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BUILDINGS

British Library in London , designed by Colin St John Wilson , opens.

Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt , designed by Norman Foster , is completed.

Getty Center in Los Angeles , designed by Richard Meier .

Globe Theatre in London , a reconstruction of the Elizabethan original, is completed.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao , designed by Frank Gehry , opens to the public.

Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur , designed by César Pelli , was completed, and was the tallest building until 2003 .

AWARDS

Pritzker Prize - Sverre Fehn

Prix De L'Académie D'Architecture De France - Imre Makovecz

Prix De L'Équerre D'Argent - Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart

Stirling Prize - Michael Wilford , Stuttgart Music School

BIRTHS

DEATHS

September 4 - Aldo Rossi (born 1931 )