1986 in architecture

Events

• March 15 – Hotel New World disaster: The six-story Lian Yak Building 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.
• undated
• *Construction work begins on Park Pobedy station in the Moscow Metro.
• *schmidt hammer lassen architects founded in Aarhus, Denmark.

  Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• January 17 – The Buenos Aires Argentina Temple is dedicated by Thomas S. Monson.
• May 11 – The Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, in Barranquilla, Colombia.
• July 29 – Glasgow Sheriff Court Building in Glasgow, Scotland, formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• September 14 – Museum Ludwig and Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne, Germany, designed by Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer.
• October 23 – The Beirut Memorial in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA, is dedicated.
• October 26 – The nave of Hallgrímskirkja, a church in Reykjavík, Iceland, is consecrated.
• November 18 – The Lloyd's Building in the City of London, UK
• December 24 – The Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India, designed by Fariborz Sahba.

  Buildings completed

• Museum Tower in Miami, Florida, United States.
• Rialto Towers in Melbourne, Australia.
• Temasek Tower in Singapore.
• The AXA Center in New York City, United States.
• The Dakin Building in Brisbane, California, United States.
• The Robot Building in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Nabemba Tower, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
• The Fernmeldeturm Münster in Münster, Germany.
• The Tortoise Mountain TV Tower in Wuhan, China.
• The Town Pavilion in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
• Zendstation Roosendaal in Roosendaal, Netherlands.
• The Lipstick Building in New York City, United States.
• 1221 Brickell Building in Miami, Florida, United States.
• 701 Brickell Avenue in Miami, Florida, United States.
• Henbury Hall, Cheshire, England, designed by Julian Bicknell after Palladio as depicted by Felix Kelly.
• :File:Caernarfon - panoramio.jpg|Y Pencadlys, headquarters of Gwynedd County Council in Caernarfon, Wales, designed by Dewi-Prys Thomas and executed by Council architects Merfyn Roberts and Terry Potter.
• Russian State Scientific Center of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, Saint Petersburg, designed by B. I. Artiushin and S. V. Savin.
• Te Rata Bridge, King Country, New Zealand.

  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
• February 21 – Mart Stam, Dutch architect
• May – Ben-Ami Shulman, Israeli-American architect
• Werner Schindler, Swiss architect