1990's Architecture

After our initial power point about the 1990's I was really interested in the architecture that went on during this era. I looked into the the architects my tutor had showed us, as well as digging out another interesting architect that did a number of works through out the this period.


I  have always admired architecture but never really followed certain people behind it. I have now learnt a lot by just looking into four well established architects. I have tried to concentrate on the works that were created in the era I am concentrating on. 


Frank Owen Gehry


He is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles California. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His works are often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture. But it was his home in Santa Monica, California, which jump-started his career.

Gehry's best-known works include:

Titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles

Experience Music Project in Seattle

Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis 

Dancing House in Prague

Vitra Design Museum

MARTa Museum in Germany

Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto

Norman Foster 

Norman Foster was born in Manchester in 1935. After graduating from Manchester University School of Architecture and City Planning in 1961 he won a Henry Fellowship to Yale University, where he gained a Master’s Degree in Architecture.

Norman Foster's work in the 1990's:

Century Tower Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

American Air Museum, Duxford, UK

Metro Entrance, Bilbao, Spain

Cranfield University Library, Bedfordshire, UK

Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK

Lycée Albert Camus, Fréjus, France

Commerzbank , Frankfurt, Germany

New German Parliament, Berlin, Germany

Daewoo Research and Development, Seoul, South Korea

Richard George Rogers

Richard George Rogers is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He is a winner of the RIBA Gold Medal, the Thomas Jefferson Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize, the Minerva Medal and Pritzker Prize.

George Rodger's key works during the 1990's:

Pompidou Centre in Paris

Lloyd's building

Millennium Dome both in London

European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg

Sir Nicholas Grimshaw 

Sir Nicholas Grimshaw is a English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. 

After designing Britain's pavilion for the Seville Expo in 1992, he was appointed a CBE in 1993, and the following year saw his Waterloo railway terminal awarded the accolade of 'Building of the Year'. That same year also saw him elected a vice-chairman of the Architectural Association, a member of the Royal Academy and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Key and interesting works of the 1990s:

British Pavilion Expo '92, Seville, Spain 

International Terminal at London’s Waterloo Station

British Airways Combined Centre Of Operations, Heathrow Airport

Western Morning News Headquarters and Printworks, Plymouth

RAC Regional Headquarters, Bristol

Pier 4A, Heathrow Airport

Berlin Stock Exchange, Berlin, Germany 

Lord's Cricket Ground Grandstand, London 

Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport 

North Woolwich pumping station, London Docklands 

Bilbao Bus Station, Bilbao, Spain