1980 in architecture

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The year 1980 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Belgrade's Western City Gate

• The Hopewell Centre in Hong Kong, China is completed.
• The Tallinn TV Tower in Tallinn, Estonia is completed for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• The Vilnius TV Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania is completed on the last day of the year.
• The Telstra Tower in Canberra, Australia is completed.
• The Western City Gate in Belgrade, Serbia is completed.
• The 2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel in Lomé, Togo is completed.
• Tower 42 in London, United Kingdom is completed.

Events

• August 23 - Demolition of Wallis, Gilbert and Partners' Art Deco Firestone Tyre Factory (1928) on the 'Golden Mile' of London's Great West Road a week before its designation as a listed building.^[1]

Awards

• Aga Khan Prize - Hassan Fathy.
• Architecture Firm Award - Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Paul Chemetov.
• Pritzker Prize - Luis Barragán.
• RAIA Gold Medal - John Andrews.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - James Stirling.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Lever House.

Births

• Jing Liu, Chinese-born architect

Deaths

• January 1 - Ernest Cormier, Canadian architect (born 1885)
• January 23 - Paul Williams, American architect (born 1894)
• February 14 - Victor Gruen, Austrian architect (born 1903)
• April 19 - Amyas Connell, New Zealand-born architect (born 1901)
• November 27 - F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (born 1882)

References

1. Jenkins, Simon. "The Anger of Firestone". The Thirties Society Journal 1: 1–2.