# 1999 in architecture

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 and structures
### Buildings opened

* March – Pero's Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners.
* March 6 – Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia.
* May 3 – The Venetian Las Vegas, United States (casino resort), designed by KlingStubbins.
* September 7 – Black Diamond (library) (part of Royal Danish Library) in Copenhagen, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
* September 14 - Sainsbury's, Greenwich is opened in London, designed by Chetwoods.
* October – Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois, designed by Perkins and Will.
* 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.
** Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Jubilee line.

### Buildings completed

* Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by Tom Wright
* 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.
* Palais de Justice de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
* Town Hall extension, Murcia, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
* 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.
* 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.
* Conde Nast Building in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
* Lloyd's Register building, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
* 88 Wood Street, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
* Lord's Media Centre in London by Future Systems.
* 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.
* Culture House ("Hagymaház" auditorium), Makó, Hungary, designed by Imre Makovecz.
* Contact Theatre in Manchester, England, rebuilt by Alan Short and Associates.
* 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.
* University of Warsaw Library, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
* Supreme Court of Poland, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
* Hundertwasser Toilets, Kawakawa, New Zealand, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

## 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
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Barcelona
* Stirling Prize – Future Systems for Lord's Media Centre, London
* 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 3 – Gordon Tait, British architect (born 1912)
* October 27 – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)