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The year 1992 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

At least 7 stave churches in Norway suffer arson attacks, for some of which early black metal musician Varg Vikernes is convicted.^[1]
December 6 – Demolition of the Babri Masjid in India.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Moller Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, England 8118899-exterior3-max.jpg — Møller Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, England

October 22: YKK Manufacturing and Engineering Centre in Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan, designed by Roy Fleetwood and Kenji Sugimura, is opened.
October 31: Kunsthal in Rotterdam, designed by Rem Koolhaas is opened.
specific date not listed:
- Great Mosque of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Old City Center Redevelopment, designed by Rasem Badran.^[2]
- Porto School of Architecture in Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira, is completed.
- 1000 de La Gauchetière in Montreal, Quebec
- 1501 McGill College in Montreal
- 1250 René-Lévesque in Montreal, Canada
- The Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States is completed.
- Collserola Tower in Barcelona, designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
- Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem, designed by Ram Karmi and his sister Ada Karmi-Melamede, is opened.
- Central Plaza in Hong Kong, China is completed.
- Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, United States is completed.
- Construction of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
- The GLG Grand in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
- SunTrust Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
- The 225 South Sixth tower in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is completed.
- United Overseas Bank Plaza One in Singapore is completed.
- Government offices, Rauma, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja, are built.
- Goetz Collection, Munich, by Herzog & de Meuron.
- The Ark, London, designed by Ralph Erskine, is completed.^[3]
- Maitland Robinson Library at Downing College, Cambridge, designed by Quinlan Terry.
- Møller Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, designed by Henning Larsen, is opened.
- Männistö Church, Kuopio, Finland, designed by Juha Leiviskä, is built.
- Church of St Jan Kanty, Kraków, Poland, designed by Krzysztof Bień, is completed.
- Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre, England, by Edward Cullinan Architects, is completed.
- Punta del Hidalgo Lighthouse on Tenerife is completed (illuminated 1994).
- Central Radio and TV Tower in Beijing, China is completed.
- The Telemax television tower in Hanover, Germany is completed.
- The Zizkov Television Tower in Prague, Czech Republic, is completed.

Awards

AIA Gold Medal – Kevin Roche
Alvar Aalto Medal – Glenn Murcutt
Architecture Firm Award – James Stewart Polshek and Partners.
Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Tadao Ando
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius for Municipal Sports Stadium, Barcelona.
Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Antoine Grumbach.
Grand prix national de l'architecture – Christian de Portzamparc.
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Frank Gehry
Pritzker Prize – Alvaro Siza.
RAIA Gold Medal – Glenn Murcutt.
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Peter Rice.
Twenty-five Year Award – Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Births

Deaths

February 22 – Aarno Ruusuvuori, Finnish architect (born 1925)
April 27 – Sir James M. Richards, English architectural writer (born 1907)
March 20 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (born 1914)
June 25 – Sir James Stirling, British architect (born 1926)
November 10 – Sir John Summerson, English architectural historian (born 1904)

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References

↑ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black sun: Aryan cults, Esoteric Nazism and the politics of identity. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4.
↑ "Great Mosque of Riyadh and the Old City Center Redevelopment". Archnet. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
↑ Hardingham, Samantha (1996). London: a guide to recent architecture (3rd ed.). London: Ellipsis. pp. 24–7. ISBN 1-899858-08-3.

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[1] Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black sun: Aryan cults, Esoteric Nazism and the politics of identity. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3155-4.

[2] "Great Mosque of Riyadh and the Old City Center Redevelopment". Archnet. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

[3] Hardingham, Samantha (1996). London: a guide to recent architecture (3rd ed.). London: Ellipsis. pp. 24–7. ISBN 1-899858-08-3.

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