1991 in architecture

The year 1991 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

London Stansted Airport

• One Canada Square at Canary Wharf in London, designed by César Pelli & Associates, becomes the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
• Stansted Airport terminal building in Essex, England, designed by Norman Foster.
• Rebuilt Liverpool Street station in London, designed by Nick Derbyshire, is opened.
• The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower in Tianjin, China is completed.
• The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott, is opened.
• Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, designed by Sverre Fehn, is built.
• Extended Brentwood Cathedral in England, designed by Quinlan Terry, is dedicated.
• Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio, United States is completed.
• The Messeturm in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is completed.
• TD Canada Trust Tower, Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
• Carnegie Hall Tower in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
• Bell Atlantic Tower in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States is completed.
• Bourke Place in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
• Melbourne Central Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
• The Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany is completed.
• The Guangzhou TV Tower in Guangzhou, China is completed.
• The West Tower of the Stardust Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States is completed.
• 101 Collins Street designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall is completed in Melbourne.
• "The Corns" residential towers, "1000 Years" housing estate, Katowice, Poland, designed by Henryk Buszko and Aleksander Franta, is completed.

Messeturm, Frankfurt

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Benjamin C. Thompson.
• Architecture Firm Award - Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects.
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Jean Dellus.
• Grand prix national de l'architecture - Christian Hauvette.
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Gae Aulenti.
• Pritzker Prize - Robert Venturi.
• Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France - Norman Foster.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Donald Bailey.
• Royal Gold Medal - Colin Stansfield Smith.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Sea Ranch Condominium One

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