1999 in architecture - Definition and Overview

See also: 1998 in architecture, other events of 1999, 2000 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Buildings

• Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind is completed.
• Great Court of the British Museum is redesigned by Norman Foster.
• Millennium Dome in London, designed by Richard Rogers is completed.
• Reichstag building in Berlin, redesigned by Norman Foster is reopened.
• The new United States embassy in Ottawa designed by David Childs is opened

Awards

• Pritzker Prize - Norman Foster
• Stirling Prize - Future Systems, Media Centre at Lord's

Births

Deaths

• August 15 - Hugh Casson (born 1910)