2005 in architecture

The year 2005 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Q1, in Gold Coast, Australia, when completed was the world's tallest residential building and the tallest building in Australia

• March 5 - The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart designed by Hascher et Jehle opens.
• April 6 - New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, opens.
• April 17 - Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opens.
• April 28 - The Wynn Las Vegas, designed by Jon Jerde, is opened.
• June - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, designed by Renzo Piano, is opened.
• October 15 - Opening of the new home of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
• October 17–18 - National Waterfront Museum, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, is opened in Swansea.
• October 30 - The reconstructed Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, is consecrated.
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  • Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
  • Casa da Música, Porto, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed.^[1]
  • The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China is completed.
  • Chelsea Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is completed.
  • Q1 Tower in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, is completed.
  • Maggie's Centre at Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, a drop-in cancer care centre designed by Page\Park Architects, is opened.
  • The Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden is completed.

Events

• May 17 - The renovation and restoration of Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology commences with the smashing of the first of the large glass walls, a privilege auctioned on eBay for over $2,500.
• May 20 - The United States Postal Service honors twelve "Masterworks of Modern Architecture" on first class postage stamps.
• October 6 - Xanadu House demolition begins, ended on October 10.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - Santiago Calatrava.
• Architecture Firm Award - Murphy/Jahn.
• AIA Twenty-five Year Award - Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut by Louis Kahn.
• Emporis Skyscraper Award - Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava.
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Bernard Reichen.
• LEAF Award, Grand Prix - Henning Larsen Architects for the IT University of Copenhagen
• Mies van der Rohe Prize - Rem Koolhaas for the Dutch Embassy (Berlin)
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Yoshio Taniguchi
• Pritzker Prize - Thom Mayne, of Morphosis.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source.
• RAIA Gold Medal - James Birrell.
• Royal Gold Medal - Frei Otto.
• RIAS Award for Architecture - Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT/RMJM.
• Stirling Prize - Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT/RMJM.
• Vincent Scully Prize - Charles, Prince of Wales.
• Twenty-five Year Award - Yale Center for British Art
• UIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando.

Births

Deaths

• January 6 - A. Hays Town (born 1903) - prominent American residential architect based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• January 23 - Richard Feilden OBE (born 1950) - leading UK architect based in Bath.
• January 25 - Philip Johnson (born 1906) - influential American architect, first Pritzker Prize honoree.
• March 16 - Ralph Erskine (born 1914) - British architect, designer of the Byker Wall.
• March 22 - Kenzo Tange (born 1913) - leading Japanese architect, winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize.
• June 4 - Giancarlo De Carlo (born 1919)
• June 30 - Robert Y. Fleming (born 1925) - American architect
• December 15 - James Ingo Freed (born 1930) - American architect

See also

• Architecture Timeline

References