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1996 in architecture
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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – The historic <a href="/facts/Sands_Hotel/ADDe29Hl">Sands Hotel</a> on the <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Strip/pDH2kIzl">Las Vegas Strip</a>, designed by architect <a href="/facts/Wayne_McAllister/cfJwpurQ">Wayne McAllister</a>, is demolished.</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Stirling_Prize/0DujsKWm">Stirling Prize</a> is instituted in memory of <a href="/facts/James_Stirling_(architect)/0vzl6k86">James Stirling</a>. The first winner is <a href="/facts/Stephen_Hodder/GwqyQIJc">Stephen Hodder</a> for the <a href="/facts/Centenary_Building/0lttxpz8">Centenary Building</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Salford/KyExo9zQ">University of Salford</a>, <a href="/facts/Greater_Manchester/4TfqHG2k">Greater Manchester</a> (opened in the same year).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eden_Project%2c_Cornwall/S6ssslAM">Eden Project, Cornwall</a> near <a href="/facts/St_Austell/w5Mv0LAr">St Austell</a> is designed by <a href="/facts/Nicholas_Grimshaw/z7zS4pBo">Nicholas Grimshaw</a> (completed <a href="/facts/2001_in_architecture/CRU1nWnL">2001</a>).</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Pringle_Richards_Sharratt/fgD9ojYH">Pringle Richards Sharratt</a> partnership is established in London.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1996</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Arken_Museum_of_Modern_Art/GlvT2AbF">Arken Museum of Modern Art</a> in <a href="/facts/Copenhagen/58Tl28IX">Copenhagen</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25B8ren_Robert_Lund/Pcjzawzs">Søren Robert Lund</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_26/csvDW5GY">May 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_China_Temple/oj50jHWs">Hong Kong China Temple</a>, Hong Kong (inaugurated).</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_3/vvevkuTv">October 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Museum_Tinguely/Cu0KLq5v">Museum Tinguely</a> in <a href="/facts/Basel/EzXbzbUx">Basel</a>, Switzerland, designed by <a href="/facts/Mario_Botta/Xorr16Sp">Mario Botta</a>.</li> <li>November – Museum für Gegenwart (contemporary art museum) in former <a href="/facts/Hamburger_Bahnhof/TdUfKFIy">Hamburger Bahnhof</a> in <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>, converted by Josef Paul Kleihues.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Niter%25C3%25B3i_Contemporary_Art_Museum/QP3D5n7m">Niterói Contemporary Art Museum</a>, Brazil, designed by <a href="/facts/Oscar_Niemeyer/UbSYBGEC">Oscar Niemeyer</a>.</li> <li>Eco Building at <a href="/facts/Horniman_Museum/h1bepTxK">Horniman Museum</a>, London, designed by Architype.</li> <li>Fruit Museum, <a href="/facts/Yamanashi%2c_Yamanashi/m4nE3pqA">Yamanashi</a>, Japan, designed by <a href="/facts/Itsuko_Hasegawa/KjUDfpYl">Itsuko Hasegawa</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Aukrust Centre, <a href="/facts/Alvdal/xyUX8KSx">Alvdal</a>, Norway, designed by <a href="/facts/Sverre_Fehn/q66VjwQK">Sverre Fehn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Melbourne_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre/sGWGfA2x">Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre</a> in <a href="/facts/Melbourne/EHY9YxI0">Melbourne</a>, Australia, designed by <a href="/facts/Denton_Corker_Marshall/DKwRTrz3">Denton Corker Marshall</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shun_Hing_Square/jecjcy3b">Shun Hing Square</a>, <a href="/facts/Shenzhen/B8rnXRf8">Shenzhen</a>, designed by K. Y. Cheung Design Associates, the tallest building in Asia until it is surpassed the following year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Therme_Vals/oCqv6LsJ">Therme Vals</a> in Switzerland, designed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Zumthor/j95C6qJn">Peter Zumthor</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Dancing_House/j3xRzx6t">Dancing House</a> (Nationale-Nederlanden building) in <a href="/facts/Prague/txpRNTUE">Prague</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Vlado_Miluni%25C4%2587/qI3I3fwV">Vlado Milunić</a> with <a href="/facts/Frank_Gehry/tSunALsf">Frank Gehry</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maggie%2527s_Centres/2PGX3J6u">Maggie's Centre</a>, <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, a drop-in cancer care centre; building conversion by <a href="/facts/Richard_Murphy_(architect)/J8JEA5nP">Richard Murphy</a>.</li> <li>Orphanage (first stage), Chhebetor, <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a>, designed by Hans Olav Hesseberg and Sixten Rahiff of <a href="/facts/Bergen_School_of_Architecture/mpUcRSVD">Bergen School of Architecture</a>.</li> <li>81 Mill Street, <a href="/facts/Osney/E5RdCg7J">Osney</a>, <a href="/facts/Oxford/kHvWDTXW">Oxford</a>, England, a house designed for himself by Adrian James.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Gold_Medals/6x58KDnc">American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Johnson/zW682weu">Philip Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Skidmore%2c_Owings_%2526_Merrill/nzd6KsqJ">Skidmore, Owings & Merrill</a> LLP</li> <li><a href="/facts/European_Union_Prize_for_Contemporary_Architecture/8jRmlRrw">European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture</a> (<a href="/facts/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Prize/8jRmlRrw">Mies van der Rohe Prize</a>) – <a href="/facts/Dominique_Perrault/rSpbtsvb">Dominique Perrault</a> for <a href="/facts/Biblioth%25C3%25A8que_Nationale_de_France/4TNyWsxG">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_prix_national_de_l%2527architecture/DxfTle1s">Grand prix national de l'architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Bernard_Tschumi/koUxX9Yu">Bernard Tschumi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Praemium_Imperiale/AHmofYnr">Praemium Imperiale</a> Architecture Laureate – <a href="/facts/Tadao_Ando/pFT4XCd8">Tadao Ando</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Rafael_Moneo/KxbEtVbu">Rafael Moneo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prix_de_l%2527%25C3%2589querre_d%2527Argent/VvCpkuqH">Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent</a> – Pierre-Louis Faloci</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Denton_Corker_Marshall/DKwRTrz3">Denton Corker Marshall</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/Harry_Seidler/P3QnTHpr">Harry Seidler</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stirling_Prize/0DujsKWm">Stirling Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Stephen_Hodder/GwqyQIJc">Stephen Hodder</a> for <a href="/facts/Centenary_Building/0lttxpz8">Centenary Building</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Salford/KyExo9zQ">University of Salford</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Jefferson_Medal_in_Architecture/fMfykP74">Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Jane_Jacobs/oN7j2Dzl">Jane Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Chapel/puqpNo5j">United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel</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/Rafael_Moneo/KxbEtVbu">Rafael Moneo</a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Alejandro_de_la_Sota_(architect)/kkTvXNpS">Alejandro de la Sota</a>, Spanish architect (born <a href="/facts/1913_in_architecture/JBvm0TSn">1913</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Roy_Mason_(architect)/V4mEv22w">Roy Mason</a>, American lecturer, writer and futuristic architect (born <a href="/facts/1938_in_architecture/jtrJWIq5">1938</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_17/L9LMYksJ">July 17</a> – Sir <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Jellicoe/m5HIfFxG">Geoffrey Jellicoe</a>, English landscape architect (born <a href="/facts/1900_in_architecture/oP1ukoow">1900</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – Dame <a href="/facts/Jane_Drew/EtocpEhE">Jane Drew</a>, English modernist architect and town planner (born <a href="/facts/1911_in_architecture/bmd3a6qw">1911</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_23/8SFDmo7f">November 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Ralph_Tubbs/4dBXXBJB">Ralph Tubbs</a>, British architect, designer of the <a href="/facts/Dome_of_Discovery/blGzF4XX">Dome of Discovery</a> at the Festival of Britain (born <a href="/facts/1912_in_architecture/sBqGeWAY">1912</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>RIBA: Awards Archived 2014-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 19 June 2014 <a href="http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Arken: History Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 19 June 2014 <a href="http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history" target="_blank">http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Japan Architect, 19 (Autumn 1995) pp. 48-57. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Shun Hing Square". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved 2012-10-24. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040415093547/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121577" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20040415093547/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121577</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Daley, Hope (31 August 2018). "First building awarded the Stirling Prize now slated for a primary school". Archinect.com. Retrieved 19 October 2024. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150080306/first-building-awarded-the-stirling-prize-now-slated-for-a-primary-school" target="_blank">https://archinect.com/news/article/150080306/first-building-awarded-the-stirling-prize-now-slated-for-a-primary-school</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Roy Mason, Obituary", The Futurist, September–October 1996. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>