Editing 1995 in architecture

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The year '''1995 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* 19 April – [[Oklahoma City bombing]]: The blast destroys or damages 324 buildings within a 16-block radius.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma City Police Department Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing After Action Report|work=Terrorism Info|url=http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/okcfr_App_C.pdf|format=PDF|page=58|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703233435/http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/okcfr_App_C.pdf|archivedate=3 July 2007}}</ref>
* 6 November – [[Rova of Antananarivo]] in [[Madagascar]] largely destroyed by fire.
* ''date unknown''
** [[Zaha Hadid]] wins the competition to design the [[Cardiff Bay Opera House]] in Wales. Funding is rejected in December and the project abandoned.
** [[Steven Holl]] Architects begin construction work at St. Ignatius Chapel, [[Seattle University]], USA.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}
[[File:New SFMOMA.jpg|thumb|[[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]]]

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1995}}

===Buildings completed===
* January – New [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]], designed by [[Mario Botta]].
* 1 March – [[Kuala Lumpur Tower]], Malaysia.
* 11 April – [[Évry Cathedral]], designed by [[Mario Botta]].<ref>{{in lang|fr|en}} [http://cathedrale-evry.net/ Évry Cathedral website of the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes.]</ref>
* 20 August – [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London]] [[Hindu temple]] in [[Neasden]], designed by C. B. Sompura.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Spirit of suburbia|first=Adam|last=Hardy |journal=Perspectives on Architecture|date=November 1995|issue=19|volume=2|pages=42–47}}</ref>
* August – [[Cambridge Judge Business School]] (England) designed by [[John Outram]].
* 28 November – [[Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art]], designed by [[Richard Meier]].
* [[Bonnefantenmuseum]] in [[Maastricht]], Netherlands, designed by [[Aldo Rossi]].
* Benedictine monastery, [[Tomelilla]], Sweden, designed by Dom [[Hans van der Laan]] (d.1991).
* [[Ojo del Sol]] in [[Berkeley, California]], designed by [[Eugene Tsui]] as a home for his parents.

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[César Pelli]].
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Beyer Blinder Belle]].
* [[Carlsberg Architectural Prize]] – [[Juha Leiviskä]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Renzo Piano]].
* [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] – [[Tadao Ando]].
* [[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Christian de Portzamparc]] for the [[Cité de la Musique]] in Paris.
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Colin Rowe]].
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Ian McHarg]].
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Ford Foundation Building|The Ford Foundation Headquarters]]

==Deaths==
* 31 March – [[Max Brüel]], Danish architect and jazz musician (born [[1927 in architecture|1927]])<ref>[http://www.classic-modern.co.uk/spotlight/orskov.htm Classic modern spotlight on Torben Orskov.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725224758/http://www.classic-modern.co.uk/spotlight/orskov.htm |date=25 July 2011 }}</ref>
* 20 September – [[Eulie Chowdhury]], Indian architect (born [[1923 in architecture|1923]])

==References==
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