1997 in architecture

• September 26 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi (constructed 1228–1253) to collapse.

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• American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, designed by Foster and Partners, is officially opened (Stirling Prize 1998).
• British Library in London, designed by Colin St John Wilson, opens.
• Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, designed by Foster and Partners, is completed.
• Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, designed by Norman Foster, is completed and becomes the tallest building in the European Union (1997–2012).
• The Sky Tower (Auckland) in New Zealand, the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), designed by Craig Craig Moller Ltd, opens on March 3.{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000888|title=Sky Tower|work=Structurae|accessdate=2013-03-03}}
• The T & C Tower in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners and HOK, is completed.
• Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.
• Shakespeare's Globe in London, a reconstruction of the Elizabethan Globe Theatre, is officially opened.
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, opens to the public.
• Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, designed by César Pelli, are completed, constituting the world's tallest building until 2003.
• Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel, Switzerland, designed by Renzo Piano, is opened.
• Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, designed by Peter Zumthor, is opened.
• Katuaq cultural centre, Nuuk, Greenland, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, opens on February 15.
• Nubian Museum in Aswan, inaugurated (Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2001)
• Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
• WoZoCo housing in Amsterdam, designed by Jacob and Nathalie de Vries and Winy Maas of MVRDV, is completed.
• Rudin House, Leymen, France, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is completed.{{cite web|title=Rudin House|url=https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/rudin-house/ |website=wikiarquitectura|accessdate=2017-12-20}}
• Rongomaraeroa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, designed by Cliff Whiting, is opened.
• Station F at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in London, designed by Allies and Morrison, is completed.{{cite web|url=http://www.alliesandmorrison.com/project/abbey-mills-pumping-station/|title=Abbey Mills Pumping Station - Allies and Morrison|work=alliesandmorrison.com|access-date=2015-10-09|archive-date=2015-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918200342/http://www.alliesandmorrison.com/project/abbey-mills-pumping-station/|url-status=dead}}
• Refurbishment following 1992 Windsor Castle fire in England, designed by Giles Downes, is completed.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/31069.stm|title=Windsor Castle: five years from disaster to triumph|work=BBC News|date=1997-11-17}}

• AIA Gold Medal – Richard Meier
• Architecture Firm Award – R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Richard Meier
• 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
• RAIA Gold Medal – Roy Simpson
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Tadao Ando
• Stirling Prize – James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates for Stuttgart Music School, Germany{{cite web |url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/know-your-architects/a7007-stirling-prize-james-stirling-michael-wilford-and-associates/ |title=Stirling Prize: James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates |last=Ramanathan |first=Nivedhakavyasree |date= |website=Rethinking The Future |access-date=19 October 2024}}
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Jaime Lerner
• Twenty-five Year Award – Phillips Exeter Academy Library

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• May 22 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (born 1906)
• August 8 – Paul Rudolph (born 1918){{cite news |title=Paul Rudolph Is Dead at 78; Modernist Architect of the 60's |first=Herbert |last=Muschamp |authorlink=Herbert Muschamp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1997 |accessdate=June 21, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408174647/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/arts/paul-rudolph-is-dead-at-78-modernist-architect-of-the-60-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archivedate=2012-04-08 |url-status=dead }}
• September 4 – Aldo Rossi (born 1931)

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