Editing 1998 in architecture

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The year '''1998 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
*[[22 May]]–[[30 September]] – [[Expo '98]] held in [[Lisbon]], Portugal. It includes the [[:File:Pavilhao Portugal 2.JPG|Pavilion of Portugal]] designed by [[Álvaro Siza Vieira]].
*[[22 December]] – [[Park Hill, Sheffield]], 1961 flatted public housing in [[South Yorkshire]], England, is Grade II* listed, making it the largest [[listed building]] in Europe.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1998}}
===Buildings completed===
[[File:Valencia Sightseeing 0001 (203798303).jpeg|thumb|right|[[City of Arts and Sciences]], [[Valencia]], Spain]]
[[File:Polaria Tromsø.jpg|thumb|[[Polaria]] in [[Tromsø]], Northern Norway]]
*[[5 April]] – [[Akashi Kaikyō Bridge]], Japan, [[List of longest suspension bridge spans|the longest suspension bridge in the world]] by the length of central span (1998–present), designed by [[Satoshi Kashima]], opened.
*[[16 April]] – [[City of Arts and Sciences]], [[Valencia]], Spain, designed by [[Santiago Calatrava]] and [[Félix Candela]], inaugurated.
*May–June – [[Preston England Temple]], [[Chorley]], England, opened.
*[[31 May]] – [[Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington]], New Zealand, opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wellingtoncathedral.org.nz/index.php/Welcome|title=Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington|accessdate=2012-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202041935/http://wellingtoncathedral.org.nz/index.php/Welcome|archive-date=2 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*June – [[Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre]], [[New Caledonia]], designed by [[Renzo Piano]], opened.
*[[6 July]] – [[Chek Lap Kok Airport]] in Hong Kong, designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chek Lap Kok Airport|url=http://www.constructmyfuture.com/Students/CoolStuff/TopTen/KOKAirport.asp|work=Cool Stuff|publisher=ConstructMyFuture.com|accessdate=16 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628230336/http://www.constructmyfuture.com/Students/CoolStuff/TopTen/KOKAirport.asp|archive-date=28 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[15 October]] – [[Bellagio (hotel and casino)|Bellagio Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]], designed by [[Marnell Corrao Associates]], opened.
* November – [[River and Rowing Museum]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], England, designed by [[David Chipperfield]].
* [[Kiasma]] Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, by [[Steven Holl]] Architects, opened.
* [[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin]], Germany (in the [[Kulturforum]]), designed by Heinz Hilmer and [[Christoph Sattler]], opened.
* [[Stadttor]] in [[Düsseldorf]], Germany, designed by [[Karl-Heinz Petzinka]], completed.
* [[Waterside (building)]] at [[Harmondsworth]], England, international headquarters of the airline [[British Airways]], designed by [[Niels Torp]], opened.
* [[Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre]] in Switzerland, designed by [[Jean Nouvel]], opened.
*[[Jin Mao Building]] in Shanghai, designed by [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], completed.
*[[Petronas Towers]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], designed by [[César Pelli]], completed; it becomes the [[List of tallest buildings in Malaysia| tallest buildings in Malaysia]] (1998–present), tallest building in the British Commonwealth  (1998–2018) and [[List of tallest buildings in the world|tallest building in the world]] (1998–2004).
*[[B 018]] nightclub in [[Beirut]], designed by [[Bernard Khoury]].
* [[Polaria]] and the Polar Environment Centre in Tromsø, Norway<ref>[http://arkitekturguide.uit.no/categories.php?cat_id=121 Polar Environment Centre and Polaria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035047/http://arkitekturguide.uit.no/categories.php?cat_id=121 |date=4 March 2016 }} in The Architecture Guide for Northern Norway and Svalbard</ref>
* [[North Woolwich]] pumping station in [[London Docklands]], designed by [[Nicholas Grimshaw]] & Partners.
* [[Malator]] ([[earth house]]) in Wales, designed by [[Future Systems]].

==Awards==
*[[Alvar Aalto Medal]] – [[Steven Holl]]
*[[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Centerbrook Architects & Planners]]
*[[Carlsberg Architectural Prize]] – [[Peter Zumthor]]
*[[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) – [[Peter Zumthor]] for [[Kunsthaus Bregenz]]
*[[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Christian Devillers]]
*[[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Jacques Hondelatte]]
*[[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Álvaro Siza]]
*[[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Renzo Piano]]
*[[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Rem Koolhaas]]
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Gabriel Poole]]
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Oscar Niemeyer]]
*[[Stirling Prize]] – [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]] and [[Foster and Partners|Partners]] for [[Imperial War Museum Duxford|Imperial War Museum]], [[Duxford]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=5 December 2020 |title=Duxford's iconic American Air Museum awarded Grade II* listed status |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-12-04/duxfords-iconic-american-air-museum-awarded-grade-ii-listed-status |work=ITV News |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Jaquelin T. Robertson]]
*[[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Kimbell Art Museum]]

==Deaths==
*[[6 January]] – [[Francis Skinner (architect)|Francis Skinner]], British architect (born [[1908 in architecture|1908]])
*[[January 12|12 January]] – [[Marya Lilien]], Polish-American architect (born 1900 or 1901)
*[[13 June]] – [[Lúcio Costa]], Brazilian architect and urban planner (born [[1902 in architecture|1902]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Gerald W. R.|last=Ward|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art|year=2008|page=121|quote=...and the burgeoning school of modern architecture in Latin America, most notably at the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro (now the Palácio da Cultura, 1937–43) by Lúcio Costa (1902–98)...}}</ref>
*[[29 August]] – [[Erik Asmussen]], Danish-born architect (born [[1913 in architecture|1913]])
*[[31 October]] – [[Rosemary Stjernstedt]], British architect (born [[1912 in architecture|1912]])
*[[14 November]] – [[Albert Frey (architect)|Albert Frey]], Californian "desert modernist" architect (born [[1903 in architecture|1903]])
*[[24 November]] – [[Minnette de Silva]], Sri Lankan modernist architect (born [[1918 in architecture|1918]])

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