# 1992 in architecture

The year 1992 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* At least 7 stave churches in Norway suffer arson attacks, for some of which early black metal musician Varg Vikernes is convicted.
* December 6 – Demolition of the Babri Masjid in India.

## Buildings and structures
### Buildings

* October 22: YKK Manufacturing and Engineering Centre in Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan, designed by Roy Fleetwood and Kenji Sugimura, is opened.
* October 31: Kunsthal in Rotterdam, designed by Rem Koolhaas is opened.
* specific date not listed:
** Great Mosque of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Old City Center Redevelopment, designed by Rasem Badran.
** Porto School of Architecture in Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira, is completed.
** 1000 de La Gauchetière in Montreal, Quebec
** 1501 McGill College in Montreal
** 1250 René-Lévesque in Montreal, Canada
** The Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States is completed.
** Collserola Tower in Barcelona, designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
** Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem, designed by Ram Karmi and his sister Ada Karmi-Melamede, is opened.
** Central Plaza in Hong Kong, China is completed.
** Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, United States is completed.
** Construction of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
** The GLG Grand in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
** SunTrust Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is completed.
** The 225 South Sixth tower in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is completed.
** United Overseas Bank Plaza One in Singapore is completed.
** Government offices, Rauma, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja, are built.
** Goetz Collection, Munich, by Herzog & de Meuron.
** The Ark, London, designed by Ralph Erskine, is completed.
** Maitland Robinson Library at Downing College, Cambridge, designed by Quinlan Terry.
** Møller Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, designed by Henning Larsen, is opened.
** Männistö Church, Kuopio, Finland, designed by Juha Leiviskä, is built.
** Church of St Jan Kanty, Kraków, Poland, designed by Krzysztof Bień, is completed.
** Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre, England, by Edward Cullinan Architects, is completed.
** Punta del Hidalgo Lighthouse on Tenerife is completed (illuminated 1994).
** Central Radio and TV Tower in Beijing, China is completed.
** The Telemax television tower in Hanover, Germany is completed.
** The Zizkov Television Tower in Prague, Czech Republic, is completed.

## Awards

* AIA Gold Medal – Kevin Roche
* Alvar Aalto Medal – Glenn Murcutt
* Architecture Firm Award – James Stewart Polshek and Partners.
* Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Tadao Ando
* European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius for Municipal Sports Stadium, Barcelona.
* Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Antoine Grumbach.
* Grand prix national de l'architecture – Christian de Portzamparc.
* Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Frank Gehry
* Pritzker Prize – Alvaro Siza.
* RAIA Gold Medal – Glenn Murcutt.
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Peter Rice.
* Twenty-five Year Award – Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

## Deaths

* February 22 – Aarno Ruusuvuori, Finnish architect (born 1925)
* April 27 – Sir James M. Richards, English architectural writer (born 1907)
* March 20 – Lina Bo Bardi, Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect (born 1914)
* June 25 – Sir James Stirling, British architect (born 1926)
* November 10 – Sir John Summerson, English architectural historian (born 1904)