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

Contents

• Events
• Buildings and structures
• Buildings completed
• Awards
• Deaths
• References

Events

• 19 April – Oklahoma City bombing: The blast destroys or damages 324 buildings within a 16-block radius. ^[1]
• 6 November – Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar largely destroyed by fire.
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  • 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 ]}

Buildings and structures

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – César Pelli.
• Architecture Firm Award – Beyer Blinder Belle.
• Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Juha Leiviskä
• 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.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Colin Rowe.
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Ian McHarg.
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Ford Foundation Headquarters

Deaths

• 31 March – Max Brüel, Danish architect and jazz musician (born 1927) ^[4]
• 20 September – Eulie Chowdhury, Indian architect (born 1923)

References