1974 in architecture

• October – The Victoria and Albert Museum in London under Roy Strong opens an influential exhibition. 'The Destruction of the Country House 1875–1975', documenting the destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain. • Heikkinen – Komonen Architects established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki, Finland. ==Buildings and structures==

Buildings opened in Birmingham, England • 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) ==References==