See also: 1996 in architecture, other events of 1997, 1998 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

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.
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry opens to the public.
• Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpar , designed by Cesar Pelli, become the tallest building in the world.

Awards

• Pritzker Prize - Sverre Fehn
• Stirling Prize - Michael Wilford , Stuttgart Music School

Births

Deaths

• Aldo Rossi (born 1932)