1971 in architecture

The year 1971 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center, by Minoru Yamasaki, is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.

Buildings opened

 * January 9 – Courts of Justice building in Valletta, Malta
 * February 26 – Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, United States, designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson.
 * May 1 – Näsinneula tower in Tampere, Finland.
 * May 9 – Peace Candle of the World, Scappoose, Oregon, USA.
 * August – Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Tower 1 in Singapore, designed by Stanley T. S. Leong.
 * October 16 – Azadi Tower, originally Shahyad Tower, Tehran, Iran, designed by Hossein Amanat

Buildings completed

 * April – Hillbrow Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 * May – New Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.
 * Marsham Towers, three 20-storey tower blocks for the Department of the Environment atop a 5-storey linking building at Marsham Street in Westminster, London, designed by Eric Bedford (demolished 2002–03).
 * Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
 * Maupoleum in Amsterdam, designed by Piet Zanstra (demolished 1994).
 * Danmarks Nationalbank headquarters, Copenhagen, designed by Arne Jacobsen with Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling.
 * Carmel de la Paix in Mazille, Saône-et-Loire, France, designed by Josep Lluís Sert.
 * Fred. Olsen Lines terminal, London Docklands, the first major design of Foster Associates.
 * Summerland Leisure Complex in Douglas, Isle of Man (destroyed by fire 1973).
 * Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development, Kyiv, designed by L. Novikov and F. Yurijev.
 * Redcar Library, England, designed by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (demolished 2011).
 * Villa Gontero, Cumiana, Italy, designed by Carlo Graffi.
 * Anderton House, Rigg Side, Goodleigh, North Devon, England, designed by Peter Aldington and John Craig.
 * Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, designed by Hugh Stubbins

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Louis Kahn
 * Architecture Firm Award – Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Frederick Lucas
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Hubert de Cronin Hastings
 * Twenty-five Year Award – Crow Island School

Births

 * May 7 – Marco Casagrande, Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture
 * May 17 – Martin Aunin, Estonian architect
 * Carlo Ratti, Italian-born architect and urban theorist
 * Rocio Romero, Chilean-born architect

Deaths

 * March 24 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (born 1902)
 * August 1 – Vincent Harris, English architect (born 1876)
 * August 28 – Edith Hughes, Britain's first professionally practising woman architect (born 1888)
 * October 16 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (born 1919)
 * November 23 – Bertalan Árkay, Hungarian architect (born 1901)