Editing 1996 in architecture

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The year '''1996 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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==Events==
* [[June 30]] – The historic [[Sands Hotel]] on the [[Las Vegas Strip]], designed by architect [[Wayne McAllister]], is demolished.
* ''date unknown''
** The [[Stirling Prize]] is instituted in memory of [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]]. The first winner is [[Stephen Hodder]] for the [[Centenary Building]], [[University of Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]] (opened in the same year).<ref>[http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx RIBA: Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609071050/http://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx |date=2014-06-09 }}. Accessed 19 June 2014</ref>
** [[Eden Project, Cornwall]] near [[St Austell]] is designed by [[Nicholas Grimshaw]] (completed [[2001 in architecture|2001]]).
** The [[Pringle Richards Sharratt]] partnership is established in London.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1996}}
===Buildings opened===
* [[March 15]] – [[Arken Museum of Modern Art]] in [[Copenhagen]], designed by [[Søren Robert Lund]].<ref>[http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history Arken: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107021632/http://www.arken.dk/content/us/about/history |date=2014-01-07 }}. Accessed 19 June 2014</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Hong Kong China Temple]], Hong Kong (inaugurated).
* [[October 3]] – [[Museum Tinguely]] in [[Basel]], Switzerland, designed by [[Mario Botta]].
* November – Museum für Gegenwart (contemporary art museum) in former [[Hamburger Bahnhof]] in [[Berlin]], converted by Josef Paul Kleihues.

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi City 1.jpg|thumb|[[Niterói Contemporary Art Museum]], Brazil]]
[[File:Dancing House (7339585566).jpg|thumb|The [[Dancing House]] in [[Prague]], Czech Republic]]
* [[Niterói Contemporary Art Museum]], Brazil, designed by [[Oscar Niemeyer]].
* Eco Building at [[Horniman Museum]], London, designed by Architype.
* [[:File:Yamanashi Fruit Museum and Garden, Japan.jpg|Fruit Museum]], [[Yamanashi, Yamanashi|Yamanashi]], Japan, designed by [[Itsuko Hasegawa]].<ref>''Japan Architect'', '''19''' (Autumn 1995) pp. 48-57.</ref>
* [[:File:Aukrustsenteret facade.jpg|Aukrust Centre]], [[Alvdal Municipality|Alvdal]], Norway, designed by [[Sverre Fehn]].
* [[Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[Denton Corker Marshall]].
* [[Shun Hing Square]], [[Shenzhen]], designed by [[K. Y. Cheung Design Associates]], the tallest building in Asia until it is surpassed the following year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shun Hing Square|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=121577|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040415093547/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121577|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 15, 2004|publisher=Emporis|accessdate=2012-10-24}}</ref>
* [[Therme Vals]] in Switzerland, designed by [[Peter Zumthor]].
* The [[Dancing House]] (Nationale-Nederlanden building) in [[Prague]], designed by [[Vlado Milunić]] with [[Frank Gehry]].
* [[Maggie's Centres|Maggie's Centre]], [[Edinburgh]], a drop-in cancer care centre; building conversion by [[Richard Murphy (architect)|Richard Murphy]].
* Orphanage (first stage), Chhebetor, [[Nepal]], designed by Hans Olav Hesseberg and Sixten Rahiff of [[Bergen School of Architecture]].
* 81 Mill Street, [[Osney]], [[Oxford]], England, a house designed for himself by Adrian James.

==Awards==
* [[American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals#Architecture|American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal]] – [[Philip Johnson]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] LLP
* [[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) – [[Dominique Perrault]] for [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France]]
* [[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Bernard Tschumi]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Tadao Ando]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Rafael Moneo]]
* [[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Pierre-Louis Faloci]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Denton Corker Marshall]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Harry Seidler]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[Stephen Hodder]] for [[Centenary Building]], [[University of Salford]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150080306/first-building-awarded-the-stirling-prize-now-slated-for-a-primary-school |title=First building awarded the Stirling Prize now slated for a primary school |last=Daley |first=Hope |date=31 August 2018 |website=Archinect.com |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Jane Jacobs]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel]]
* [[International Union of Architects|UIA]] [[International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] – [[Rafael Moneo]]

==Deaths==
* [[February 14]] – [[Alejandro de la Sota (architect)|Alejandro de la Sota]], Spanish architect (born [[1913 in architecture|1913]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Roy Mason (architect)|Roy Mason]], American lecturer, writer and futuristic architect (born [[1938 in architecture|1938]])<ref>"Roy Mason, Obituary", ''The Futurist'', September–October 1996.</ref>
* [[July 17]] – Sir [[Geoffrey Jellicoe]], English landscape architect (born [[1900 in architecture|1900]])
* [[July 27]] – Dame [[Jane Drew]], English modernist architect and town planner (born [[1911 in architecture|1911]])
* [[November 23]] – [[Ralph Tubbs]], British architect, designer of the [[Dome of Discovery]] at the Festival of Britain (born [[1912 in architecture|1912]])

==References==
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