title: 1993 in architecture
text: # 1993 in architecture
  
  The year 1993 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## Events
  
  * August 18 – The 14th century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne (Switzerland) is largely destroyed by fire; rebuilding begins almost immediately.
  * Philip Dowson becomes President of the Royal Academy.
  * Architekturzentrum Wien founded in Austria.
  * van Heyningen and Haward Architects practice formed in London.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings opened
  
  * February 23 – Guildford Spectrum, UK
  * September 4 – Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Managua, Nicaragua, designed by Ricardo Legorreta
  * Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, designed by Jo Coenen
  
  ### Buildings completed
  
  * The Landmark Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
  * Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.
  * Hämeenkylä Church, Vantaa, Finland, designed by Jokela & Kareoja.
  * Inner shrine, Ise, Mie, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
  * Sanctuary of Divine Mercy (Sanktuarium Miłosierdzia Bożego), Kalisz, Poland (designed 1958; building commenced 1977).
  * Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  * The Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City, Japan.
  * Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney, Australia, by architects Denton Corker Marshall.
  * Cave of Niaux visitor entrance in Ariège (department), France, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
  
  ### Construction began
  
  * The Zeitpyramide (time pyramid) in Wemding, Germany. Scheduled to be completed in the year 3183.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * AIA Gold Medal – Thomas Jefferson (posthumous).
  * Architecture Firm Award – Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.
  * Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bernard Huet.
  * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Dominique Perrault.
  * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Kenzo Tange.
  * Pritzker Prize – Fumihiko Maki.
  * RAIA Gold Medal – Ken Woolley.
  * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Giancarlo de Carlo.
  * Twenty-five Year Award – Deere & Company Administrative Center.
  * UIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 27 – Paul László, Hungarian American architect (born 1900)
  * June 27 – Paul Thiry, American architect (born 1904)
  * July 13 – Alan McCullough, American modernist architect (born c.1909)
  * August 16 – Alison Smithson, English architect (born 1928)
  * August 19 – Norman Jaffe, American residential architect (born 1932)
  * September 23 – Moshe Mayer, Romanian Israeli architect (born 1909)
  * October 24 – Arthur T. Brown, American architect (born 1900)
  * December 16 – Charles Moore, American architect (born 1925)
  