1982 in architecture

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The year 1982 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston.

• October 12 - National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, ACT, designed by Colin Madigan, is opened.
• November 13 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, designed by Maya Ying Lin, is dedicated.
• JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, United States, is completed.
• The Rheinturm in Düsseldorf, Germany, is completed.
• The Hamer Hall, part of the Arts Centre complex, in Melbourne, Australia, is completed.
• The Georgia Pacific Tower in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
• TV-am Breakfast Television Centre in Camden Town, London, designed by Terry Farrell, is completed.
• The BellSouth Building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
• Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang, North Korea, is completed.
• The Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, is completed.
• The Atlantis Condominium in Miami is completed.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Romaldo Giurgola
• Alvar Aalto Medal – Jørn Utzon
• Architecture Firm Award - Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Architects LLC
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Claude Vasconi
• Pritzker Prize - Kevin Roche
• RAIA Gold Medal - John Overall (architect)
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Berthold Lubetkin
• Twenty-five Year Award - Equitable Savings and Loan Building

Births

Deaths

• March 10 - Charles N. Agree (born 1897)
• August 4 - Bruce Goff (born 1904)