1994 in architecture

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The year 1994 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• May 6 - The Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France is opened.
• September 4 - Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, designed by Renzo Piano opens as the longest building in the world.
• Channel 4 Building - home of the Channel 4 television company, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, opened on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London.
• The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China is completed.
• The Shinjuku Park Tower in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan is completed.
• The World Trade Center México in Mexico City, Mexico is completed.
• The Qingdao TV Tower in Qingdao, China is completed.
• The International Saddam Tower in Baghdad, Iraq is completed.
• Igualada Cemetery is completed in Catalonia, designed by Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Norman Foster.
• Architecture Firm Award - Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
• Pritzker Prize - Christian de Portzamparc.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Henri Gaudin|Henri and Bruno Gaudin.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Neville Quarry.
• Royal Gold Medal - Michael and Patricia Hopkins.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Births

Deaths

• February 14 - Pietro Belluschi (born 1899)
• August 11 - Gordon Cullen (born 1914)
• October 24 - John Lautner (born 1911)