1984 in architecture

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The year 1984 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• May 30 - The Prince of Wales denounces a proposed modernist extension to the National Gallery, London as "a hideous carbuncle on the face of an elegant and much-loved friend", declaring his reactionary views on architecture for the first time. [1]

Buildings opened

• April 11 - PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
• May 5 - Dayabumi Complex, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• August 8 - Kylesku Bridge, Scotland, UK.
• November 18 - Lloyd's Building in London, designed by Richard Rogers.
• Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, designed by James Stirling.
• Theatres Building at the The Arts Centre complex, in Melbourne, Australia.

Buildings completed

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers in Frankfurt am Main

• Deutsche Bank Twin Towers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• Smurfit-Stone Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
• Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona, near Basel, Switzerland.
• Southeast Financial Center, Miami, Florida, United States.
• Tour Hertzienne TDF in Romainville near Paris, France.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Gordon Bunshaft
• Architecture Firm Award - Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Edmond Lay.
• Pritzker Prize - Richard Meier.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Philip Cox.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Charles Correa.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Seagram Building.
• UIA Gold Medal – Hassan Fathy.

Deaths

• May 19 - John Betjeman, English architectural writer (born 1906)
• July 24 - Arieh Sharon, Israeli architect (born 1900)
• December 22 - Vilhelm Lauritzen, Danish modernist architect (born 1894)