1998 in architecture

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The year 1998 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, designed by Marnell Corrao Associates.
• Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, designed by Norman Foster.
• Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is completed.
• Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, designed by César Pelli, is completed.
• Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, by Steven Holl Architects, opens to the public.
• Waterside (building) opened at Harmondsworth, UK , the international headquarters of the airline British Airways. Architects were Niels Torp.
• Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre in Switzerland, designed by Jean Nouvel, opens to the public.
• UFA Cinema Center in Germany , designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au, is completed

Awards

• Alvar Aalto Medal – Steven Holl
• Architecture Firm Award – Centerbrook Architects and Planners
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Christian Devillers
• Grand prix national de l'architecture – Jacques Hondelatte
• Pritzker Prize – Renzo Piano
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Rem Koolhaas
• RAIA Gold Medal – Gabriel Poole
• Royal Gold Medal – Oscar Niemeyer
• Stirling Prize – Norman Foster and Partners, American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, Duxford
• Twenty-five Year Award – Kimbell Art Museum

Deaths

• 13 June – Lúcio Costa (born 1902)
• 29 August – Erik Asmussen (born 1913)
• 14 November – Albert Frey (born 1903)