1995 in architecture

The year 1995 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

• 19 April – Oklahoma City bombing: The blast destroys or damages 324 buildings within a 16-block radius.^[1]
• 6 November – Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar largely destroyed by fire.
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  • Zaha Hadid wins the competition to design the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales. Funding is rejected in December and the project abandoned.
  • Steven Holl Architects begin construction work at St. Ignatius Chapel, Seattle University, USA.^{[citation needed]}

• January – New San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Mario Botta.
• 1 March – Kuala Lumpur Tower, Malaysia.
• 11 April – Évry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta.^[2]
• 20 August – BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London Hindu temple in Neasden, designed by C. B. Sompura.^[3]
• August – Cambridge Judge Business School (England) designed by John Outram.
• 28 November – Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Richard Meier.
• Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, Netherlands, designed by Aldo Rossi.
• Benedictine monastery, Tomelilla, Sweden, designed by Dom Hans van der Laan (d.1991).
• Ojo del Sol in Berkeley, California, designed by Eugene Tsui as a home for his parents.

• AIA Gold Medal – César Pelli.
• Architecture Firm Award – Beyer Blinder Belle.
• Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Juha Leiviskä
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Renzo Piano.
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Tadao Ando.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Christian de Portzamparc for the Cité de la Musique in Paris.
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Colin Rowe.
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Ian McHarg.
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Ford Foundation Headquarters

• 31 March – Max Brüel, Danish architect and jazz musician (born 1927)^[4]
• 20 September – Eulie Chowdhury, Indian architect (born 1923)