1993 in architecture

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The year 1993 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.
• date unknown - Philip Dowson becomes President of the Royal Academy.

Buildings opened

• February 23 - Guildford Spectrum, UK
• September 4 - Managua Cathedral, Nicaragua

Buildings completed

Yokohama Landmark Tower

• The Landmark Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
• Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.
• Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 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.
• Inner shrine, Ise, Mie, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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.
• 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)