- 1999 in architecture
The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Jewish Museum Berlin , designed byDaniel Libeskind is completed.
* Great Court of theBritish Museum is redesigned by Norman Foster.
*Millennium Dome inLondon , designed byRichard Rogers , is completed.
*Reichstag building inBerlin , redesigned by Norman Foster, is reopened.
* The newEmbassy of the United States in Ottawa designed byDavid Childs is opened
* TheBurj al Arab inDubai ,United Arab Emirates is completed and opened.
* TheConde Nast Building inManhattan ,New York City ,United States is completed.
* TheMaintower inFrankfurt am Main ,Germany is completed.
* TheJubilee Line Extension of theLondon Underground Jubilee line is completed, featuring innovative and widely acclaimed station design.
*The London Eye , designed by David Marks andJulia Barfield opens to the public.
*Melbourne Museum by architectsDenton Corker Marshall is completed inMelbourne Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Frank Gehry .
*Architecture Firm Award -Perkins and Will .
*Grand Prix de l'urbanisme -Philippe Panerai andNathan Starkman .
*Grand prix national de l'architecture -Massimiliano Fuksas .
*Pritzker 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 .
*Vincent Scully Prize -Vincent Scully .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).
* [http://www.aiasv.org/awards_1999.php J. Parker Center] , Kevin M. Brunk.Births
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Deaths
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January 23 -Jay A. Pritzker (born 1922)
*August 15 -Hugh Casson (born 1910)
*Aldo van Eyck (born 1918)
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