Editing 1996 in architecture (section)

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1996}}
===Buildings opened===
* [[March 15]] – [[Arken Museum of Modern Art]] in [[Copenhagen]], designed by [[Søren Robert Lund]].<ref>[http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history Arken: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107021632/http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history |date=2014-01-07 }}. Accessed 19 June 2014</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Hong Kong China Temple]], Hong Kong (inaugurated).
* [[October 3]] – [[Museum Tinguely]] in [[Basel]], Switzerland, designed by [[Mario Botta]].
* November – Museum für Gegenwart (contemporary art museum) in former [[Hamburger Bahnhof]] in [[Berlin]], converted by Josef Paul Kleihues.

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi City 1.jpg|thumb|[[Niterói Contemporary Art Museum]], Brazil]]
[[File:Dancing House (7339585566).jpg|thumb|The [[Dancing House]] in [[Prague]], Czech Republic]]
* [[Niterói Contemporary Art Museum]], Brazil, designed by [[Oscar Niemeyer]].
* Eco Building at [[Horniman Museum]], London, designed by Architype.
* [[:File:Yamanashi Fruit Museum and Garden, Japan.jpg|Fruit Museum]], [[Yamanashi, Yamanashi|Yamanashi]], Japan, designed by [[Itsuko Hasegawa]].<ref>''Japan Architect'', '''19''' (Autumn 1995) pp. 48-57.</ref>
* [[:File:Aukrustsenteret facade.jpg|Aukrust Centre]], [[Alvdal Municipality|Alvdal]], Norway, designed by [[Sverre Fehn]].
* [[Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[Denton Corker Marshall]].
* [[Shun Hing Square]], [[Shenzhen]], designed by [[K. Y. Cheung Design Associates]], the tallest building in Asia until it is surpassed the following year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shun Hing Square|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=121577|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040415093547/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121577|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 15, 2004|publisher=Emporis|accessdate=2012-10-24}}</ref>
* [[Therme Vals]] in Switzerland, designed by [[Peter Zumthor]].
* The [[Dancing House]] (Nationale-Nederlanden building) in [[Prague]], designed by [[Vlado Milunić]] with [[Frank Gehry]].
* [[Maggie's Centres|Maggie's Centre]], [[Edinburgh]], a drop-in cancer care centre; building conversion by [[Richard Murphy (architect)|Richard Murphy]].
* Orphanage (first stage), Chhebetor, [[Nepal]], designed by Hans Olav Hesseberg and Sixten Rahiff of [[Bergen School of Architecture]].
* 81 Mill Street, [[Osney]], [[Oxford]], England, a house designed for himself by Adrian James.