Editing 1993 in architecture

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The year '''1993 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[August 18]] – The 14th century [[Kapellbrücke]] covered wooden [[truss bridge]] in [[Lucerne]] (Switzerland) is largely destroyed by fire; rebuilding begins almost immediately.
* [[Philip Dowson]] becomes President of the [[Royal Academy]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mosley|editor-first=Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage|edition=107th|location=Wilmington, Delaware, USA|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]] (Genealogical Books) Ltd|year=2003}}</ref>
* [[Architekturzentrum Wien]] founded in Austria.
* [[van Heyningen and Haward Architects]] practice formed in London.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1993}}
===Buildings opened===
* [[February 23]] – [[Guildford Spectrum]], UK<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.guildfordspectrum.co.uk/about-us/|website=Guildford Spectrum|accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref>
* [[September 4]] – [[Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Managua]], Nicaragua, designed by [[Ricardo Legorreta]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Catedral Managua: Historia |url=http://catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm |accessdate=2007-10-30 |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024636/http://www.catedralmanagua.org/catedral_mnagua.htm |archivedate=2007-10-11 }}</ref>
* [[Het Nieuwe Instituut]], [[Rotterdam]], designed by [[Jo Coenen]]

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Yokohama-Landmark-Tower-02.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Yokohama Landmark Tower]]]]
* The [[Yokohama Landmark Tower|Landmark Tower]] in [[Yokohama]], Japan.
* [[Hassan II Mosque]], Casablanca, Morocco, designed by [[Michel Pinseau]] and built by [[Bouygues]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hardy|first1=Paula|last2=Vorhees|first2=Mara|last3=Edsall |first3=Heidi|title=Lonely Planet Morocco|url=https://archive.org/details/morocco00hard|url-access=registration|year=2005|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74059-678-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/morocco00hard/page/24 24], 57, 82, 85}}</ref>
* [[:File:Hämeenkylän kirkko.JPG|Hämeenkylä Church]], [[Vantaa]], Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja.
* Inner shrine, [[Ise, Mie]], [[Mie Prefecture]], Japan.
* [[:File:Kalisz Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego.JPG|Sanctuary of Divine Mercy]] (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), [[Kalisz]], Poland (designed 1958; building commenced 1977).
* [[Museum of Byzantine Culture]], Thessaloniki, Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/-cacd2487c9/?ORGID=0&letters=&city=95&country=53&topic=0&sprache=2&lim_Start=0%3E|title=Museum of Byzantine Culture|work=euromuse.net|accessdate=2009-12-01}}{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* The [[Umeda Sky Building]] in [[Osaka]] City, Japan.
* [[Governor Phillip Tower]], Sydney, Australia, by architects [[Denton Corker Marshall]].
* [[Cave of Niaux]] visitor entrance in [[Ariège (department)]], France, designed by [[Massimiliano Fuksas]].

===Construction began===
* The [[Zeitpyramide]] (time pyramid) in [[Wemding]], Germany. Scheduled to be completed in the year 3183.

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Jefferson]] (posthumous).
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Cambridge Seven Associates]], Inc.
* [[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Bernard Huet]].
* [[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Dominique Perrault]].
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Kenzo Tange]].
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]].
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Ken Woolley]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Giancarlo de Carlo]].
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Deere & Company#Subsidiaries and affiliates|Deere & Company Administrative Center]].
* [[International Union of Architects|UIA]] [[International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]].

==Births==
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==Deaths==
* [[March 27]] – [[Paul László]], Hungarian American architect (born [[1900 in architecture|1900]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Paul Thiry (architect)|Paul Thiry]], American architect (born [[1904 in architecture|1904]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Alan McCullough (architect)|Alan McCullough]], American modernist architect (born c.[[1909 in architecture|1909]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Alison Smithson]], English architect (born [[1928 in architecture|1928]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Norman Jaffe]], American residential architect (born [[1932 in architecture|1932]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Moshe Mayer]], Romanian Israeli architect (born [[1909 in architecture|1909]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Arthur T. Brown]], American architect (born [[1900 in architecture|1900]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Charles Moore (architect)|Charles Moore]], American architect (born [[1925 in architecture|1925]])

==References==
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