1995 in architecture

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The year 1995 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• 19 April - Oklahoma City bombing: The blast destroys or damages 324 buildings within a 16-block radius.^[1]
• date unknown
  • Zaha Hadid wins the competition to design the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales. Funding is rejected in December and the project abandoned.
  • Steven Holl Architects begin construction work at St. Ignatius Chapel, Seattle University, USA.

Buildings opened

• 11 April - Évry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta.^[2]
• 20 August - BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London Hindu temple in Neasden, designed by C. B. Sompura, is inaugurated.^[3]
• date unknown
  • Ojo del Sol in Berkeley, California, designed by Eugene Tsui as a home for his parents.
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Mario Botta.

Buildings completed

• date unknown
  • Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Richard Meier.
  • Kuala Lumpur Tower, Malaysia.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – César Pelli.
• Architecture Firm Award – Beyer Blinder Belle.
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Renzo Piano.
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Tadao Ando.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Christian de Portzamparc for the Cité de la Musique in Paris.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Colin Rowe.
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Ian McHarg.
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Ford Foundation Headquarters

Deaths

• 31 March - Max Brüel, Danish architect and jazz musician (born 1927)^[4]
• 20 September - Eulie Chowdhury, Indian architect (born 1923)

References

1. "Oklahoma City Police Department Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing After Action Report" (PDF). Terrorism Info. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2007.
2. (French) (English) Évry Cathedral website of the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
3. Hardy, Adam (November 1995). "Spirit of suburbia". Perspectives on Architecture. 2 (19): 42–47.
4. Classic modern spotlight on Torben Orskov.