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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a>–<a href="/facts/September_29/xyx8ArD3">29</a> – <a href="/facts/Adam_Fergusson_(MEP)/NdjAHVuC">Adam Fergusson</a>'s essay criticising inappropriate development in the historic English city of <a href="/facts/Bath%2c_Somerset/mHppKuoG">Bath, Somerset</a>, "<a href="/facts/The_Sack_of_Bath/Inuq9uRf">The Sack of Bath</a>", is published in <i><a href="/facts/The_Times/5BwkodnX">The Times</a></i> newspaper by the editor <a href="/facts/William_Rees-Mogg/YfkmorHc">William Rees-Mogg</a>, a landmark in concern for <a href="/facts/Architectural_conservation/cUv0N6zT">architectural conservation</a> in Britain.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1970</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_7/GNEJyzVn">March 7</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Hancock_Center/p9rF8haU">John Hancock Center</a> official opening ceremony, by <a href="/facts/Bruce_Graham/eCNDQMPn">Bruce Graham</a>/ <a href="/facts/Skidmore%2c_Owings_%2526_Merrill/nzd6KsqJ">SOM</a>, in Chicago, Illinois.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_31/GKIS7DQr">May 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Cathedral_of_Bras%25C3%25ADlia/AsGzvYd4">Cathedral of Brasília</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Oscar_Niemeyer/UbSYBGEC">Oscar Niemeyer</a>, is dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_21/TjbcmpgH">July 21</a> – The <a href="/facts/Aswan_High_Dam/6S5TG0Wn">Aswan High Dam</a> in <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a> (officially opened in January 1971).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>August – <a href="/facts/Dai_Heiwa_Kinen_T%25C5%258D/t9qASxFy">Dai Heiwa Kinen Tō</a>, cenotaph in <a href="/facts/Osaka/sbS1N7sl">Osaka</a>, Japan.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> — Usdan Student Center, <a href="/facts/Brandeis_University/zPuA6KfV">Brandeis University</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Hugh_Stubbins/GG5cHPxd">Hugh Stubbins</a> and Associates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_23/FRYjWUUS">December 23</a> – The North Tower of the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(1973%25E2%2580%25932001)/mtSktMFe">World Trade Center</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, by <a href="/facts/Minoru_Yamasaki/fnztjAMt">Minoru Yamasaki</a>, is topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world. The building accepts its first tenants that same month.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li>Armstrong Rubber Company Headquarters, later known as the Pirelli Tire Building, a brutalist landmark in <a href="/facts/New_Haven%2c_Connecticut/dRanslgz">New Haven, Connecticut</a> designed by <a href="/facts/Marcel_Breuer/qYoEy3ml">Marcel Breuer</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CBR_Building/KNrXPAXK">CBR Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Brussels%2c_Belgium/tNzHrQYP">Brussels, Belgium</a> by <a href="/facts/Constantin_Brodzki/eU5mMIdd">Constantin Brodzki</a> and Marcel Lambrichs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/11_Stanwix_Street/pUFDUyK5">11 Stanwix Street</a> (Westinghouse Tower) in <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh%2c_Pennsylvania/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>.</li> <li>East Harlem Pre-School in New York City, by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pimlico_Academy/DDSqRpA5">Pimlico Secondary School</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, England, by <a href="/facts/John_Bancroft_(architect)/Fr0rJ1qM">John Bancroft</a> of the <a href="/facts/Greater_London_Council/yLJCRHJJ">Greater London Council</a> architecture department (demolished <a href="/facts/2010_in_architecture/FCJUHjKt">2010</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Euston_Tower/R7HmHGv2">Euston Tower</a> in London, England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/One_Palliser_Square/hPqKQ18L">One Palliser Square</a> in <a href="/facts/Calgary/DrFtRbEH">Calgary</a>, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/KEMO_Toren/MRVH4Cvy">KEMO Toren</a> telecommunications tower in <a href="/facts/Arnhem/uxggSjTy">Arnhem</a>, <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mount_Angel_Abbey/hGQ0vqw9">Mount Angel Abbey</a> Library in <a href="/facts/St._Benedict/6NbRzSI2">St. Benedict</a>, near Mount Angel, Oregon, by <a href="/facts/Alvar_Aalto/vhHeMTTz">Alvar Aalto</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geisel_Library/UNjkfCcv">Central Library</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_San_Diego/srMClpNv">University of California, San Diego</a>, by <a href="/facts/William_Pereira/WNQDcFKt">William Pereira</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Contemporary_Art_Museum_(North_Macedonia)/1hD8tSx4">Contemporary Art Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Skopje/RICoPBLw">Skopje</a>, by the "Warsaw Tigers" (Wacław Kłyszewski, Jerzy Mokrzyński and Eugeniusz Wierzbicki).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kettle%2527s_Yard/KGJPGINo">Kettle's Yard</a> art gallery extension in <a href="/facts/Cambridge/gNRdbmwK">Cambridge</a>, England, by <a href="/facts/Leslie_Martin/NdyDxG8D">Leslie Martin</a>.</li> <li>Oklahoma Theater Center in <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_City/o7P8l8Cd">Oklahoma City</a>, by <a href="/facts/John_M._Johansen/YadfmlxN">John M. Johansen</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phillips_Exeter_Academy/vjmnatn8">Phillips Exeter Athletics</a> at <a href="/facts/Exeter%2c_New_Hampshire/k4zqInQG">Exeter, New Hampshire</a>, by <a href="/facts/Kallmann_McKinnell_%2526_Wood/Dn5WQzPQ">Kallmann McKinnell & Wood</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Trust_Bank_Building/WblKwqyK">Trust Bank Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Johannesburg/DQd9T8FY">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Royal_Commonwealth_Pool/Nn2tEK8h">Royal Commonwealth Pool</a> in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland, by <a href="/facts/RMJM/6jLgQago">RMJM</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Apollo_Pavilion/P498PrBy">Apollo Pavilion</a> in <a href="/facts/Peterlee/DtfVSUly">Peterlee</a>, England, by <a href="/facts/Victor_Pasmore/xq21HVm3">Victor Pasmore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(Tokyo)/kro74TYL">World Trade Center (Tokyo)</a>, Japan's tallest building at this time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yerevan_Chess_House/TKYQhojG">Yerevan Chess House</a>, Armenia.</li> <li>Queensgate Market, <a href="/facts/Huddersfield/7udzs2Wl">Huddersfield</a>, England, by J. Seymour Harris Partnership (Gwyn Roberts, project architect).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>Równica Sanatorium, Ustroń-Zawodzie, Poland.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Capel_Manor_House/uKbSKQmR">Capel Manor House</a>, <a href="/facts/Horsmonden/Y78MIPbV">Horsmonden</a>, Kent, England, by <a href="/facts/Michael_Manser/yzfpxVCv">Michael Manser</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>The Cornell Campus Store, an underground shopping arcade at <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a>, by <a href="/facts/Earl_Flansburgh/aB3EngQ1">Earl Flansburgh</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Buildings started</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/House_of_Soviets_(Kaliningrad)/47AyCed1">House of Soviets (Kaliningrad)</a>, designed by Yulian L. Shvartsbreim; never completed as a functional building.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Buckminster_Fuller/fLvx87hc">Richard Buckminster Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_J._Kump/jjLJJymD">Ernest J. Kump</a> Associates</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects/CyyoJnww">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – Jack McConnell</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/Robert_Matthew/MMc0gxuw">Robert Matthew</a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Tom_Wiscombe/hQRNEHFc">Tom Wiscombe</a>, American architect</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_4/a37pJw4h">July 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Tatiana_Fabeck/F0zUxP9r">Tatiana Fabeck</a>, Luxembourg architect</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_16/2EvLEGQn">April 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Neutra/HzNNzhpk">Richard Neutra</a>, Austrian-American architect working in Southern California (born <a href="/facts/1892_in_architecture/FS43VY6L">1892</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_9/0sQWxsWS">May 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Oscar_Stonorov/EDBGdutY">Oscar Stonorov</a>, German-born modernist architect and architectural writer, historian and archivist (born <a href="/facts/1905_in_architecture/C2hKqYku">1905</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_24/56JbzrjQ">May 24</a> – <a href="/facts/J._George_Stewart/xIjnToM2">J. George Stewart</a>, US architect and politician (born <a href="/facts/1890_in_architecture/W24v86X8">1890</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Joseph_Charles_Fowell/Vgv0ubnF">Joseph Charles Fowell</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australian</a> architect (born <a href="/facts/1891_in_architecture/warNoQv3">1891</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_11/Q2AsEnr6">July 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Lur%25C3%25A7at/wzG8Cc4f">André Lurçat</a>, French modernist architect, landscape architect, furniture designer and city planner (born <a href="/facts/1894_in_architecture/BxqWtKWa">1894</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_20/vLon7lPc">July 20</a> – <a href="/facts/Egon_Eiermann/wJ4FN5CH">Egon Eiermann</a>, German architect (born <a href="/facts/1904_in_architecture/of1CU94Y">1904</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_11/EpcDsrjn">September 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernst_May/fldLL7n9">Ernst May</a>, German architect and city planner (born <a href="/facts/1886_in_architecture/ppjXJTI5">1886</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Rose_Connor/8LlhBGI3">Rose Connor</a>, American architect (born 1892)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Spence, Cathryn (2012). Water, History & Style – Bath: World Heritage Site. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-8814-1. The series is subsequently expanded into a book with photographs by Snowdon and verses by John Betjeman – Fergusson, Adam (1973). The Sack of Bath: a record and an indictment. Salisbury: Compton Russell. ISBN 9780859550024. <a href="978-0-7524-8814-19780859550024" target="_blank">978-0-7524-8814-19780859550024</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed 28 April 2013 <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40203/Aswan-High-Dam" target="_blank">http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40203/Aswan-High-Dam</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Yue, Chen. "Usdan History". tarausdan. 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