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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1982</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li>January 28 – <a href="/facts/Jatiyo_Sangshad_Bhaban/951gT3XD">Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban</a>, the National Parliament Building in <a href="/facts/Dhaka/8IYAkBh9">Dhaka</a>, Bangladesh, designed by <a href="/facts/Louis_Kahn/wza8FptA">Louis Kahn</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/facts/Sri_Lankan_Parliament_Building/KB00y089">Sri Lankan Parliament Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Kotte/Thf1uvxn">Kotte</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Bawa/L5Nq0uQt">Geoffrey Bawa</a>.</li> <li>October 12 – <a href="/facts/National_Gallery_of_Australia/9v0zNrHD">National Gallery of Australia</a> in <a href="/facts/Canberra/V2PldFRs">Canberra</a>, <a href="/facts/Australian_Capital_Territory/wvCnG3y7">ACT</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Colin_Madigan/hNQAgefD">Colin Madigan</a>.</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/facts/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial/1jpwHfvg">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a> in Washington, D.C., designed by <a href="/facts/Maya_Ying_Lin/2UHTlEc4">Maya Ying Lin</a>, is dedicated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/JPMorgan_Chase_Tower_(Houston)/Vvr9ddNX">JPMorgan Chase Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston</a>, Texas, United States.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rheinturm_D%25C3%25BCsseldorf/8SGocHc5">Rheinturm Düsseldorf</a> in Germany.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abteiberg_Museum/a4njAQFY">Abteiberg Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/M%25C3%25B6nchengladbach/VcaPu1ca">Mönchengladbach</a>, Germany, designed by <a href="/facts/Hans_Hollein/I8yp6Pqx">Hans Hollein</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/First_Canadian_Centre/4MttJujp">First Canadian Centre</a> in Calgary, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nexen_Building%2c_Calgary/oKQrVkar">Nexen Building, Calgary</a> in Calgary, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kuwait_National_Assembly_Building/RJjCJNkR">Kuwait National Assembly Building</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25B8rn_Utzon/0YpJfC5P">Jørn Utzon</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Rare Books Library, <a href="/facts/Newnham_College%2c_Cambridge/Vb4S6rWe">Newnham College, Cambridge</a>, designed by van Heyningen and Haward.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hamer_Hall%2c_Melbourne/xyA51xyJ">Hamer Hall</a>, part of <a href="/facts/The_Arts_Centre_(Melbourne)/nsFx3JkG">the Arts Centre</a> complex, in <a href="/facts/Melbourne/EHY9YxI0">Melbourne</a>, Australia.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georgia_Pacific_Tower/PQqkhmtJ">Georgia Pacific Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, United States.</li> <li><a href="/facts/TV-am/Ukrdj2s5">TV-am</a> Breakfast Television Centre in <a href="/facts/Camden_Town/ycUyH8lU">Camden Town</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Terry_Farrell_(architect)/UjNfWmWt">Terry Farrell</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inmos_microprocessor_factory/3EUxPVnf">Inmos microprocessor factory</a> in <a href="/facts/Newport%2c_Wales/JEVSdlAq">Newport</a>, Wales, designed by the <a href="/facts/Rogers_Stirk_Harbour_%252B_Partners/N93bqUcE">Richard Rogers Partnership</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tower_Square_(Atlanta)/MSG2g7Wj">BellSouth Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, United States.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Juche_Tower/Wyr9pVXK">Tower of the Juche Idea</a> in <a href="/facts/Pyongyang/muqkpzTE">Pyongyang</a>, North Korea.</li> <li>Main chapel of <a href="/facts/Wat_Phra_Dhammakaya/UKDHjkVq">Wat Phra Dhammakaya</a> in Thailand.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Akasaka_Prince_Hotel/rIJoovvu">Akasaka Prince Hotel</a> in Tokyo, Japan.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Atlantis_Condominium/kk7DI3gz">Atlantis Condominium</a> in Miami, Florida.</li> <li>December – <a href="/facts/Renault_Centre/SasDRDRY">Renault Centre</a> in <a href="/facts/Swindon/lxued87p">Swindon</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Norman_Foster/G3StsbXt">Norman Foster</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Romaldo_Giurgola/tP9wYh5R">Romaldo Giurgola</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alvar_Aalto_Medal/2BQsKC21">Alvar Aalto Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25B8rn_Utzon/0YpJfC5P">Jørn Utzon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Gwathmey_Siegel_%2526_Associates/HyrFwCkk">Gwathmey Siegel & Associates</a>, Architects LLC</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_prix_national_de_l%2527architecture/DxfTle1s">Grand prix national de l'architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Claude_Vasconi/0Nls2HoU">Claude Vasconi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Kevin_Roche/o8SGqjUX">Kevin Roche</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Overall_(architect)/wtyWyA1E">John Overall (architect)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Berthold_Lubetkin/Sj2BlCYT">Berthold Lubetkin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_Building_(Portland%2c_Oregon)/7cIpPmWy">Equitable Savings and Loan Building</a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>March 10 – <a href="/facts/Charles_N._Agree/XMFkVpPP">Charles N. Agree</a>, American architect (born 1897)</li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/facts/Fazlur_Rahman_Khan/Nd5oVSXm">Fazlur Rahman Khan</a>, Bengal-born structural engineer (born 1929)</li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/facts/%25C5%259Eevki_Balmumcu/eeuoyVa3">Şevki Balmumcu</a>, Turkish architect (born 1905)</li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/facts/Giovanni_Muzio/u7vFKvIm">Giovanni Muzio</a>, Italian architect (born 1893)</li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/facts/Bruce_Goff/7Uod3TkC">Bruce Goff</a>, American architect (born 1904)</li> <li>November 8 – <a href="/facts/David_Roberts_(architect)/0QVFyvKj">David Roberts</a>, British architect (born 1911)</li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/facts/Peter_Yates_(architect)/cTncPn7M">Peter Yates</a>, English architect (born 1920)</li> <li>December 18 – <a href="/facts/Richard_Sheppard_(architect)/PmFGE2d9">Sir Richard Sheppard</a>, English architect (born 1910)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>McCarter, Robert [2004]. Louis I. Kahn. Phaidon Press Ltd. p. 512. ISBN 0-7148-4045-9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Richard Weston, Utzon: Inspiration, Vision, Architecture, Hellerup, Edition Bløndal, 2001, Pages 300–333 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>