1986 in architecture

The year 1986 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• March 15 - Hotel New World disaster: The six-story Lian Yak Building (1971) in Singapore, housing the Hotel New World, collapses in less than a minute due to structural failure, perhaps caused by a gas explosion, trapping 50 people and killing 33.

Buildings

Lloyd's Building

• May 11 - The Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, in Barranquilla, Colombia, is opened.
• July 29 - Glasgow Sheriff Court Building in Glasgow, Scotland is formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• November 13 - The Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India, is completed.
• November 18 - The Lloyd's Building in the City of London, UK, is opened.
• The nave of Hallgrímskirkja, a church in Reykjavík, Iceland, is consecrated.
• Museum Tower in Miami, Florida, is completed.
• Park Pobedy started.
• Rialto Towers in Melbourne, Australia, is completed.
• Temasek Tower in Singapore is completed.
• The AXA Center in New York, United States, is completed.
• The Dakin Building in Brisbane, California, is completed
• The Robot Building in Bangkok, Thailand, is completed.
• The Swissôtel The Stamford in Singapore is completed.
• The Fernmeldeturm Münster in Münster, Germany, is completed.
• The Tortoise Mountain TV Tower in Wuhan, China, is completed.
• The Town Pavilion in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States, is completed.
• Zendstation Roosendaal in Roosendaal, Netherlands, is completed.
• The Lipstick Building in New York City, New York, United States, is completed.
• 1221 Brickell Building in Miami, Florida, is completed.
• 701 Brickell Avenue in Miami, Florida, is completed.

Awards

• Aga Khan Prize - Rifat Chadirji.
• AIA Gold Medal - Arthur Charles Erickson.
• Architecture Firm Award - Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Adrien Fainsilber.
• Pritzker Prize - Gottfried Boehm.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Adrien Fainsilber.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Richard Butterworth.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Arata Isozaki.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Births

Deaths

• February 6 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (born 1912)
• February 21 - Mart Stam, Dutch architect (born 1899)
• Werner Schindler, Swiss architect (born 1905)