Buildings

*British Library in London, designed by Colin St. John Wilson, opens.
*Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
*Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.
*Globe Theatre in London, a reconstruction of the Elizabethan original, is completed.
*Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, opens to the public.
*Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, designed by César Pelli, was completed, and was the tallest building until 2003.

Awards

*Pritzker Prize - Sverre Fehn
*Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France - Imre Makovecz
*Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart
*Stirling Prize - Michael Wilford, Stuttgart Music School

Births

Deaths

* September 4 - Aldo Rossi (born 1931)

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