1985 in architecture
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The year 1985 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is completed after 7 years construction.
- The Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower) in Seattle, Washington, United States is completed.
- The Bank of America Plaza in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
- The DLI 63 Building in Seoul, South Korea is completed.
- Fountain Place in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
- The HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, China is completed.
- The first tower in the World Financial Center in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
- The New York Marriott Marquis in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
- Tower 49 in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
- The Sender Eifel-Bärbelkreuz in Hellenthal, Germany is completed.
- Tyholttårnet in Trondheim, Norway is completed.
- Spiral in Tokyo, Japan is completed.
- Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland is completed.
Events
- The Inman Report is released, with major implications for the architecture of United States embassies.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - William Wayne Caudill (posthumous)
- Alvar Aalto Medal – Tadao Ando
- Architecture Firm Award - Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat
- Pritzker Prize - Hans Hollein
- RAIA Gold Medal - Richard Johnson
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Richard Rogers
- Twenty-five Year Award - General Motors Technical Center
Births
Deaths
- William Pereira (born 1909)
- Herbert Bayer (born 1900)