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Overview of the events of 1999 in architecture
The year 1999 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- March –
Pero's Bridge in
Bristol, England, designed by Eilis O'Connell with
Ove Arup & Partners.
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March 6 –
Stadium Australia in
Sydney, Australia.
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May 3 –
The Venetian Las Vegas, United States (casino resort), designed by
KlingStubbins.
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September 7 –
Black Diamond (library) (part of
Royal Danish Library) in
Copenhagen, designed by
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
- October –
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois, designed by
Perkins and Will.
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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.
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December 31
Buildings completed
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Burj Al Arab in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by
Tom Wright
- March –
Main Tower in
Frankfurt, Germany.
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Jewish Museum, Berlin, designed by
Daniel Libeskind.
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Lille Cathedral in France (Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille), begun in
1854.
- Palais de Justice de Bordeaux,
Bordeaux, France, designed by
Richard Rogers Partnership.
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Town Hall extension,
Murcia, Spain, by
Rafael Moneo.
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Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium,
San Sebastián,
Basque Country, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
- Great Court of the
British Museum, redesigned by
Norman Foster.
- Maretas Museum,
Lanzarote, designed by
Enric Miralles
Benedetta Tagliabue.
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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.
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Conde Nast Building in
Manhattan, New York City, United States.
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Lloyd's Register building, London, designed by
Richard Rogers Partnership.
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88 Wood Street, London, designed by
Richard Rogers Partnership.
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Lord's Media Centre in London by
Future Systems.
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Melbourne Museum by architects
Denton Corker Marshall,
Melbourne, Australia.
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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.
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Culture House ("Hagymaház" auditorium),
Makó, Hungary, designed by
Imre Makovecz.
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Contact Theatre in
Manchester, England, rebuilt by
Alan Short and Associates.
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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 in
Riga, Latvia.
- Vistet Fritid (vacation cabin) prototype, Sweden, designed by Thomas Sandell and Anders Landström.
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University of Warsaw Library, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
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Supreme Court of Poland, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
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Hundertwasser Toilets,
Kawakawa, New Zealand, designed by
Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Awards
Deaths
References