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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.
  • 6 November – Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar largely destroyed by fire.
  • 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.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

  • January – New San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Mario Botta.
  • 1 March – Kuala Lumpur Tower, Malaysia.
  • 11 April – Évry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta.
  • 20 August – BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London Hindu temple in Neasden, designed by C. B. Sompura.
  • August – Cambridge Judge Business School (England) designed by John Outram.
  • 28 November – Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Richard Meier.
  • Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, Netherlands, designed by Aldo Rossi.
  • Benedictine monastery, Tomelilla, Sweden, designed by Dom Hans van der Laan (d.1991).
  • Ojo del Sol in Berkeley, California, designed by Eugene Tsui as a home for his parents.

Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal – César Pelli.
  • Architecture Firm Award – Beyer Blinder Belle.
  • Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Juha Leiviskä
  • 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)
  • 20 September – Eulie Chowdhury, Indian architect (born 1923)

References