1978 in architecture

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The year 1978 in architecture involved some significant events.

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.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Philip Johnson.
• Architecture Firm Award - Harry Weese & Associates.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Jean Renaudie.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Mervyn Parry.
• Royal Gold Medal - Jorn Utzon.
• Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Deaths

• August 21 - Charles Eames (born 1907)
• September 6 - J. H. van den Broek (born 1898)
• November 27 - Carlo Scarpa (born 1906)