# 1973 in architecture

The year 1973 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Buildings and structures
### Buildings opened

* February 14 – Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River, United States.
* April 4 – The World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Minoru Yamasaki.
* May 10 – General Belgrano Bridge, over the Paraná River, Argentina.
* June 29 – Clifton Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in Bristol, England, designed by R. J. Weeks with F. S. Jennett and A. Poremba of the Percy Thomas Partnership.
* July 19 – National Stadium, Singapore.
* August 25 – Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva.
* September – Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, designed by Karl Henrik Nøstvik.
* October 20 – Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Jørn Utzon.
* October 30 – Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey.
* The Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States, originally known as the Standard Oil Building.
* Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, becomes the tallest building in the world.
* Uris Hall at Cornell University, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
* Theatr Ardudwy at Coleg Harlech in Wales, designed by Colwyn Foulkes & Partners.

### Buildings completed

* May – Sears Tower, Chicago, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
* September 4 – First Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
* date unknown
** Alpha Tower, Birmingham, England, designed by George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners.
** The Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, becomes the tallest building in South Africa and in Africa (1973–present).
** Großgaststätte Ahornblatt, Berlin, Germany (demolished in 2000).
** Harvard Science Center at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
** IDS Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
** Boyana Residence, Sofia (later National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)), designed by Alexander Barov.
** Underhill (underground residence), Holme, West Yorkshire, England, designed by Arthur Quarmby.
** 291⁄2 Lansdowne Crescent, London (infill residence), designed by Jeremy Lever.
** Kyiv TV Tower in Kyiv, Ukraine.
** Mala Rijeka Viaduct, Podgorica, Montenegro.
** Royal Centre (Vancouver) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
** Empire Landmark Hotel in Vancouver
** Granville Square in Vancouver
** Tour Montparnasse in Paris, France, designed by Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien.
** Tower 2 of the Meritus Mandarin Singapore in Singapore.
** Cromwell Tower in London, England.
** Le Pyramide market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, designed by Rinaldo Olivieri.
** Zagreb TV Tower in Zagreb, Croatia..

## Events

* Vladimir Somov designs the Fyodor Dostoyevsky Theater of Dramatic Art for Veliky Novgorod.

## Awards

* American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Louis Kahn
* Alvar Aalto Medal – Hakon Ahlberg
* Architecture Firm Award – Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
* Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Kenzo Tange
* RAIA Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leslie Martin
* AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Taliesin West

## Births

* January 24 – Eero Endjärv, Estonian architect
* date unknown – Zahava Elenberg, Australian architect

## Deaths

* January 22 – Stanisław Staszewski, Polish architect and poet (born 1925)
* June 14 – Clifford Percy Evans, American architect (born 1889)
* June 27 – Odd Nansen, Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian (born 1901)
* September 20 – Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect (born 1882)
* December 8 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (born 1883)