writer (born <a href="/facts/1899_in_architecture/B4b8EAql">1899</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_11/poTT45D9">October 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Roger_Hayward/cdQkKuE8">Roger Hayward</a>, US artist, architect, optical designer and astronomer (born <a href="/facts/1899_in_architecture/B4b8EAql">1899</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_8/6efHKDyg">December 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Sydney_Ancher/qHqG8Wjl">Sydney Ancher</a>, Australian architect (born <a href="/facts/1904_in_architecture/of1CU94Y">1904</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_31/YBW5G3CP">December 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Draper_Faulkner/DxkjbF6V">Charles Draper Faulkner</a>, Chicago-based architect (born <a href="/facts/1890_in_architecture/W24v86X8">1890</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Teatro Nacional de Cuba homepage <a href="http://www.teatronacional.cult.cu/" target="_blank">http://www.teatronacional.cult.cu/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Merzagora, Eugenio A. (ed.). "Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (> 500 m)". Norske bruer og viadukter. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2011-11-03. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150720222818/http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150720222818/http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Ivan Vasilyov <a href="https://structurae.net/en/persons/ivan-vasilyov" target="_blank">https://structurae.net/en/persons/ivan-vasilyov</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Juraj Neidhardt". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706133848/http://www.visitsarajevo.ba/history/yugoslavia/juraj-najdhart" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110706133848/http://www.visitsarajevo.ba/history/yugoslavia/juraj-najdhart</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Bell, Trudy (September 2007). "Roger Hayward: Forgotten Artist of Optics". Sky and Telescope 114 (3): 30–37 <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>