1982 in architecture

The year 1982 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• January 28 – Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the National Parliament Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed by Louis Kahn.^[1]
• April 29 – Sri Lankan Parliament Building in Kotte, designed by Geoffrey Bawa.
• October 12 – National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, ACT, designed by Colin Madigan.
• November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed by Maya Ying Lin, is dedicated.^[2]

Buildings completed

• JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, United States.
• Rheinturm Düsseldorf in Germany.
• Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany, designed by Hans Hollein.
• First Canadian Centre in Calgary, Alberta
• Nexen Building, Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
• Kuwait National Assembly Building, designed by Jørn Utzon.^[3]
• Rare Books Library, Newnham College, Cambridge, designed by van Heyningen and Haward.
• Hamer Hall, part of the Arts Centre complex, in Melbourne, Australia.
• Georgia Pacific Tower in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
• TV-am Breakfast Television Centre in Camden Town, London, designed by Terry Farrell.
• Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, Wales, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
• BellSouth Building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
• Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang, North Korea.
• Main chapel of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand.
• Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
• Atlantis Condominium in Miami, Florida.
• December – Renault Centre in Swindon, England, designed by Norman Foster.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Romaldo Giurgola
• Alvar Aalto Medal – Jørn Utzon
• Architecture Firm Award – Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Architects LLC
• Grand prix national de l'architecture – Claude Vasconi
• Pritzker Prize – Kevin Roche
• RAIA Gold Medal – John Overall (architect)
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Berthold Lubetkin
• Twenty-five Year Award – Equitable Savings and Loan Building

Births

Deaths

• March 10 – Charles N. Agree, American architect (born 1897)
• March 27 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bengal-born structural engineer (born 1929)
• April 20 – Şevki Balmumcu, Turkish architect (born 1905)
• May 21 – Giovanni Muzio, Italian architect (born 1893)
• August 4 – Bruce Goff, American architect (born 1904)
• November 8 – David Roberts, British architect (born 1911)
• November 16 – Peter Yates, English architect (born 1920)
• December 18 – Sir Richard Sheppard, English architect (born 1910)

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