1973 in architecture

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

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.
 * 29$1/undefined$ 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)