1997 in architecture

See also: \n1996 in architecture, \nother events of 1997, \n1998 in architecture and the \narchitecture timeline.

Table of contents

1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

Buildings

\n*British Library in London, designed by Colin St John Wilson opens.\n* Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, designed by Norman Foster is completed.\n*Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.\n*Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry opens to the public.\n*Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpar, designed by Cesar Pelli, become the tallest building in the world.

Awards

\n*Pritzker Prize - Sverre Fehn\n*Stirling Prize - Michael Wilford, Stuttgart Music School

Births

Deaths

\n* Aldo Rossi (born 1932)