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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Refimprove|date=October 2012}} {{Year nav topic5|1990|architecture}} The year '''1990 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. ==Events== *[[Caruso St John]] architectural practice established in the U.K. by Adam Caruso and Peter St John. ==Buildings and structures== {{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1990}} [[File:HK Bank of China Tower View.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)]]]] *[[AtatΓΌrk Dam]] in [[Turkey]] is completed *[[Scotia Tower (Montreal)]] in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] *[[Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong]], designed by [[I. M. Pei]], is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1990-1992). *[[Messeturm]] in [[Frankfurt]], is completed and becomes the tallest building in the European Union (1990-1997). *[[U.S. Bank Tower]] in Los Angeles, designed by architectural firm [[Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]], is completed. *[[Two Prudential Plaza]] in Chicago is completed. *[[Scripps Center]] in Cincinnati is completed. *[[Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro]] in [[Ivory Coast]], designed by [[Pierre Fakhoury]], is consecrated as one of the world's largest churches. *The Round Building at [[Hathersage]] in the [[Peak District]] of [[England]], for [[David Mellor (cutler)]], designed by [[Michael Hopkins (architect)|Michael Hopkins]], is built.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Round Building|url=http://davidmellordesign.com/visitorCentre/theRoundBuilding.php|publisher=David Mellor|accessdate=2012-10-16}}</ref> *Construction of the [[Washington National Cathedral]] is completed. ==Awards== *[[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals#Architecture|American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal]] β [[Kevin Roche]]. *[[AIA Gold Medal]] β [[E. Fay Jones]]. *[[Architecture Firm Award]] β [[Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates]]. *[[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) β [[Sir Norman Foster]] for [[London Stansted Airport|New Stansted Airport Terminal]], London. *[[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] β [[Jean-FranΓ§ois Revert]]. *[[Grand Prix national de l'architecture]] β [[Francis Soler]]. *[[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate β [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]]. *[[Pritzker Prize]] β [[Aldo Rossi]]. *[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] β [[Peter McIntyre (architect)|Peter McIntyre]]. *[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] β [[Aldo van Eyck]]. *[[Twenty-five Year Award]] β [[Gateway Arch]]. *[[International Union of Architects|UIA]] [[International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] β [[Charles Correa]]. [[File:Steen Eiler Rasmussen.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Steen Eiler Rasmussen]]]] ==Deaths== *[[April 20]] β [[Arnold Alas]], Estonian soldier and architect (born [[1911 in architecture#Births|1911]]) * August 6 β [[Gordon Bunshaft]], American architect (born [[1909 in architecture#Births|1909]]) * June 19 β [[Steen Eiler Rasmussen]], Danish architect (born [[1898 in architecture#Births|1898]]) * December 24 β [[Judith Ledeboer]], Dutch-born English architect (born [[1901 in architecture#Births|1901]]) * December 31 β [[Giovanni Michelucci]], Italian architect (born [[1891 in architecture#Births|1891]]) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 In Architecture}} [[Category:1990 architecture| ]] [[Category:20th-century architecture]]
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