1999 in architecture

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See also: 1998 in architecture, other events of 1999, 2000 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

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.

Awards

• 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
• Stirling Prize - Future Systems, Media Centre at Lord's

Births

Deaths

• January 23 - Jay A. Pritzker (born 1922)
• August 15 - Hugh Casson (born 1910)
• Aldo van Eyck (born 1918)fr:1999 en architecture