1976 in architecture

The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * October 4 – Tax Reform Act of 1976 in the United States is signed into law, establishing tax incentives designed to encourage the preservation of historic structures.

Buildings completed and opened

 * October – Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed.
 * October 1 – CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews, opened.
 * October 25 – Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun, opened.
 * November 26 – The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, completed.
 * Bagsværd Church in Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Jørn Utzon, completed.
 * John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
 * Scotia Centre (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta.
 * Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
 * Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate (now 102 Petty France), Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence.
 * Guildhall Library, Guildhall, London (City), designed by Richard Gilbert Scott, completed.
 * Salters' Hall in the City of London, designed by Sir Basil Spence.
 * Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart.
 * Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany.
 * El Parque de la Marca Hispanica, Le Perthus, on the French/Spanish border, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
 * Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman.
 * ABSA Tower in Johannesburg.
 * First planned residential development at South Woodham Ferrers in England.
 * Hopkins House, Hampstead, London, designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as a home and architectural studio for themselves.
 * The Round House (bungalow) at Stoke Canon in England, designed by Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.
 * The replacement replica Kaohsiung Confucius Temple is built in Taiwan.
 * Młotek in Warsaw, Poland, designed by Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski.

Awards

 * Architecture Firm Award – Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
 * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Roger Taillibert
 * Rome Prize for architecture – Gunnar Birkerts
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Harry Seidler
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Summerson
 * Twenty-five Year Award – 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

Births

 * 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
 * date unknown – Antonio Pio Saracino, Italian-born US architect

Deaths

 * January 26 – Eric Francis, British architect and painter (born 1887)
 * May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (born 1898)
 * November 19 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect (born 1907)
 * Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1896)