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The year 1991 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

thumb|[[London Stansted Airport]]

thumb|[[Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, Norway]]

  • One Canada Square at Canary Wharf in London, designed by César Pelli & Associates, becomes the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
  • Stansted Airport terminal building in Essex, England, designed by Norman Foster.
  • Rebuilt Liverpool Street station in London, designed by Nick Derbyshire, is opened.
  • The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower in Tianjin, China is completed.
  • The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, is opened.
  • Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, designed by Sverre Fehn, is built.
  • Extended Brentwood Cathedral in England, designed by Quinlan Terry, is dedicated.
  • University of Vaasa Palosaari stage 1 buildings, Finland, designed by Käpy and Simo Paavilainen.
  • Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio, United States is completed.
  • The Messeturm in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
  • QV1 in Perth, Australia.
  • Bourke Place in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
  • Melbourne Central Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
  • The Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany is completed.
  • The Guangzhou TV Tower in Guangzhou, China is completed.
  • The West Tower of the Stardust Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States is completed.
  • 101 Collins Street designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall is completed in Melbourne.
  • "The Corns" residential towers, "1000 Years" housing estate, Katowice, Poland, designed by Henryk Buszko and Aleksander Franta, is completed.
  • Team Disney Orlando, an office building in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, designed by Arata Isozaki.
  • The Keeler House in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, designed by Ray Kappe. It was destroyed in the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.

Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal – Benjamin C. Thompson.
  • Architecture Firm Award – Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects.
  • Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Jean Dellus.
  • Grand prix national de l'architecture – Christian Hauvette.
  • Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Gae Aulenti.
  • Pritzker Prize – Robert Venturi.
  • Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Norman Foster.
  • RAIA Gold Medal – Donald Bailey.
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Colin Stansfield Smith.
  • Twenty-five Year Award – Sea Ranch Condominium One

Deaths

  • August 19 – Hans van der Laan, Dutch monk and architect (born 1904)

References