1985 in architecture

The year 1985 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• The Inman Report is released, with major implications for the architecture of United States embassies.

Buildings opened

• January 15 - The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan begins operation after six years construction.
• March 2 - Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower) in Seattle, Washington, United States.
• June 4 - Farø Bridges, Denmark.
• July - The DLI 63 Building in Seoul, South Korea.
• September 7 - The first concert is held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Buildings completed

• November 18 - HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, China.
• Central State Museum of Kazakhstan
• The Bank of America Plaza in Dallas, Texas, United States.
• Several notable buildings in Manhattan, New York, United States:
  • The first tower in the World Financial Center
  • New York Marriott Marquis
  • Tower 49
• The Sender Eifel-Bärbelkreuz in Hellenthal, Germany.
• Tyholttårnet in Trondheim, Norway.
• Spiral in Tokyo, Japan.
• Mjøsa Bridge, Norway.
• Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Nanjing, China.

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

Deaths

• September 30 - Herbert Bayer, Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect (born 1900)
• November 13 - William Pereira, US architect of Portuguese ancestry (born 1909)
• November 22 - Gudolf Blakstad, Norwegian architect (born 1893)