Editing 1999 in architecture

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The year '''1999 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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==Events==
* [[April 19]] – The [[Bundestag]] holds its first meeting at the [[Reichstag building]] in Berlin (following a redesign by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]]) since 1933.<ref>[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</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1999}}

===Buildings opened===
[[File:London Eye 4.jpg|thumb|[[London Eye]] seen from Westminster Bridge]]
* 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.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ron Slade |author2=Andrew Woodward |author3=Iain Shaw |title=Sainsbury's millennium store at Greenwich peninsula |journal=[[Institution of Civil Engineers|Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering]] |date=May 2000 |volume=138 |issue=3 |pages=112-118}}</ref>
* October – [[Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum]], Chicago, Illinois, designed by [[Perkins and Will]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum|url=http://perkinswill.com/work/peggy-notebaert-nature-museum.html|publisher=Perkins+Will|accessdate=2015-09-16}}</ref>
* [[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 (architect)|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|thumb|upright|[[Burj Al Arab]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates]]
[[File:Lille cathedrale.JPG|thumb|[[Lille Cathedral]] in France]]
* [[Burj Al Arab]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates, designed by [[Tom Wright (architect)|Tom Wright]]
* March – [[Main Tower]] in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.
* [[Jewish Museum, Berlin]], designed by [[Daniel Libeskind]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Lille Cathedral]] in France (Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille), begun in [[1854 in architecture|1854]].
* Palais de Justice de Bordeaux, [[Bordeaux]], France, designed by [[Richard Rogers Partnership]].
* [[:File:Murcia CathedralSquare1.jpg|Town Hall extension]], [[Murcia]], Spain, by [[Rafael Moneo]].
* [[Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium]], [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
* Great Court of the [[British Museum]], redesigned by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]].
* Maretas Museum, [[Lanzarote]], designed by [[Enric Miralles]] [[Benedetta Tagliabue]].
* [[Millennium Tower (Vienna)|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 Herald (Glasgow)|The Glasgow Herald]]'', opens as [[Scotland]]'s Centre for Architecture, Design and the city.
* [[:File:Hagymaház in Makó.JPG|Culture House]] ("Hagymaház" auditorium), [[Makó]], Hungary, designed by [[Imre Makovecz]].
* [[Contact Theatre]] in [[Manchester]], England, rebuilt by [[C. Alan Short|Alan Short]] and Associates.
* [[:File:Berlin, Tiergarten Potsdamer Platz, Linkstrasse 2, 4, Wohn-, Geschaefts- und Buerohaeuser.jpg|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 (Riga)|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|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Fumihiko Maki]]
* [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] – [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]]
* [[Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France]] – [[Jean Nouvel]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Richard Leplastrier]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Barcelona]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[Future Systems]] for [[Lord's Media Centre]], London<ref>{{cite web |url=https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/bim-helps-d8avid-mil5ler-archit6ects-deliver/ |title=How BIM helped refurb Lord's Media Centre |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 May 2017 |website=Construction Management |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Richard Rogers]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[John Hancock Center]]
* [[International Union of Architects|UIA]] [[International Union of Architects#UIA Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] – [[Ricardo Legorreta]] Vilchis
* [[Vincent Scully Prize]] – [[Vincent Scully]]

==Deaths==
* [[January 14]] – [[Aldo van Eyck]], Dutch [[Structuralism (architecture)|Structuralist]] architect (born [[1918 in architecture|1918]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.team10online.org/team10/eyck/index.html|title=Aldo van Eyck|publisher=Team 10 On line|accessdate=9 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Jay Pritzker]], US entrepreneur, founder of the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] (born [[1922 in architecture|1922]])
* [[August 15]] – Sir [[Hugh Casson]], British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster on 20th-century design (born [[1910 in architecture|1910]])
* [[October 3]] – [[Gordon Tait]], British architect (born [[1912 in architecture|1912]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Charlotte Perriand]], French architect and designer (born [[1903 in architecture|1903]])<ref>Charlotte Perriand by Elisabeth Vedrenne. Assouline, November 2005. {{ISBN|2-84323-661-4}}.</ref>

==References==
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