1990 in architecture

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The year 1990 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Atatürk Dam in Turkey is completed
• Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, designed by I. M. Pei, is completed.
• U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles, designed by architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, is completed.
• Two Prudential Plaza in Chicago is completed.
• Scripps Center in Cincinnati is completed.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Kevin Roche.
• AIA Gold Medal - E. Fay Jones.
• Architecture Firm Award - Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Jean-François Revert.
• Grand Prix national de l'architecture - Francis Soler.
• Pritzker Prize - Aldo Rossi.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Peter McIntyre.
• Royal Gold Medal - Aldo van Eyck.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Gateway Arch.
• UIA Gold Medal – Charles Correa.

Births

Deaths

• August 6 - Gordon Bunshaft (born 1909)
• June 19 - Steen Eiler Rasmussen (born 1898)
• December 31 - Giovanni Michelucci (born 1891)