1978 in architecture

The year 1978 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings

 * Gehry House by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica, California.
 * Sunshine 60 in Tokyo, Japan is completed.
 * Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas is completed.
 * United Nations City in Vienna, Austria is completed.
 * Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral in Argentina is dedicated.
 * London Borough of Camden low-rise high-density social housing schemes completed on Alexandra Road Estate (designed by Neave Brown in 1968) and Branch Hill (by Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth).
 * Commercial Street Housing in Perth, Scotland, designed by James Parr & Partners.
 * Angoori Bagh Housing in Pakistan, designed by Yasmeen Lari, completed.
 * Sanctuary of Meritxell, Andorra, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
 * Sheep Field Barn (sculpture gallery for Henry Moore Foundation), Perry Green, Hertfordshire, England, designed by Hawkins\Brown.

Events

 * Herzog & de Meuron Architekten set up in Basel.
 * Manfredi Nicoletti publishes L'ecosistema urbano (The Urban ecosystem) - a term that he himself has coined.
 * Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter publish Collage City.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Philip Johnson
 * Alvar Aalto Medal – James Stirling (architect)
 * Architecture Firm Award – Harry Weese & Associates
 * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jean Renaudie
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Mervyn Parry
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jørn Utzon
 * Twenty-five Year Award – Eames House

Births

 * Brian James Walker was born in Leith, Edinburgh on February. 17, 1978.

Deaths

 * January 27 – Thomas Sharp, English urban planner (born 1901)
 * March 1 – Léon Azéma, French architect (born 1888)
 * April 9 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (born 1883)
 * August 21 – Charles Eames, American designer (born 1907)
 * September 6 – Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect (born 1898)
 * November 4 – Alfred Albini, Croatian architect and urban planner (born 1896)
 * November 27 – Carlo Scarpa, Italian architect and designer (born 1906)