1993 in architecture

none 1993 architecture The year 1993 in architecture 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. Philip Dowson becomes President of the Royal Academy.Mosley Charles Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage 107th Wilmington, Delaware, USA Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd 2003 Architekturzentrum Wien founded in Austria. van Heyningen and Haward Architects practice formed in London. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1993 Buildings opened February 23 – Guildford Spectrum, UKAbout Us https://www.guildfordspectrum.co.uk/about-us/ Guildford Spectrum 2016-12-28 September 4 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Managua, Nicaragua, designed by Ricardo LegorretaCatedral Managua: Historia http://catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm 2007-10-30 Spanish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024636/http://www.catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm 2007-10-11 Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, designed by Jo Coenen Buildings completed thumb|upright|Yokohama Landmark Tower The Landmark Tower in Yokohama, Japan. Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.Hardy Paula Vorhees Mara Edsall Heidi Lonely Planet Morocco https://archive.org/details/morocco00hard registration 2005 Lonely Planet 978-1-74059-678-7 24, 57, 82, 85 Hämeenkylä Church, Vantaa, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja. Inner shrine, Ise, Mie, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), Kalisz, Poland (designed 1958; building commenced 1977). Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece.http://www.euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/-cacd2487c9/?ORGID=0&letters=&city=95&country=53&topic=0&sprache=2&lim_Start=0%3E Museum of Byzantine Culture euromuse.net 2009-12-01February 2025 medicmedic 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. Construction began The Zeitpyramide (time pyramid) in Wemding, Germany. Scheduled to be completed in the year 3183. 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. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Giancarlo de Carlo. Twenty-five Year Award – Deere & Company Administrative Center. UIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki. 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) References Category:20th-century architecture