1993 in architecture
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The year 1993 involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- August 18 - The 14th century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne (Switzerland) is largely destroyed by fire; rebuilding begins almost immediately.
- date unknown - Philip Dowson becomes President of the Royal Academy.[1]
Buildings opened
- February 23 - Guildford Spectrum, UK
- September 4 - Managua Cathedral, Nicaragua[2]
Buildings completed
- The Landmark Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
- Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.[3]
- Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece.[4]
- The Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City, Japan.
- Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney, Australia, by architects Denton Corker Marshall.
- Cave of Niaux visitor entrance in Ariège (department), France, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
- Inner shrine, Ise, Mie, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Thomas Jefferson (posthumous).
- Architecture Firm Award - Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Bernard Huet.
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Dominique Perrault.
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Kenzo Tange.
- Pritzker Prize - Fumihiko Maki.
- RAIA Gold Medal - Ken Woolley.
- Royal Gold Medal - Giancarlo de Carlo.
- Twenty-five Year Award - Deere & Company Administrative Center.
- UIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki.
Births
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Deaths
- March 27 - Paul László, Hungarian American architect (born 1900)
- June 27 - Paul Thiry, American architect (born 1904)
- July 13 - Alan McCullough, American modernist architect (born c.1909)
- August 16 - Alison Smithson, English architect (born 1928)
- August 19 - Norman Jaffe, American residential architect (born 1932)
- September 23 - Moshe Mayer, Romanian Israeli architect (born 1909)
- October 24 - Arthur T. Brown, American architect (born 1900)
- December 16 - Charles Moore, American architect (born 1925)
