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The year 1980 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
* The
Buildings and structures
Buildings
* The Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong
Hopewell Centre is a , 64-storey skyscraper at 183 Queen's Road East, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The tower is the first circular skyscraper in Hong Kong. It is named after Hong Kong–listed property firm Hopewell Holding ...
, is completed.
* Balneological Hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
is completed.
* The Tallinn TV Tower in Tallinn, Estonia is completed for the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in Moscow.
* The Vilnius TV Tower
The Vilnius TV Tower ( lt, Vilniaus televizijos bokštas) is a high tower in the Karoliniškės microdistrict of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the tallest structure in Lithuania, and it belongs to the SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre ( lt, ...
in Vilnius, Lithuania is completed on the last day of the year.
* The Telstra Tower in Canberra
Canberra ( )
is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
, Australia is completed.
* The Western City Gate
The Western City Gate ( sr, Западна капија Београда, Zapadna kapija Beograda), also known as the Genex Tower ( sr, Кула Генекс, Kula Geneks) is a 36-story skyscraper in Belgrade, Serbia, which was designed in 1977 b ...
in Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
, Serbia is completed.
* The 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel in Lomé, Togo is completed.
* Thorncrown Chapel
Thorncrown Chapel is a chapel located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, designed by E. Fay Jones, and constructed in 1980. The design recalls the Prairie School of architecture popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom Jones had apprenticed. The ch ...
in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA is completed.
* Tower 42 in London, England, is completed.
* Ganter Bridge in Switzerland, designed by Christian Menn, is completed.
Events
* August 23 – Demolition of Wallis, Gilbert and Partners' Art DecoFirestone Tyre Factory
The Firestone Tyre Factory on the Great West Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow was an example of Art Deco architecture. It was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Built on a 26-a ...
(1928) on the 'Golden Mile Golden Mile or The Golden Mile may refer to:
Geographical features
* Golden Mile (Belfast), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (UK)
* Golden Mile (Blackpool), Blackpool, UK
* Golden Mile (Brentford), Brentford, UK
* Golden Mile (Leices ...
' of London's Great West Road a week before its designation as a listed building.
Awards
* Aga Khan Prize – Hassan Fathy. * Architecture Firm Award – Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates. * Grand prix national de l'architecture –Paul Chemetov
Paul Chemetov (born 10 october 1928) is a French architect and urbanist. He is best known for his collaborations with Borja Huidobro.
Biography
Chemetov was born in Paris on 6 September 1928. As a student, he belonged to the Union of Communist S ...
.
* Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
– Luis Barragán.
* RAIA Gold Medal
The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Australian Institute of Architects, awarded annually since 1960. The award was created to recognise distinguished service by Australian architects who have:
* designed or executed buildings of high merit; ...
– John Andrews John Andrews may refer to:
Sports
* John Andrews (baseball) (born 1949), American baseball pitcher
* John Andrews (cyclist) (1934–2000), British cyclist
* John Andrews (footballer, born 1950), English footballer
* John Andrews (footballer, bo ...
.
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – James Stirling.
* Twenty-five Year Award
The Twenty-five Year Award is an architecture prize awarded each year by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to "a building that has set a precedent for the last 25 to 35 years and continues to set standards of excellence for its architect ...
– Lever House.
Births
* Jing Liu, Chinese-born architect
Deaths
* January 1 – Ernest Cormier, Canadian architect (born1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
)
* January 23 – Paul Williams, American architect (born 1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
)
* February 14 – Victor Gruen, Austrian architect (born 1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...
)
* April 19 – Amyas Connell, New Zealand-born architect (born 1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
)
* November 27 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (born 1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
)
References
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