1974 in architecture

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The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings opened

• Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
• Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham, UK, designed by John Madin (closed 2013).
• Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A. Legerton

Buildings completed

• The Aon Center in Los Angeles, California, United States, the city's tallest building at the time.
• Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
• The W. R. Grace Building in New York, USA.
• The Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
• Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, at the time the tallest hospital in the world.
• The Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Laurie Short House in Sydney, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt.

Awards

• Architecture Firm Award - Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
• RAIA Gold Medal - Raymond Berg
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Powell & Moya
• Twenty-five Year Award - Johnson and Son Administration Building

Births

• October 2 - Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect

Deaths

• March 17 - Louis Kahn, American architect based in Philadelphia, USA (born 1901)
• April 6 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (born 1884)
• November 28 - Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
• December 12 - Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)