1985 in architecture

none 1985 architecture The year 1985 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events The Inman Report is released, with major implications for the architecture of United States embassies. International architectural firm Aedas is established by Keith Griffiths in Hong Kong as Hackett and Griffiths. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1985 Buildings opened thumb|Farø Bridges (south), Denmark thumb|St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan thumb|upright|The Spiral in Tokyo, Japan January 15 – The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan begins operation after six years construction. March 2 – Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower) in Seattle, Washington, United States. June 4 – Farø Bridges, Denmark.Highways Denmark – The Faroe Bridge – Farøbroerne 9 January 2011. Accessed 3 January 2013 July 27 – The 63 Building officially opens as the tallest skyscraper outside North America in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201107262143125&code=100100 Yesterday's Today 1985 63 Building Completion The Kyunghyang Shinmun August 19, 2019 Min-yong Yoon July 26, 2011 August 10 – St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, designed by Aldo Spirito, is consecrated by the Pope. September 7 – The first concert is held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.SECC official website: History Buildings completed November 18 – HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong. Central State Museum of Kazakhstan.http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/hn-english/csmrk/engl/history_en.htm UNESCO Heritage 2013-01-03 2015-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20151224134911/http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/hn-english/csmrk/engl/history_en.htm dead The Bank of America Plaza in Dallas, Texas, United States. Several notable buildings in Manhattan, New York City, United States: The first tower in the World Financial Center. New York Marriott Marquis. Tower 49. Amarin Plaza in Bangkok, designed by Rangsan Torsuwan. Pak Sha O Youth Hostel in Hong Kong, designed by Rocco Design Architects. Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna. The Sender Eifel-Bärbelkreuz in Hellenthal, Germany. Tyholttårnet in Trondheim, Norway. Calgary Municipal Building in Calgary Spiral in Tokyo, Japan. Mjøsa Bridge, Norway. Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Nanjing, China. Reconstruction of Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, after bombing of Cologne in World War II. Thematic House (remodeled structure) by Charles Jencks, Terry Farrell, Michael Graves and others in Holland Park, Kensington, London, United Kingdom.https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1450124 Thematic House, non Civil Parish - 1450124 | Historic England Burnham Copse Infant School, England by Hampshire County Architects. Awards AIA Gold Medal – William Wayne Caudill (posthumous) Alvar Aalto Medal – Tadao Ando Architecture Firm Award – Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown Grand prix national de l'architecture – Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat Pritzker Prize – Hans Hollein RAIA Gold Medal – Richard Johnson RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Richard Rogers Twenty-five Year Award – General Motors Technical Center Births Deaths September 30 – Herbert Bayer, Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer and architect (born 1900) November 13 – William Pereira, American architect of Portuguese ancestryWilliam L Pereira at (www.everyculture.com/) Portuguese Americans (born 1909) November 22 – Gudolf Blakstad, Norwegian architect (born 1893) Dewi-Prys Thomas, Welsh architect (born 1916) Naoum Shebib, Egyptian architect (born 1915) References Category:20th-century architecture