1999 in architecture
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The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- April 19 – The Bundestag holds its first meeting at the Reichstag building in Berlin (following a redesign by Norman Foster) since 1933.[http://www.berlin.de/orte/sehenswuerdigkeiten/reichstag/index.en.php Reichstag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502022352/http://www.berlin.de/orte/sehenswuerdigkeiten/reichstag/index.en.php |date=2015-05-02 }} Berlin International
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1999}}
=Buildings opened=
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- March – Pero's Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners.
- March 6 – Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia.
- May 3 – The Venetian Las Vegas, United States (casino resort), designed by KlingStubbins.
- September 7 – Black Diamond (library) (part of Royal Danish Library) in Copenhagen, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
- September 14 - Sainsbury's, Greenwich is opened in London, designed by Chetwoods.{{cite journal |author1=Ron Slade |author2=Andrew Woodward |author3=Iain Shaw |title=Sainsbury's millennium store at Greenwich peninsula |journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering |date=May 2000 |volume=138 |issue=3 |pages=112-118}}
- October – Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois, designed by Perkins and Will.{{cite web|title=Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum|url=http://perkinswill.com/work/peggy-notebaert-nature-museum.html|publisher=Perkins+Will|accessdate=2015-09-16}}
- October 8 – The new Embassy of the United States, Ottawa, Canada, designed by David Childs, is dedicated by President Bill Clinton.
- December – Burj al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- December 31
- London Eye, designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield.
- Millennium Dome in London, designed by Richard Rogers.
- Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Jubilee line.
=Buildings completed=
File:Burj Al Arab, Dubai, by Joi Ito Dec2007.jpg in Dubai, United Arab Emirates]]
File:Lille cathedrale.JPG in France]]
- Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by Tom Wright
- March – Main Tower in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Jewish Museum, Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind.{{cite web|last=Jewish Museum Berlin|title=A Perfectly Normal Museum?|url=http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/04-About-The-Museum/01-Architecture/00-architecture.php|accessdate=2014-12-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209185631/http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/04-About-The-Museum/01-Architecture/00-architecture.php|archivedate=2014-12-09}}
- Lille Cathedral in France (Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille), begun in 1854.
- Palais de Justice de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- Town Hall extension, Murcia, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
- Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
- Great Court of the British Museum, redesigned by Norman Foster.
- Maretas Museum, Lanzarote, designed by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue.
- Millennium Tower in Vienna, Austria.
- Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Centre, Riversdale, West Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt with Reg Lark and Wendy Lewin.
- Conde Nast Building in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
- Lloyd's Register building, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- 88 Wood Street, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- Lord's Media Centre in London by Future Systems.
- Melbourne Museum by architects Denton Corker Marshall, Melbourne, Australia.
- The Lighthouse (Glasgow), a conversion by Page\Park Architects of John Keppie's offices for The Glasgow Herald, opens as Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the city.
- Culture House ("Hagymaház" auditorium), Makó, Hungary, designed by Imre Makovecz.
- Contact Theatre in Manchester, England, rebuilt by Alan Short and Associates.
- Daimler complex (Linkstraße), Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- House at La Clota, Barcelona, Catalonia, designed by Benedetta Tagliabue.
- Reconstructed House of the Blackheads in Riga, Latvia.
- Vistet Fritid (vacation cabin) prototype, Sweden, designed by Thomas Sandell and Anders Landström.
- University of Warsaw Library, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
- Supreme Court of Poland, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
- Hundertwasser Toilets, Kawakawa, New Zealand, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Fumihiko Maki
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Norman Foster
- Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Jean Nouvel
- RAIA Gold Medal – Richard Leplastrier
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Barcelona
- Stirling Prize – Future Systems for Lord's Media Centre, London{{cite web |url=https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/bim-helps-d8avid-mil5ler-archit6ects-deliver/ |title=How BIM helped refurb Lord's Media Centre |author= |date=2 May 2017 |website=Construction Management |access-date=19 October 2024}}
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Richard Rogers
- Twenty-five Year Award – John Hancock Center
- UIA Gold Medal – Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis
- Vincent Scully Prize – Vincent Scully
Deaths
- January 14 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch Structuralist architect (born 1918){{cite web|url=http://www.team10online.org/team10/eyck/index.html|title=Aldo van Eyck|publisher=Team 10 On line|accessdate=9 September 2012}}
- January 23 – Jay Pritzker, US entrepreneur, founder of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (born 1922)
- August 15 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster on 20th-century design (born 1910)
- October 3 – Gordon Tait, British architect (born 1912)
- October 27 – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)Charlotte Perriand by Elisabeth Vedrenne. Assouline, November 2005. {{ISBN|2-84323-661-4}}.