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1981 in architecture

The year 1981 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures
Buildings in England • JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, Texas designed by I. M. Pei is completed. • Sydney Tower in Sydney, Australia is completed and opened. • Colonius in Cologne, Germany is completed. • Fifth Avenue Place (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta. • Sangath in Ahmedabad, India, a studio designed for himself by B. V. Doshi, is completed. • The Riyadh TV Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is completed. • The National Palace of Culture opens in Sofia, Bulgaria. • Howell High School in Howell, MI is completed as the most expensive high school at the time in the State of Michigan. • The Marriott World Trade Center originally known as the Vista Hotel, is completed in Lower Manhattan, New York as a part of the World Trade Center complex. • The Humber Bridge in England, the longest suspension bridge in the world by the length of central span (1981–1998), designed by Freeman Fox & Partners (consulting engineers) and R. E. Slater (architect) is opened to traffic. ==Awards==
Deaths
• March 7 – Roy Grounds (born 1905) • April 10 – Charles Cowles-Voysey (born 1889) • July 1 – Marcel Breuer (born 1902) • September 1 – Albert Speer (born 1905) • December 2 – Wallace Harrison (born 1895) • date unknownKanippayyur Shankaran Namboodiripad, Nambudiri Brahmin and Royal Architect (born 1891) == References ==
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