1986 in architecture

• 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. • 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 in Cologne, Germany in New Delhi, India in Bangkok, Thailand • 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. • Y Pencadlys (County Hall), headquarters of Gwynedd County Council in Caernarfon, Wales, designed by Dewi-Prys Thomas (died 1985) 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 (collapses 1994). ==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. ==Deaths==

• February 6 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (born 1912) • February 21 – Mart Stam, Dutch architect (born 1899) • May – Ben-Ami Shulman, Israeli-American architect (born 1907) • Werner Schindler, Swiss architect (born 1905) ==References==