See also: 1976 in architecture, other events of 1977, 1978 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Buildings

• Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini is completed.
• Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, designed by Norman Foster.
• World Trade Center in New York, designed by Minoru Yamasaki is completed.

Events

• A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein is published.
• The Language of Postmodern Architecture by Charles Jencks is published.

Births

Deaths