• Source: 1997 in architecture

      • The year 1997 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


      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 and structures




      = Buildings

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      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.
      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.
      Nubian Museum in Aswan, inaugurated (Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2001)
      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.
      Rongomaraeroa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, designed by Cliff Whiting, is opened.
      Station F at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in London, designed by Allies and Morrison, is completed.
      Refurbishment following 1992 Windsor Castle fire in England, designed by Giles Downes, 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 – James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates for Stuttgart Music School, Germany
      Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Jaime Lerner
      Twenty-five Year Award – Phillips Exeter Academy Library


      Births




      Deaths


      May 22 – Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (born 1906)
      August 8 – Paul Rudolph (born 1918)
      September 4 – Aldo Rossi (born 1931)


      References

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