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BUILDINGS

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.

The Riyadh TV Tower in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia is completed.

The National Palace Of Culture opens in Sofia , Bulgaria .

AWARDS

Grand Prix National De L'architecture - Gérard Thurnauer , Pierre Riboulet and Jean-Louis Veret

Pritzker Prize - James Stirling

BIRTHS

DEATHS

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 )