1997 in architecture

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The year 1997 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

• September 26 - An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi (constructed 1228-1253) to collapse.

Buildings

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

• American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, designed by Foster and Partners, is officially opened (Stirling Prize 1998).
• 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 (1997-2012).
• The Sky Tower (Auckland) in New Zealand, the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), designed by Craig Craig Moller Ltd, opens on March 3.^[1]
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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

Births

Deaths

• August 8 - Paul Rudolph (born 1918)^[2]
• September 4 - Aldo Rossi (born 1931)

References

1. "Sky Tower". Structurae. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
2. Muschamp, Herbert (August 9, 1997). "Paul Rudolph Is Dead at 78; Modernist Architect of the 60's". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.