1980 in architecture

Buildings 's Western City Gate • The Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong, is completed. • Balneological Hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania 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. • Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA is completed. • Tower 42 in London, England, is completed. • Ganter Bridge in Switzerland, designed by Christian Menn, 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. ==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==