Editing 1992 in architecture

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

==Events==
*At least 7 [[stave church]]es in Norway suffer [[Church arson|arson]] attacks, for some of which [[Early Norwegian black metal scene|early black metal]] musician [[Varg Vikernes]] is convicted.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goodrick-Clarke|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke|title=Black sun: Aryan cults, Esoteric Nazism and the politics of identity|year=2003|publisher=New York University Press|isbn=0-8147-3155-4|title-link=Black Sun (Goodrick-Clarke book)}}</ref>
*December 6 – [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid]] in India.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1992}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Rotterdam kunsthal achterzijde.jpg|thumb|[[Kunsthal]] in [[Rotterdam]], Holland]]
[[File:Goetz Collection Munich 3.jpg|thumb|[[Goetz Collection]]]]
[[File:8118899-exterior3-max.jpg|thumb|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/2167|work=Archnet|title=Great Mosque of Riyadh and the Old City Center Redevelopment|accessdate=2023-11-25}}</ref>
** [[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|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States]] is completed.
** [[Torre de Collserola|Collserola Tower]] in [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], is completed.
** [[Supreme Court of Israel]] in [[Jerusalem]], designed by [[Ram Karmi]] and his sister [[Ada Karmi-Melamede]], is opened.
** [[Central Plaza, Hong Kong|Central Plaza]] in [[Hong Kong]], [[China]] is completed.
** [[Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)|Bank of America Plaza]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|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.
** [[UOB Plaza One|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 (architect)|Ralph Erskine]], is completed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Samantha|last=Hardingham|title=London: a guide to recent architecture|location=London|publisher=Ellipsis|edition=3rd|year=1996|isbn=1-899858-08-3|pages=24–7}}</ref>
** [[:File:Downing College, Cambridge - Library.JPG|Maitland Robinson Library]] at [[Downing College, Cambridge]], designed by [[Quinlan Terry]].
** Møller Centre at [[Churchill College, Cambridge]], designed by [[Henning Larsen]], is opened.
** [[:File:Eglise Männistö.jpg|Männistö Church]], [[Kuopio]], Finland, designed by [[Juha Leiviskä]], is built.
** Church of St Jan Kanty, [[Kraków]], Poland, designed by [[:pl:Krzysztof Bień (architekt)|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 (tower)|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 [[Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona|Municipal Sports Stadium]], Barcelona.
*[[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Antoine Grumbach]].
*[[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Christian de Portzamparc]].
*[[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Frank Gehry]]
*[[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Alvaro Siza]].
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Glenn Murcutt]].
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Peter Rice (structural engineer)|Peter Rice]].
*[[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Salk Institute for Biological Studies]].

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

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