1989 in architecture

The year 1989 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Office by Coop Himmelblau in Vienna is completed.
• Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany by Frank Gehry is completed.
• Wexner Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, designed by Peter Eisenman is completed.
• US Bank Tower in Los Angeles, California, United States is completed.
• The AT&T Corporate Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States is completed.
• One Worldwide Plaza in New York City is completed.
• Two Union Square in Seattle, Washington is completed.
• The Liaoning Broadcast & TV Tower in Shenyang, China is completed.
• 900 North Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, United States is completed.
• The CitySpire Center in New York, United States is completed.
• Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, designed by I.M. Pei is completed.
• The San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California, designed by Anthony J. Lumsden, a notable example of post-modern futurist architecture, is completed.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Joseph Esherick.
• Architecture Firm Award - César Pelli & Associates.
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Michel Steinebach.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - André Wogenscky; Henri Gaudin.
• Pritzker Prize - Frank Gehry.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Robin Gibson.
• Royal Gold Medal - Renzo Piano.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Vanna Venturi House

Births

Deaths

• Hassan Fathy (born 1899)