1998 in architecture

none December 2019 1998 architecture The year 1998 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events 22 May–30 September – Expo '98 held in Lisbon, Portugal. It includes the Pavilion of Portugal designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira. 22 December – Park Hill, Sheffield, 1961 flatted public housing in South Yorkshire, England, is Grade II* listed, making it the largest listed building in Europe. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1998 Buildings completed thumb|right|City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain thumb|Polaria in Tromsø, Northern Norway 5 April – Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, Japan, the longest suspension bridge in the world by the length of central span (1998–present), designed by Satoshi Kashima, opened. 16 April – City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, inaugurated. May–June – Preston England Temple, Chorley, England, opened. 31 May – Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, New Zealand, opened.http://wellingtoncathedral.org.nz/index.php/Welcome Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington 2012-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20121202041935/http://wellingtoncathedral.org.nz/index.php/Welcome 2 December 2012 dead dmy-all June – Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia, designed by Renzo Piano, opened. 6 July – Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, designed by Norman Foster, opened.Chek Lap Kok Airport http://www.constructmyfuture.com/Students/CoolStuff/TopTen/KOKAirport.asp Cool Stuff ConstructMyFuture.com 16 November 2013 https://archive.today/20130628230336/http://www.constructmyfuture.com/Students/CoolStuff/TopTen/KOKAirport.asp 28 June 2013 dead 15 October – Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, designed by Marnell Corrao Associates, opened. November – River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, England, designed by David Chipperfield. Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, by Steven Holl Architects, opened. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany (in the Kulturforum), designed by Heinz Hilmer and Christoph Sattler, opened. Stadttor in Düsseldorf, Germany, designed by Karl-Heinz Petzinka, completed. Waterside (building) at Harmondsworth, England, international headquarters of the airline British Airways, designed by Niels Torp, opened. Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre in Switzerland, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened. Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, completed. Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, designed by César Pelli, completed; it becomes the tallest buildings in Malaysia (1998–present), tallest building in the British Commonwealth (1998–2018) and tallest building in the world (1998–2004). B 018 nightclub in Beirut, designed by Bernard Khoury. Polaria and the Polar Environment Centre in Tromsø, NorwayPolar Environment Centre and Polaria https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035047/http://arkitekturguide.uit.no/categories.php?cat_id=121 4 March 2016 in The Architecture Guide for Northern Norway and Svalbard North Woolwich pumping station in London Docklands, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. Malator (earth house) in Wales, designed by Future Systems. Awards Alvar Aalto Medal – Steven Holl Architecture Firm Award – Centerbrook Architects & Planners Carlsberg Architectural Prize – Peter Zumthor European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Peter Zumthor for Kunsthaus Bregenz Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Christian Devillers Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jacques Hondelatte Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Álvaro Siza Pritzker Prize – Renzo Piano Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Rem Koolhaas RAIA Gold Medal – Gabriel Poole RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Oscar Niemeyer Stirling Prize – Norman Foster and Partners for Imperial War Museum, Duxford 5 December 2020 Duxford's iconic American Air Museum awarded Grade II* listed status https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-12-04/duxfords-iconic-american-air-museum-awarded-grade-ii-listed-status ITV News 19 October 2024 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Jaquelin T. Robertson Twenty-five Year Award – Kimbell Art Museum Deaths 6 January – Francis Skinner, British architect (born 1908) 12 January – Marya Lilien, Polish-American architect (born 1900 or 1901) 13 June – Lúcio Costa, Brazilian architect and urban planner (born 1902)Gerald W. R. Ward The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art 2008 121 ...and the burgeoning school of modern architecture in Latin America, most notably at the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro (now the Palácio da Cultura, 1937–43) by Lúcio Costa (1902–98)... 29 August – Erik Asmussen, Danish-born architect (born 1913) 31 October – Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (born 1912) 14 November – Albert Frey, Californian "desert modernist" architect (born 1903) 24 November – Minnette de Silva, Sri Lankan modernist architect (born 1918) References Category:20th-century architecture