1974 in architecture

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

Events

 * Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland.

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

 * May 18 – The Warsaw radio mast in Poland, the second tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
 * date unknown
 * Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, USA.
 * AT&T Long Lines Building, 33 Thomas Street, New York, USA, designed by John Carl Warnecke.
 * Kamzik TV Tower in Bratislava, Slovakia.
 * Guy's Tower in London, United Kingdom, the world's tallest hospital at this time.
 * Hudson Bay Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 * Palace of Weddings, Vilnius, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, designed by Gediminas Baravykas.
 * Plastic classroom, Kennington Primary School, Preston, England.
 * Hotel du Lac, Tunis, designed by Raffaele Contigiani.
 * 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)
 * April 25 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888)
 * September 3 - Romuald Gutt, Polish architect (born 1888)
 * November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect and painter (born 1890)
 * December 12 – Sir Edward Maufe, English architect (born 1882)