title: 1982 in architecture
text: # 1982 in architecture
  
  The year 1982 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings opened
  
  * January 28 – Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, the National Parliament Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed by Louis Kahn.
  * April 29 – Sri Lankan Parliament Building in Kotte, designed by Geoffrey Bawa.
  * October 12 – National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, ACT, designed by Colin Madigan.
  * November 13 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed by Maya Ying Lin, is dedicated.
  
  ### Buildings completed
  
  * JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas, United States.
  * Rheinturm Düsseldorf in Germany.
  * Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany, designed by Hans Hollein.
  * First Canadian Centre in Calgary, Alberta
  * Nexen Building, Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
  * Kuwait National Assembly Building, designed by Jørn Utzon.
  * Rare Books Library, Newnham College, Cambridge, designed by van Heyningen and Haward.
  * Hamer Hall, part of the Arts Centre complex, in Melbourne, Australia.
  * Georgia Pacific Tower in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
  * TV-am Breakfast Television Centre in Camden Town, London, designed by Terry Farrell.
  * Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport, Wales, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
  * BellSouth Building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
  * Tower of the Juche Idea in Pyongyang, North Korea.
  * Main chapel of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand.
  * Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
  * Atlantis Condominium in Miami, Florida.
  * December – Renault Centre in Swindon, England, designed by Norman Foster.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * AIA Gold Medal – Romaldo Giurgola
  * Alvar Aalto Medal – Jørn Utzon
  * Architecture Firm Award – Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Architects LLC
  * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Claude Vasconi
  * Pritzker Prize – Kevin Roche
  * RAIA Gold Medal – John Overall (architect)
  * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Berthold Lubetkin
  * Twenty-five Year Award – Equitable Savings and Loan Building
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 10 – Charles N. Agree, American architect (born 1897)
  * March 27 – Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bengal-born structural engineer (born 1929)
  * April 20 – Şevki Balmumcu, Turkish architect (born 1905)
  * May 21 – Giovanni Muzio, Italian architect (born 1893)
  * August 4 – Bruce Goff, American architect (born 1904)
  * November 8 – David Roberts, British architect (born 1911)
  * November 16 – Peter Yates, English architect (born 1920)
  * December 18 – Sir Richard Sheppard, English architect (born 1910)
  