
'Peix' (fish sculpture), Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre, La Marina 19, Villa Olimpica, Barcelona (1992)
Designer: Gehry, Frank O. (1929-); Inigo Ortiz & Enrique Len Arquitectos; Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Copyright: Christopher Hope-Fitch/RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection (2008)
1990 - Aldo van Eyck|
1991 - Colin Stansfield Smith|
1992 - Peter Rice|
1993 - Giancarlo de Carlo|
1994 - Michael and Patricia Hopkins|
1995 - Colin Rowe|
1996 - Harry Seidler|
1997 - Tadao Ando|
1998 - Oscar Niemeyer|
1999 - Barcelona|
RGM in historical context - world events in this decade
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1990
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Iraq invaded Kuwait which resulted in the subsequent Gulf War in 1991.
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Nelson Mandela was freed from a South African prison.
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1991
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Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, an announcement which was followed by the subsequent Yugoslav Wars.
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The tallest building in the UK, 1 Canary Wharf, designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, Adamson Associates, and Frederick Gibberd Coombes & Partners was completed. At 244 meters above sea level, the building can be seen from up to 30 miles away.
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The World Wide Web was introduced for home use.
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After the Moscow Coup and the signing of the Belavezha Accords (and the subsequent Alma-Ata Protocol), the Soviet Union dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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1994
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The Channel Tunnel which connects the UK and France was opened.
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1996
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Oscar Niemeyer completed the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of the city’s main landmarks.
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1997
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The Labour Party took control of Great Britain for first time in 20 years.
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Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris.
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The first thatched building since the Great Fire of London in 1666, and a replica of the Elizabethan original, the new Globe opened in Bankside in the shade of the first Shakespeare’s Globe.
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Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal was announced to the press.
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1998
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The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) was signed by UK and Irish politicians, committing to a peaceful resolution of the territorial dispute between the Republic of Ireland and the UK over Northern Ireland.
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1999
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The London Eye designed by architects David Marks and Julia Barfield opened to the public.
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The Millennium Dome, London, designed by Richard Rogers was completed.
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