1997 in architecture
The year 1997 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings
- American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, designed by Foster and Partners, is officially opened.
- 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, is completed and becomes the tallest building in the European Union.
- The Sky Tower in New Zealand, the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m, designed by Craig Craig Moller Ltd, opens on March 3.
- The T & C Tower in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners and HOK, is completed.
- Getty Center in 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.
- Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
- WoZoCo housing in Amsterdam, designed by Jacob and Nathalie de Vries and Winy Maas of MVRDV, is completed.
- Rudin House, Leymen, France, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is completed.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Richard Meier.
- Architecture Firm Award – R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects.
- 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.
- RAIA Gold Medal – Roy Simpson.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Tadao Ando.
- Stirling Prize – Michael Wilford, Stuttgart Music School.
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Jaime Lerner.
- Twenty-five Year Award – Phillips Exeter Academy Library
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