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1982 architecture
The year 1982 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1982
Buildings opened
thumb|The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, [Australia
January 28 – Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the National Parliament Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed by Louis Kahn.McCarter, Robert [2004]. Louis I. Kahn. Phaidon Press Ltd. p. 512. 0-7148-4045-9.
April 29 – Sri Lankan Parliament Building in Kotte, designed by Geoffrey Bawa.
June 23 – Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany, designed by Hans Hollein.https://museum-abteiberg.de/architecture/architecture-chronology/chronik/?lang=en Chronology Museum Abteilberg 14 May 2026
October 12 – National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, ACT, designed by Colin Madigan.https://bluepoles.nga.gov.au/history/australian-national-gallery-opened-by-the-queen-october-1982/ Australian National Gallery Opened by The Queen, October 1982 Australian National Gallery 14 May 2026
November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed by Maya Ying Lin, is dedicated. Judith Dupré Dupré Judith 2007 Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory https://books.google.com/books?id=6kUaAQAAIAAJ New York Random House 978-1400065820
Buildings completed
thumb|Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany
thumb|Kuwait National Assembly Building in Kuwait City
JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, United States.
Rheinturm Düsseldorf in Germany.
First Canadian Centre in Calgary, Alberta
Nexen Building, Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
Kuwait National Assembly Building, designed by Jørn Utzon.Richard Weston, Utzon: Inspiration, Vision, Architecture, Hellerup, Edition Bløndal, 2001, Pages 300–333
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, United States.
December – Renault Centre in Swindon, England, UK, designed by Norman Foster.1416061 The Spectrum Building (formerly the Renault Distribution Centre) 28 June 2023
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)https://historicdetroit.org/architects/charles-n-agree Charles N. Agree (April 18, 1897 - March 10, 1982) Historic Detroit 14 May 2026
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)
References
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