The year 1996 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Eden Project, Cornwall near St Austell designed by Nicholas Grimshaw.
• Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
• Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by architects Denton Corker Marshall is completed in Melbourne
• Shun Hing Square by architects K.Y. Cheung Design Associates is completed in Shenzhen, marking it the tallest building in Asia until it was surpassed the following year.^[1]

Events

• The Stirling Prize is instituted in memory of James Stirling.

Awards

• Architecture Firm Award - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Bernard Tschumi.
• Pritzker Prize - Rafael Moneo.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Pierre-Louis Faloci.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Denton Corker Marshall.
• Royal Gold Medal - Harry Seidler.
• Stirling Prize - Stephen Hodder, Centenary Building, Salford University.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

Deaths

• February 14 - Alejandro de la Sota (born 1913)
• Roy Mason
• November 23 - Ralph Tubbs (born 1912)

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