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Buildings
- May 6 - The Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France is opened. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche also known as the Chunnel, is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- September 4 - Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, designed by Renzo Piano opens as the longest building in the world. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Renzo Piano (born September 14 1937) is a world renowned Italian
- Channel 4 Building - home of the Channel 4 television company, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, opened on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Richard George Rogers Baron Rogers of Riverside, CH, FRIBA (born 23 July 1933) is a British Architect noted Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
- The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China is completed. The Oriental Pearl Tower ( Official Name 东方明珠电视塔 is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
- The Shinjuku Park Tower in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan is completed. The is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994 is one of the 23 Special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center housing the busiest train station in the world ( Shinjuku Station officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
- The World Trade Center México in Mexico City, Mexico is completed. The World Trade Center México is a building complex located in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
- The Qingdao TV Tower in Qingdao, China is completed. Qingdao TV Tower is a 232 metres tall lattice Transmission tower with an observation deck situated on the top of 116 metres high Taiping Hill in Julin Hill Park in Qingdao China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
- The International Saddam Tower in Baghdad, Iraq is completed. Baghdad Tower (previously called International Saddam Tower) is a TV tower in Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
- Igualada Cemetery is completed in Catalonia, designed by Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós. Igualada Cemetery or the Cemetery Nou in Igualada, near Barcelona, Catalonia, was designed by the architects Enric Miralles and Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Enric Miralles Moya (1955 &ndash July 3 2000) was a Catalan Architect. Carme Pinós (born 1954 is a Spanish architect Graduated at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona in 1979
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Norman Foster. The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting Norman Robert Foster Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company
- Architecture Firm Award - Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that The American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture
- Pritzker Prize - Christian de Portzamparc. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honor "a living Architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French
- Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Henri and Bruno Gaudin. The Prix d'architecture de l'Équerre d'argent (The Silver Prize is a French Architecture award
- RAIA Gold Medal - Neville Quarry.
- Royal Gold Medal - Michael and Patricia Hopkins. The Royal Gold Medal for Architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch in recognition of an individual's Sir Michael Hopkins CBE RA AADipl (b May 5 1935 in Poole, Dorset) is an English Architect
- Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown). This article concerns the French government prize For similarly named prizes aimed at other countries' nationals see Prix de Rome (disambiguation.
Births
Deaths
Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Pietro Belluschi ( August 18 1899 — February 14 1994) was a Portland Oregon architect The year 1899 in architecture involved some significant events Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat John Lautner ( 16 July, 1911 - 24 October, 1994) was an influential American Architect whose work in Southern California The year 1911 in architecture involved some significant events
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