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 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.
 * 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, Lord's Media Centre.
 * 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)