1999 in architecture
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The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
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The London Eye seen from Westminster Bridge
- 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
[edit] 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).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Jay A. Pritzker (born 1922)
- August 15 - Hugh Casson (born 1910)
- Aldo van Eyck (born 1918)fr:1999 en architecture
