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The year 1985 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • The Inman Report is released, with major implications for the architecture of United States embassies.
  • International architectural firm Aedas is established by Keith Griffiths in Hong Kong as Hackett and Griffiths.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

thumb|[[Farø Bridges (south), Denmark]]

thumb|[[St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan]]

thumb|upright|The [[Spiral (building)|Spiral in Tokyo, Japan]]

  • January 15 – The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan begins operation after six years construction.
  • March 2 – Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower) in Seattle, Washington, United States.
  • June 4 – Farø Bridges, Denmark.
  • July 27 – The 63 Building officially opens as the tallest skyscraper outside North America in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.
  • August 10 – St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, designed by Aldo Spirito, is consecrated by the Pope.
  • September 7 – The first concert is held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Buildings completed

  • November 18 – HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong.
  • Central State Museum of Kazakhstan.
  • The Bank of America Plaza in Dallas, Texas, United States.
  • Several notable buildings in Manhattan, New York City, United States:
  • The first tower in the World Financial Center.
  • New York Marriott Marquis.
  • Tower 49.
  • Amarin Plaza in Bangkok, designed by Rangsan Torsuwan.
  • Pak Sha O Youth Hostel in Hong Kong, designed by Rocco Design Architects.
  • Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna.
  • The Sender Eifel-Bärbelkreuz in Hellenthal, Germany.
  • Tyholttårnet in Trondheim, Norway.
  • Calgary Municipal Building in Calgary
  • Spiral in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Mjøsa Bridge, Norway.
  • Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Nanjing, China.
  • Reconstruction of Basilica of St. Cunibert, Cologne, after bombing of Cologne in World War II.
  • Thematic House (remodeled structure) by Charles Jencks, Terry Farrell, Michael Graves and others in Holland Park, Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
  • Burnham Copse Infant School, England by Hampshire County Architects.

Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal – William Wayne Caudill (posthumous)
  • Alvar Aalto Medal – Tadao Ando
  • Architecture Firm Award – Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
  • Grand prix national de l'architecture – Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat
  • Pritzker Prize – Hans Hollein
  • RAIA Gold Medal – Richard Johnson
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Richard Rogers
  • Twenty-five Year Award – General Motors Technical Center

Births

Deaths

  • September 30 – Herbert Bayer, Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer and architect (born 1900)
  • November 13 – William Pereira, American architect of Portuguese ancestry (born 1909)
  • November 22 – Gudolf Blakstad, Norwegian architect (born 1893)
  • Dewi-Prys Thomas, Welsh architect (born 1916)
  • Naoum Shebib, Egyptian architect (born 1915)

References