- 1994 in architecture
The year 1994 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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May 6 - TheChannel Tunnel connecting Britain andFrance is opened.
*September 4 -Kansai International Airport inOsaka ,Japan , designed byRenzo Piano opens as the longest building in the world.
*Channel 4 Building - home of the Channel 4 television company, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, opened on Horseferry Road inWestminster ,London .
* TheOriental Pearl Tower inShanghai ,China is completed.
* TheShinjuku Park Tower in theShinjuku district ofTokyo ,Japan is completed.
* TheWorld Trade Center México inMexico City ,Mexico is completed.
* TheQingdao TV Tower inQingdao ,China is completed.
* TheInternational Saddam Tower inBaghdad ,Iraq is completed.
*Igualada Cemetery is completed inCatalonia , designed byEnric Miralles andCarme Pinós .Awards
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AIA Gold Medal - Norman Foster.
*Architecture Firm Award -Bohlin Cywinski Jackson .
*Pritzker Prize -Christian de Portzamparc .
*Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Henri andBruno Gaudin .
*RAIA Gold Medal -Neville Quarry .
*Royal Gold Medal - Michael andPatricia Hopkins .
*Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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Deaths
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February 14 -Pietro Belluschi (born 1899)
*October 24 - John Lautner (born 1911)
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