Editing 1996 in architecture (section)

==Awards==
* [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals#Architecture|American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal]] – [[Philip Johnson]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] LLP
* [[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) – [[Dominique Perrault]] for [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France]]
* [[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Bernard Tschumi]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Tadao Ando]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Rafael Moneo]]
* [[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Pierre-Louis Faloci]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Denton Corker Marshall]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Harry Seidler]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[Stephen Hodder]] for [[Centenary Building]], [[University of Salford]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150080306/first-building-awarded-the-stirling-prize-now-slated-for-a-primary-school |title=First building awarded the Stirling Prize now slated for a primary school |last=Daley |first=Hope |date=31 August 2018 |website=Archinect.com |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Jane Jacobs]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel]]
* [[International Union of Architects|UIA]] [[International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] – [[Rafael Moneo]]