Editing 1980 in architecture

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The year '''1980 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1980}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Jugotours Beograd Dec 2003.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Belgrade]]'s [[Western City Gate]]]]
* The [[Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong]], is completed.
* Balneological Hospital in [[Druskininkai]], [[Lithuania]] is completed.
* The [[Tallinn TV Tower]] in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] is completed for the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow.
* The [[Vilnius TV Tower]] in [[Vilnius]], Lithuania is completed on the last day of the year.
* The [[Telstra Tower]] in [[Canberra]], Australia is completed.
* The [[Western City Gate]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]] is completed.
* The [[2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel]] in [[Lomé]], [[Togo]] is completed.
* [[Thorncrown Chapel]] in [[Eureka Springs]], [[Arkansas]], USA is completed.
* [[Tower 42]] in London, England, is completed.
* [[Ganter Bridge]] in Switzerland, designed by [[Christian Menn]], is completed.

==Events==
* August 23 – Demolition of [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]]' [[Art Deco]] [[Firestone tyre factory (London)|Firestone Tyre Factory]] (1928) on the '[[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Golden Mile]]' of London's Great West Road a week before its designation as a [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Simon|last=Jenkins|authorlink=Simon Jenkins|title=The Anger of Firestone|journal=The Thirties Society Journal|volume=1|pages=1–2}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture|Aga Khan Prize]] – [[Hassan Fathy]].
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates]].
* [[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Paul Chemetov]].
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Luis Barragán]].
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[John Andrews (architect)|John Andrews]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]].
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Lever House]].

==Births==
* [[Jing Liu (architect)|Jing Liu]], Chinese-born architect
[[File:Ernest Cormier.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ernest Cormier]]]]

==Deaths==
* January 1 – [[Ernest Cormier]], Canadian architect (born [[1885 in architecture|1885]])
* January 23 – [[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Williams]], American architect (born [[1894 in architecture|1894]])
* February 14 – [[Victor Gruen]], Austrian architect (born [[1903 in architecture|1903]])
* April 19 – [[Amyas Connell]], New Zealand-born architect (born [[1901 in architecture|1901]])
* November 27 – [[F. Burrall Hoffman]], American architect (born [[1882 in architecture|1882]])

==References==
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