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2004 in architecture
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The year 2004 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- April 28 - 30 St Mary Axe, London (the Swiss Re building), designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
- May 1 - Europa Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania, the tallest building in the Baltic States, is opened.
- May 8 - Forum Building, by
Herzog & de Meuron , inaugurated in Barcelona during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures. - October 9 - Scottish Parliament Building by Enric Miralles opened.
- November 20 - Expansion and renovation of New York's Museum of Modern Art designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.
- December 14 - Millau Viaduct, by Norman Foster, at Millau, France is opened.
- December 31 - Taipei 101, which holds three out of the four records for tallest building in the world, is opened.
- The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China is topped out in a ceremony.
- 30 Hudson Street, New Jersey,
USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower), Jersey City's tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
Events
- January 28 - Transformation AGO: The Art Gallery of Ontario announces that Frank Gehry has designed a renovation and expansion of the gallery. Supposedly in the shape of an ice skate, the change is met with opposition by frequent benefactor Kenneth Thomson.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Samuel Mockbee (awarded posthumously).
- Architecture Firm Award - Lake Flato Architects.
- Emporis Skyscraper Award - Taipei 101.
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Patrick Berger.
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Christian de Portzamparc.
- Pritzker Prize - Zaha Hadid.
- Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France - Shigeru Ban.
- Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Antoinette Robain and Claire Guieysse, for the Centre National de la Danse de Pantin.
- RIAS Award for Architecture - Elder and Cannon Architects for St Aloysius College's Clavius Building, Glasgow.
- RAIA Gold Medal - Gregory Burgess.
- Royal Gold Medal - Rem Koolhaas.
- Stirling Prize - 30 St Mary Axe, London by Foster and Partners.
- Vincent Scully Prize - Aga Khan.
Births
Deaths
- September 12 - Max Abramovitz (born 1908)
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