1976 in architecture

The year 1976 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

• October 4 – Tax Reform Act of 1976 in the United States is signed into law, establishing tax incentives designed to encourage the preservation of historic structures.

• October – Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed.
• October 1 – CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by WZMH Architects and John Andrews, opened.
• October 25 – Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank, designed by Denys Lasdun, opened.
• November 26 – The OCBC Centre in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, completed.
• Bagsværd Church in Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Jørn Utzon, completed.
• John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Henry N. Cobb of I. M. Pei & Partners.
• Scotia Centre (Calgary) in Calgary, Alberta.
• Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates, is completed.
• Home Office building at 50 Queen Anne's Gate (now 102 Petty France), Westminster, London, designed by Basil Spence.
• Guildhall Library, Guildhall, London (City), designed by Richard Gilbert Scott, completed.
• Salters' Hall in the City of London, designed by Sir Basil Spence.
• Water Tower Place in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Edward D. Dart of Loebl Schlossman Bennett and Dart.
• Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany.
• El Parque de la Marca Hispanica, Le Perthus, on the French/Spanish border, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, completed.
• Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa, designed by Mannie Feldman.
• ABSA Tower in Johannesburg.
• First planned residential development at South Woodham Ferrers in England.
• Hopkins House, Hampstead, London, designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as a home and architectural studio for themselves.
• The Round House (bungalow) at Stoke Canon in England, designed by Peter Blundell Jones and Gillian Smith.
• The replacement replica Kaohsiung Confucius Temple is built in Taiwan.
• Młotek in Warsaw, Poland, designed by Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski.

• Architecture Firm Award – Mitchell/Giurgola Architects
• Grand prix national de l'architecture – Roger Taillibert
• Rome Prize for architecture – Gunnar Birkerts
• RAIA Gold Medal – Harry Seidler
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Summerson
• Twenty-five Year Award – 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

• 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
• date unknown – Antonio Pio Saracino, Italian-born US architect

• January 26 – Eric Francis, British architect and painter (born 1887)
• May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter (born 1898)
• November 19 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish Modernist/Brutalist architect (born 1907)
• Nugent Cachemaille-Day, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1896)