1987 in architecture

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The year 1987 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Menil Collection, in Houston, Texas, United States, designed by architect Renzo Piano, is opened to the public.
• The Riga Radio & TV Tower in Riga, Latvia is completed.
• One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, United States is completed.
• One Atlantic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States is completed.
• The Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower in Xian, China is completed.
• Comerica Bank Tower in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
• Metropolitan Tower in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States is completed.
• The JPMorgan Chase Tower in Dallas, Texas, United States is completed.
• The tower at Stade Olympique et La Tour de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is completed after a number of strikes by workers.
• The CenTrust Tower in Miami is completed.
• The original 7 World Trade Center is completed in Lower Manhattan, New York as the final building in the original World Trade Center complex.

Events

• August 13 - First building in England of post-war design to be Listed: Bracken House in the City of London, designed by Sir Albert Richardson as the Financial Times headquarters (1955–9).^[1]

Awards

• Aga Khan Prize - Jean Nouvel for the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.
• Architecture Firm Award - Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Inc..
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Jean Nouvel.
• Pritzker Prize - Kenzo Tange.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Jean Nouvel and Architecture Studio for the Institute of the Arab World in Paris.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Daryl Jackson.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Ralph Erskine.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Bavinger House.
• UIA Gold Medal – Reima Pietila.

Births

Deaths

• 15 November - Ernő Goldfinger (born 1902)

References