1985 in architecture

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The year 1985 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is completed after 7 years construction.
• The Columbia Center (formerly the Bank of America Tower) in Seattle, Washington, United States is completed.
• The Bank of America Plaza in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
• The DLI 63 Building in Seoul, South Korea is completed.
• Fountain Place in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
• The HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, China is completed.
• The first tower in the World Financial Center in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
• The New York Marriott Marquis in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
• Tower 49 in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
• The Sender Eifel-Bärbelkreuz in Hellenthal, Germany is completed.
• Tyholttårnet in Trondheim, Norway is completed.
• Spiral in Tokyo, Japan is completed.
• Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland is completed.

Events

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

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

Births

Deaths

• William Pereira (born 1909)
• Herbert Bayer (born 1900)