Buildings opened , Germany • January – The South Tower
(2WTC) of the
World Trade Center in
New York City, the second tallest building in the world at this time, designed by
Minoru Yamasaki, opens to its first tenants. The North Tower
(1WTC) is also completed in this year. •
April 17 – The
Wells Fargo Center (opened as First National Bank Tower) in
Portland, Oregon,
United States, designed by
Charles Luckman and Associates. •
May 26 –
Olympiastadion (Munich) for the
1972 Summer Olympics in Germany, designed by
Gunter Behnisch with roof structure by
Frei Otto. • September — The Knight Campus of
Community College of Rhode Island, designed in the Brutalist style by
Perkins and Will •
October 4 –
Kimbell Art Museum in
Fort Worth, Texas, designed by
Louis Kahn.
Buildings completed ,
Maringá, Brazil ,
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA •
May 10 – The
Catedral de Maringá in
Maringá,
Paraná,
Brazil is completed and is one of the tallest churches/cathedrals in the world. •
June 8 –
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg,
Denmark, by
Alvar and
Elissa Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël. •
55 Water Street, designed by
Emery Roth and Sons and
Lee Jablin,
Lower Manhattan,
New York City, USA. •
W. R. Grace Building in
New York, USA. •
Chase Tower in Phoenix, designed by
Welton Becket and Associates is completed, becoming the tallest building in the southwest United States. •
Brunswick Centre in
London, UK, designed by
Patrick Hodgkinson. •
Robin Hood Gardens council housing complex in the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK, designed by
Alison and Peter Smithson (demolished 2017– ). •
Trellick Tower in
North Kensington, London, UK, by
Ernő Goldfinger. • Hill House (private residence and art gallery for
Tim Sainsbury) near
Headley, East Hampshire, England, designed by
Denys Lasdun. •
Brion-Vega Cemetery, San Vito d'Alvitole,
Italy, by
Carlo Scarpa. • The
Burroughs Wellcome Building (now renamed the Elion-Hitchings Building) in
Durham, North Carolina, United States by
Paul Rudolph (partially demolished 2014). •
Centraal Beheer,
Apeldoorn,
Netherlands, by
Herman Hertzberger. •
Phillips Exeter Academy Library,
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, designed by
Louis Kahn. • Library of
Downside Abbey, Somerset, UK, designed by Francis Pollen. •
City Theater of Tehran, Iran, designed by Ali Sardar Afkhami. •
Commerce Court West in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1972–1975). •
Transamerica Pyramid in
San Francisco,
California,
United States. •
One Penn Plaza in
New York City,
New York,
United States. •
High Point, Bradford, England (office block), by John Brunton Partnership. • The
Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (Stuttgarter Fernmeldeturm) in
Stuttgart,
Germany. • The
Camlica TV Tower in
Istanbul,
Turkey. • The
Dorint Hotel Tower in
Augsburg,
Germany is completed and opened. •
Olivetti UK regional offices in Carlisle, Derby, Dundee and Belfast, designed by
Edward Cullinan. • Daniel Burke Library at
Hamilton College,
Clinton, New York, by
Hugh Stubbins ==Awards==