1999 in architecture

1999 in architecture

The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

* Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind is completed.
* Great Court of the British Museum is redesigned by Norman Foster.
* Millennium Dome in London, designed by Richard Rogers, is completed.
* Reichstag building in Berlin, redesigned by Norman Foster, is reopened.
* The new Embassy of the United States in Ottawa designed by David Childs is opened
* The Burj al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is completed and opened.
* The Conde Nast Building in Manhattan, New York City, United States is completed.
* The Maintower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
* The Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Jubilee line is completed, featuring innovative and widely acclaimed station design.
*The London Eye, designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield opens to the public.
*Melbourne Museum by architects Denton Corker Marshall is completed in Melbourne

Awards

*AIA Gold Medal - Frank Gehry.
*Architecture Firm Award - Perkins and Will.
*Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Philippe Panerai and Nathan Starkman.
*Grand prix national de l'architecture - Massimiliano Fuksas.
*Pritzker Prize - Norman Foster.
*Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France - Jean Nouvel.
*RAIA Gold Medal - Richard Leplastrier.
*Royal Gold Medal - Barcelona.
*Stirling Prize - Future Systems, Media Centre at Lord's.
*Vincent Scully Prize - Vincent Scully.
*Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
* [http://www.aiasv.org/awards_1999.php J. Parker Center] , Kevin M. Brunk.

Births

*

Deaths

* January 23 - Jay A. Pritzker (born 1922)
* August 15 - Hugh Casson (born 1910)
* Aldo van Eyck (born 1918)


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