2011 in architecture
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The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- February 6 – Cambodian officials claimed that "a wing" of the Preah Vihear Temple (11th century) has collapsed due to an alleged Thai bombardment in the Cambodian–Thai border dispute.[1]
- May - BBC North begins its move into Bridge House, Dock House and Quay House, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, begin operation.[2]
- November - The fourth World Architecture Festival is held in Barcelona.
- November 3–11 - Typhoon Haiyan causes widespread destruction in Southeast Asia. Among buildings seriously damaged is Guiuan Church in the Philippines.
Buildings opened
- January 11 – Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, designed by HOK.
- January 21 – Museum of Old and New Art, on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, designed by Nonda Katsalidis.
- January 25 – New World Center, home of the New World Symphony Orchestra, at Miami Beach, Florida, designed by Frank Gehry.[3]
- February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, designed by Fernando Romero.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- March 1 – Media City Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, England, designed by Gifford and Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
- April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, in Margate, Kent, England, designed by David Chipperfield.[10]
- May 1 – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin.[11]
- May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, West Yorkshire, England, designed by David Chipperfield.[10]
- May 31 – Ponte della Musica-Armando Trovajoli across the Tiber in Rome, Italy, designed by BuroHappold Engineering and Powell-Williams Architects.
- June – Windmill Hill archive centre, Waddesdon, England, designed by Stephen Marshall.[12]
- June 16 - Gothenburg Mosque, Sweden.
- June 20 – Riverside Museum, the new development of the Glasgow Museum of Transport in Scotland, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
- June 25 – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
- July 19 – New Museum of Liverpool, at Liverpool Pier Head, England, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold.[13]
- August 27 - Rustavi Sioni, church in Rustavi, Georgia, designed by Besarion Menabde, Nikoloz Abashidze and Nikolos Dadiani (consecration date).
- September – firstsite new art gallery, Colchester, England, designed by Rafael Viñoly.[10]
- September 11 – National September 11 Memorial, Reflecting Absence, on the World Trade Center site in New York City, USA, designed by architect Michael Arad with landscape architect Peter Walker (dedication date).
- September 13 – Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, Stratford, London.
- October 12 - Royal Opera House Muscat opens in Muscat, Oman.
- December 21 - Capital Gate skyscraper hotel and office building, in Abu Dhabi.
Buildings completed
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- February
- 8 Spruce Street, a skyscraper in New York City, USA, designed by Frank Gehry.[14]
- Sunset Chapel, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, designed by BNKR Arquitectura.[15]
- March 29 – London Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous.
- July 6 - Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Panama and Latin America.
- July 27 – London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid.
- September – CMA CGM Tower in Marseille, designed by Zaha Hadid.
- October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond, erected at Olympic Park, London.
- dates unknown
- N M Rothschild & Sons' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed.[16]
- Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire, England.[17]
- Maggie's Centres, drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain[11]
- Maggie's Gartnavel, Glasgow, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA.
- Maggie's Nottingham, designed by Piers Gough and Paul Smith.
- Maggie's South West Wales, Swansea, designed by Kisho Kurokawa (opens December 9).
- Temporary Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Peter Zumthor.[18]
- Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London, England, designed by Assemble.[11]
- New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
- University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
- Kravis Center, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki
- Architecture Firm Award – BNIM Architects
- Emporis Skyscraper Award – 8 Spruce Street New York designed by Frank Gehry
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – David Chipperfield
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Michel Desvigne
- Lawrence Israel Prize - David Rockwell
- LEAF Award, Overall Winner – OBR Open Building Research
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Ricardo Legorreta
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Eduardo Souto de Moura
- Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Robert A. M. Stern
- RAIA Gold Medal – Graeme Gunn
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – David Chipperfield
- Stirling Prize – Zaha Hadid (for the second year running)
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Maya Lin
- International Union of Architects UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira
- AIA Twenty-five Year Award – John Hancock Tower designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
- UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira
- Vincent Scully Prize – William K. Reilly
Births
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Deaths
- June 6
- Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (born 1949)
- Amnon Niv, Israeli architect and urban designer (born 1930)
- September 17 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect (born 1921)
- September 27 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (born 1935)
- October 2 – Efraín Recinos, Guatemalan architect (born 1928)
- October 5 – Enver Faja, Albanian architect (born 1934)
- October 24 – Bruno Weber, Swiss architect (born 1931)
- November 25 – Karel Hubacek, Czech architect (born 1924)
- December 12 - Gene Summers, American architect (born 1928)
- December 26 - Kiyonori Kikutake, Japanese architect, co-founder of the Metabolist group.[19] (born 1928)
- December 27 - Anne Tyng, American architect (born 1920)
- December 30 – Ricardo Legorreta, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medalist (born 1931)
References
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