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Overview of the events of 1992 in architecture
The year 1992 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Kunsthal in
Rotterdam, Holland
Goetz Collection
Møller Centre at
Churchill College, Cambridge, England
- October 22:
YKK Manufacturing and Engineering Centre in
Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan, designed by
Roy Fleetwood and
Kenji Sugimura, is opened.
- October 31:
Kunsthal in
Rotterdam, designed by
Rem Koolhaas is opened.
- specific date not listed:
- Great Mosque of
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Old City Center Redevelopment, designed by
Rasem Badran.
[2]
-
Porto School of Architecture in Portugal, designed by
Álvaro Siza Vieira, is completed.
-
1000 de La Gauchetière in
Montreal,
Quebec
-
1501 McGill College in
Montreal
-
1250 René-Lévesque in
Montreal,
Canada
- The
Bank of America Corporate Center in
Charlotte,
North Carolina,
United States is completed.
-
Collserola Tower in
Barcelona, designed by
Norman Foster, is completed.
-
Supreme Court of Israel in
Jerusalem, designed by
Ram Karmi and his sister
Ada Karmi-Melamede, is opened.
-
Central Plaza in
Hong Kong,
China is completed.
-
Bank of America Plaza in
Atlanta,
Georgia,
United States is completed.
- Construction of the
Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
- The
GLG Grand in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
-
SunTrust Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
- The
225 South Sixth tower in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is completed.
-
United Overseas Bank Plaza One in
Singapore is completed.
- Government offices,
Rauma, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja, are built.
-
Goetz Collection,
Munich, by
Herzog & de Meuron.
-
The Ark, London, designed by
Ralph Erskine, is completed.
[3]
-
Maitland Robinson Library at
Downing College, Cambridge, designed by
Quinlan Terry.
- Møller Centre at
Churchill College, Cambridge, designed by
Henning Larsen, is opened.
-
Männistö Church,
Kuopio, Finland, designed by
Juha Leiviskä, is built.
- Church of St Jan Kanty,
Kraków, Poland, designed by
Krzysztof Bień, is completed.
-
Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre,
England, by
Edward Cullinan Architects, is completed.
-
Punta del Hidalgo Lighthouse on
Tenerife is completed (illuminated 1994).
-
Central Radio and TV Tower in
Beijing,
China is completed.
- The
Telemax television tower in
Hanover,
Germany is completed.
- The
Zizkov Television Tower in
Prague,
Czech Republic, is completed.
Awards
Births
Deaths
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