The year 1996 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Eden Project, Cornwall near St Austell designed by Nicholas Grimshaw (completed 2001).
• Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niter i Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
• Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by architects Denton Corker Marshall is completed in Melbourne
• Shun Hing Square by architects K.Y. Cheung Design Associates is completed in Shenzhen, marking it the tallest building in Asia until it is surpassed the following year.^[1]
• Museum Tinguely in Basel designed by Mario Botta opens.
• Maggie's Centre, Edinburgh, a drop-in cancer care centre; building conversion by Richard Murphy.

Events

• The Stirling Prize is instituted in memory of James Stirling. The first winner is Stephen Hodder for the Centenary Building, University of Salford, Greater Manchester (opened this year).
• June 30 - The historic Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, designed by architect Wayne McAllister, is demolished.

Awards

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal Philip Johnson
• Architecture Firm Award - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Bernard Tschumi.
• Pritzker Prize - Rafael Moneo.
• Prix de l' querre d'Argent - Pierre-Louis Faloci.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Denton Corker Marshall.
• Royal Gold Medal - Harry Seidler.
• Stirling Prize - Stephen Hodder, Centenary Building, University of Salford.
• Twenty-five Year Award - United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel.
• UIA Gold Medal Rafael Moneo.

Births

Deaths

• February 14 - Alejandro de la Sota (born 1913)
• May 19 - Roy Mason (born 1938)
• July 27 - Dame Jane Drew (born 1911)
• November 23 - Ralph Tubbs (born 1912)

References

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