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The year 1997 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Buildings 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] 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.

[edit] Buildings

• British Library in London, designed by Colin St. John Wilson, opens.
• Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
• Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.
• Globe Theatre in London, a reconstruction of the Elizabethan original, is completed.
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, opens to the public.
• Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, designed by César Pelli, was completed, and was the tallest building until 2003.
• Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia is completed.

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Richard Meier.
• Architecture Firm Award - R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects.
• 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.
• Royal Gold Medal - Tadao Ando.
• Stirling Prize - Michael Wilford, Stuttgart Music School.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• September 4 - Aldo Rossi (born 1931)