Buildings and structures
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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1999 |
Buildings opened
- March – Pero's Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners.
- March 6 – Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia.
- May 3 – The Venetian Las Vegas, United States (casino resort), designed by KlingStubbins.
- September 7 – Black Diamond (library) (part of Royal Danish Library) in Copenhagen, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
- October – Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois, designed by Perkins and Will.[2]
- October 8 – The new Embassy of the United States, Ottawa, Canada, designed by David Childs, is dedicated by President Bill Clinton.
- December – Burj al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- December 31
- London Eye, designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield.
- Millennium Dome in London, designed by Richard Rogers.
- Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground Jubilee line.
Buildings completed
- Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by Tom Wright
- March – Main Tower in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Jewish Museum, Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind.[3]
- Lille Cathedral in France (Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille), begun in 1854.
- Palais de Justice de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- Town Hall extension, Murcia, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
- Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, by Rafael Moneo.
- Great Court of the British Museum, redesigned by Norman Foster.
- Maretas Museum, Lanzarote, designed by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue.
- Millennium Tower in Vienna, Austria.
- Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Centre, Riversdale, West Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia, designed by Glenn Murcutt with Reg Lark and Wendy Lewin.
- Conde Nast Building in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
- Lloyd's Register building, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- 88 Wood Street, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- Lord's Media Centre in London by Future Systems.
- Melbourne Museum by architects Denton Corker Marshall, Melbourne, Australia.
- The Lighthouse (Glasgow), a conversion by Page\Park Architects of John Keppie's offices for The Glasgow Herald, opens as Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and the city.
- Culture House ("Hagymaház" auditorium), Makó, Hungary, designed by Imre Makovecz.
- Contact Theatre in Manchester, England, rebuilt by Alan Short and Associates.
- Daimler complex (Linkstraße), Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.
- House at La Clota, Barcelona, Catalonia, designed by Benedetta Tagliabue.
- Reconstructed House of the Blackheads in Riga, Latvia.
- Vistet Fritid (vacation cabin) prototype, Sweden, designed by Thomas Sandell and Anders Landström.
- University of Warsaw Library, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
- Supreme Court of Poland, Poland, by Marek Budzyński.
- Hundertwasser Toilets, Kawakawa, New Zealand, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
