2000 in architecture

The year 2000 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• February 19 – Rose Center for Earth and Space opened in New York City, designed by Polshek Partnership Architects.
• March 8 – Peckham Library in London, designed by Alsop and Störmer, opens to the public. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.
• May 12 – Tate Modern in London, a conversion of Bankside Power Station by Herzog & de Meuron opens to the public.
• October 12 – The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England, designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold, officially opens.
• October 25 – Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial unveiled in Vienna, designed by Rachel Whiteread.
• Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are completed and open to the public.
• Al Faisaliyah Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the first building to be completed in the competition between two Saudi princes. The Kingdom Center is completed several months later.
• Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, California opened for classes. Designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
• Experience Music Project opens in Seattle, designed by Frank Gehry.

Events

• June 22 – The Architect company Snøhetta wins the international Architect competition for Oslo's New National Opera House.^[1]
• Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Ricardo Legorreta
• Architecture Firm Award – Gensler
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Sofitel New York Hotel
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Alexandre Chemetoff
• Pritzker Prize – Rem Koolhaas
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Philippe Gazeau
• RAIA Gold Medal – John Morphett
• Royal Gold Medal – Frank Gehry
• Stirling Prize – Alsop & Störmer, Peckham Library
• Vincent Scully Prize – Jane Jacobs
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Smith House

Births

Deaths

• January 18 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (born 1897)
• February 19 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser (born 1928)
• July 3 – Enric Miralles (born 1955)
• Eladio Dieste (born 1917)

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