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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_18/BLYFtpnd">August 18</a> – The 14th century <a href="/facts/Kapellbr%C3%BCcke/eYjfq0VW">Kapellbrücke</a> covered wooden <a href="/facts/Truss_bridge/2ufXUJMQ">truss bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Lucerne/VIVKyRVM">Lucerne</a> (Switzerland) is largely destroyed by fire; rebuilding begins almost immediately.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Dowson/UNPurpMG">Philip Dowson</a> becomes President of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Academy/9a5Uhj9K">Royal Academy</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Architekturzentrum_Wien/0Y5U9M8M">Architekturzentrum Wien</a> founded in Austria.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Van_Heyningen_and_Haward_Architects/v4AfX429">van Heyningen and Haward Architects</a> practice formed in London.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1993</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_23/48mx1RVz">February 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Guildford_Spectrum/VtBAPea1">Guildford Spectrum</a>, UK<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_4/maLcngq6">September 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Immaculate_Conception_Cathedral,_Managua/9fLBYq6g">Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Managua</a>, Nicaragua, designed by <a href="/facts/Ricardo_Legorreta/FywbU0Df">Ricardo Legorreta</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Het_Nieuwe_Instituut/BUj6S49l">Het Nieuwe Instituut</a>, <a href="/facts/Rotterdam/p8LbhGmE">Rotterdam</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Jo_Coenen/Y2PHEwJl">Jo Coenen</a></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Yokohama_Landmark_Tower/XlWtX7xd">Landmark Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Yokohama/q5RcVlLf">Yokohama</a>, Japan.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hassan_II_Mosque/JS2HEMfj">Hassan II Mosque</a>, Casablanca, Morocco, designed by <a href="/facts/Michel_Pinseau/gNBSDXbl">Michel Pinseau</a> and built by <a href="/facts/Bouygues/6JfNs0tc">Bouygues</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>Hämeenkylä Church, <a href="/facts/Vantaa/bRcE36Mk">Vantaa</a>, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja.</li> <li>Inner shrine, <a href="/facts/Ise,_Mie/d0X8VuPb">Ise, Mie</a>, <a href="/facts/Mie_Prefecture/1j7qCW8b">Mie Prefecture</a>, Japan.</li> <li>Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), <a href="/facts/Kalisz/rewGBx49">Kalisz</a>, Poland (designed 1958; building commenced 1977).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Museum_of_Byzantine_Culture/M8CcB5xj">Museum of Byzantine Culture</a>, Thessaloniki, Greece.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Umeda_Sky_Building/ocYdlzdc">Umeda Sky Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Osaka/sbS1N7sl">Osaka</a> City, Japan.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Governor_Phillip_Tower/PHwATGpE">Governor Phillip Tower</a>, Sydney, Australia, by architects <a href="/facts/Denton_Corker_Marshall/DKwRTrz3">Denton Corker Marshall</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cave_of_Niaux/8qeJT8nA">Cave of Niaux</a> visitor entrance in <a href="/facts/Ari%C3%A8ge_(department)/gg8Gm6Ck">Ariège (department)</a>, France, designed by <a href="/facts/Massimiliano_Fuksas/HPcdGX20">Massimiliano Fuksas</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Construction began</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Zeitpyramide/tkuyv6gP">Zeitpyramide</a> (time pyramid) in <a href="/facts/Wemding/LyHfEqgL">Wemding</a>, Germany. Scheduled to be completed in the year 3183.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Jefferson/8yxtcjKK">Thomas Jefferson</a> (posthumous).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Cambridge_Seven_Associates/zeQoxpKo">Cambridge Seven Associates</a>, Inc.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_l%27urbanisme/SwVIDag8">Grand Prix de l'urbanisme</a> – Bernard Huet.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_prix_national_de_l%27architecture/DxfTle1s">Grand prix national de l'architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Dominique_Perrault/rSpbtsvb">Dominique Perrault</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Praemium_Imperiale/AHmofYnr">Praemium Imperiale</a> Architecture Laureate – <a href="/facts/Kenzo_Tange/krUrGnJT">Kenzo Tange</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Fumihiko_Maki/2B4URwUV">Fumihiko Maki</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Ken_Woolley/HsdXXMqw">Ken Woolley</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/Giancarlo_de_Carlo/A3bpBTko">Giancarlo de Carlo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Deere_%26_Company/l3VlubhG">Deere & Company Administrative Center</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Architects/tRTNWcoP">UIA</a> <a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Architects/tRTNWcoP">Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Fumihiko_Maki/2B4URwUV">Fumihiko Maki</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3/vDBrbusQ">Paul László</a>, Hungarian American architect (born <a href="/facts/1900_in_architecture/oP1ukoow">1900</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Thiry_(architect)/XG9JA1th">Paul Thiry</a>, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1904_in_architecture/of1CU94Y">1904</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_13/sGyISgoP">July 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Alan_McCullough_(architect)/xKlYummF">Alan McCullough</a>, American modernist architect (born c.<a href="/facts/1909_in_architecture/fcMl7XDr">1909</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_16/W7hpMxEU">August 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Alison_Smithson/YWEg93fN">Alison Smithson</a>, English architect (born <a href="/facts/1928_in_architecture/Ypo073A6">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_19/xAVwH4El">August 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Norman_Jaffe/R2kkop4o">Norman Jaffe</a>, American residential architect (born <a href="/facts/1932_in_architecture/enIURvjE">1932</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_23/0VDxMSs7">September 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Moshe_Mayer/5q8f1SjQ">Moshe Mayer</a>, Romanian Israeli architect (born <a href="/facts/1909_in_architecture/fcMl7XDr">1909</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_24/UqvFhsjm">October 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Arthur_T._Brown/7undwPwB">Arthur T. Brown</a>, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1900_in_architecture/oP1ukoow">1900</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_16/05Yaph5h">December 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Moore_(architect)/HlcCkVUR">Charles Moore</a>, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1925_in_architecture/Kfq7dmDU">1925</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. <a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Peerage" target="_blank">/wiki/Burke%27s_Peerage</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"About Us". Guildford Spectrum. Retrieved 2016-12-28. <a href="http://www.guildfordspectrum.co.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">http://www.guildfordspectrum.co.uk/about-us/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Catedral Managua: Historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-30. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024636/http://www.catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024636/http://www.catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Hardy, Paula; Vorhees, Mara; Edsall, Heidi (2005). Lonely Planet Morocco. Lonely Planet. pp. 24, 57, 82, 85. ISBN 978-1-74059-678-7. <a href="978-1-74059-678-7" target="_blank">978-1-74059-678-7</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Museum of Byzantine Culture". euromuse.net. Retrieved 2009-12-01.[dead link] <a href="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" target="_blank">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</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>