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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

thumb|[[Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland]]

thumb|right|[[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]]

  • 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&nbsp;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

Deaths

thumb|upright|[[Aldo Rossi]]

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

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