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The year '''1997 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* September 26 – An [[earthquake]] strikes the Italian regions of [[Umbria]] and [[Marche]], causing part of the [[Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi|Basilica of St. Francis]] at [[Assisi]] (constructed [[1220s in architecture|1228]]–[[1250s in architecture|1253]]) to collapse.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1997}}
===Buildings===
[[File:The Clyde Auditorium (SECC) (3814217677).jpg|thumb|[[Clyde Auditorium]] in [[Glasgow]], Scotland]]
[[File:Guggenheim-bilbao-jan05.jpg|thumb|right|[[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]]]]
* 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, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], is completed and becomes the tallest building in the European Union (1997–2012).
* The [[Sky Tower (Auckland)]] in [[New Zealand]], the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest free-standing structure]] in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] at 328&nbsp;m (1,076 ft), designed by Craig Craig Moller Ltd, opens on March 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000888|title=Sky Tower|work=[[Structurae]]|accessdate=2013-03-03}}</ref>
* The [[85 Sky Tower|T & C Tower]] in [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]], designed by [[Chu-Yuan Lee|C. Y. Lee]] & Partners and [[HOK (firm)|HOK]], is completed.
* [[Getty Center]] in [[Los Angeles, California|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 Melbourne|Crown Casino]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia is completed.
* WoZoCo housing in [[Amsterdam]], designed by [[Jacob van Rijs|Jacob]] and [[Nathalie de Vries]] and [[Winy Maas]] of [[MVRDV]], is completed.
* Rudin House, [[Leymen]], France, designed by [[Herzog & de Meuron]], is completed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rudin House|url=https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/rudin-house/ |website=wikiarquitectura|accessdate=2017-12-20}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Refurbishment following [[1992 Windsor Castle fire]] in England, designed by Giles Downes, is completed.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Richard Meier]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|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]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Roy Simpson (architect)|Roy Simpson]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Tadao Ando]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], [[Michael Wilford]] and Associates for [[State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart|Stuttgart Music School]], Germany<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Jaime Lerner]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Phillips Exeter Academy Library]]

==Births==
[[File:AldoRossi.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Aldo Rossi]]]]

==Deaths==
* May 22 – [[Alziro Bergonzo]], Italian architect and painter (born [[1906 in architecture|1906]])
* August 8 – [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]] (born [[1918 in architecture|1918]])<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* September 4 – [[Aldo Rossi]] (born [[1931 in architecture|1931]])

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