1999 in architecture

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The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• April 19 - The Bundestag holds its first meeting at the Reichstag building in Berlin (following a redesign by Norman Foster) since 1933.

Buildings opened

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London Eye seen from Westminster Bridge

• March - Pero's Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners.
• 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 and Julia Barfield.
  • Millennium Dome in London, designed by Richard Rogers.

Buildings completed

• March - Main Tower in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Jewish Museum, Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind.
• Lille Cathedral in France (Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille), begun in 1854.
• Great Court of the British Museum, redesigned by Norman Foster.
• Conde Nast Building in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
• Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Jubilee line.
• 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 Glasgow Herald, opens as Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the City.

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 Laureate – Fumihiko Maki
• Pritzker Architecture 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.
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Richard Rogers.
• Twenty-five Year Award - John Hancock Center.
• UIA Gold Medal – Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis.
• Vincent Scully Prize - Vincent Scully.

Deaths

• January 14 - Aldo van Eyck, Dutch Structuralist architect (born 1918)
• January 23 - Jay Pritzker, US entrepreneur, founder of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (born 1922)
• August 15 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster on 20th-century design (born 1910)
• October 27 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)