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The year '''1991 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1991}}
===Buildings===
[[File:London Stansted Airport.jpg|thumb|[[London Stansted Airport]]]]
[[File:Norwegian Glacier Museum.JPG|thumb|[[Norwegian Glacier Museum]] in [[Fjærland]], Norway]]
* [[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, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]].
* Rebuilt [[Liverpool Street station]] in London, designed by [[Nick Derbyshire (architect)|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 Brown]], is opened.
* [[Norwegian Glacier Museum]] in [[Fjærland]], designed by [[Sverre Fehn]], is built.
* Extended [[Brentwood Cathedral]] in England, designed by [[Quinlan Terry]], is dedicated.
* [[University of Vaasa]] Palosaari stage 1 buildings, Finland, designed by Käpy and [[Simo Paavilainen]].
* [[Key Tower]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], United States is completed.
* The [[Messeturm]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Al-Kodmany |first1=Kheir |last2=Ali |first2=Mir M. |title=The Future of the City: Tall Buildings and Urban Design |date=2013 |publisher=WIT Press |isbn=978-1-84564-410-9 |page=352 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yBPA9kYZXTMC |access-date=26 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> in [[Frankfurt am Main]], Germany is completed.<ref name="sharp1">{{cite book |last1=Sharp |first1=Dennis |title=Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History |date=2002 |publisher=Images Publishing |isbn=978-1-86470-085-5 |page=424 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mklcuKnGjr4C |access-date=26 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[QV1]] in [[Perth]], Australia.<ref name="sharp1"/>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nickels |first1=Thom |title=Philadelphia Architecture |date=2005 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3798-6 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJX2xY0QShMC |access-date=26 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bourke Place]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia is completed.
* [[Melbourne Central Shopping Centre]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia is completed.
* The [[Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower]] 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|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 [[:pl:Henryk Buszko|Henryk Buszko]] and [[:pl:Aleksander Franta|Aleksander Franta]], is completed.
* [[Team Disney Orlando]], an office building in [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida]], designed by [[Arata Isozaki]].<ref name="ears">{{cite magazine |last1=Korkis |first1=Jim |title=WDW Chronicles: The Story of the Team Disney Building |magazine=All Ears |date=2016-08-02 |volume=880 |url=https://allears.net/wdw-chronicles-the-story-of-the-team-disney-building/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |publisher=AllEarsNet, LLC |issn=1533-0753}}</ref>
* The [[Keeler House]] in [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades]], Los Angeles, designed by Ray Kappe. It was destroyed in the [[January 2025 Southern California wildfires]].<ref name=NYT25>{{cite news|author=Sam Lubell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/arts/design/architecture-fires-california-los-angeles-rogers-eames.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111064240/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/arts/design/architecture-fires-california-los-angeles-rogers-eames.html|title=As Flames Consume Architectural Gems, a Hit to 'Old California'|date=9 January 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=11 January 2025|archivedate=11 January 2025}}</ref>

==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|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Gae Aulenti]].
*[[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Robert Venturi]].
*[[Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France]] – [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]].
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Donald Bailey (architect)|Donald Bailey]].
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Colin Stansfield Smith]].
*[[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Sea Ranch, California#Points of interest|Sea Ranch Condominium One]]

==Births==
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==Deaths==
* August 19 – [[Hans van der Laan]], Dutch monk and architect (born [[1904 in architecture|1904]])
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