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The year 2011 in architecture involves some significant events.
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Buildings
- January 21 – Museum of Old and New Art, designed by Nonda Katsalidis, opens on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- January 25 – New World Center, home of the New World Symphony Orchestra, designed by Frank Gehry, opens at Miami Beach, Florida.[1]
- March 29 – London Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous, is completed.
- April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens in Margate, Kent, England.[2]
- May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opens in West Yorkshire, England.[2]
- June 20 – Glasgow Riverside Museum, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, opens as the new development of the Museum of Transport.
- July 19 – New Museum of Liverpool, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold, opens at Liverpool Pier Head, England.[3]
- 27 July – London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid, is completed.
- September – firstsite new art gallery, designed by Rafael Viñoly, opens in Colchester, England.[2]
- September 11 – National September 11 Memorial, Reflecting Absence, designed by architect Michael Arad with landscape architect Peter Walker on the World Trade Center site in New York City is dedicated.
- September 13 – Westfield Stratford City shopping mall opens in Stratford, London.
- October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond, erected at Olympic Park, London.
- 8 Spruce Street, a skyscraper designed by Frank Gehry, opens in New York City.[4]
- N M Rothschild & Sons' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed.[5]
- Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire, England.[6]
- New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin, opens.[7]
- Maggie's Centres, drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain[7]
- 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).
- Bridge House, Dock House and Quay House for BBC North, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, begin operation.[8]
- Temporary Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Peter Zumthor.[9]
- Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London, England, designed by Assemble.[7]
- 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.
Events
- February 6 – Cambodian officials claimed that "a wing" of the Preah Vihear Temple (11th century) collapsed due to an alleged Thai bombardment in the Cambodian–Thai border dispute.[10]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki
- Architecture Firm Award – BNIM Architects
- Emporis Skyscraper Award –
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – David Chipperfield
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Michel Desvigne
- LEAF Award, Grand Prix – 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
Deaths
- June 6 – Stefan Kuryłowicz (b. 1949), Polish architect
- September 17 – Colin Madigan (b. 1921), Australian architect
- September 27 – Imre Makovecz (b. 1935) Hungarian architect
- October 2 – Efraín Recinos (b. 1928) Guatemalan architect
- October 5 – Enver Faja, Albanian architect
- October 24 – Bruno Weber (b. 1931) Swiss architect
- November 25 – Karel Hubacek (b. 1924), Czech architect
- December 12- Gene Summers (b. 1928), American architect
- December 27- Anne Tyng (b.1920), American architect
- December 30 – Ricardo Legorreta (b. 1931), Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medalist
References
- ^ Hawthorne, Christopher (2011-01-24). "Architecture review: Frank Gehry's New World Center in Miami Beach". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/24/entertainment/la-et-gehry-miami-review-20110124. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b c Higgins, Charlotte (10 April 2011). "Amid tough times, gallery building boom brings hope for the future". The Guardian (London): p. 11.
- ^ "Museum of Liverpool schedule and key dates". National Museums Liverpool. http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/capitalprojects/mol/schedule.aspx. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2011-02-09). "Downtown Skyscraper For the Digital Age". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/arts/design/10beekman.html?_r=1&ref=arts. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ Moore, Rowan (2011-11-27). "An office that's right on the money". The Observer (London): p. 42 (The New Review).
- ^ Moore, Rowan (2011-05-01). "Brockholes nature reserve visitor centre – review". The Observer (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/01/brockholes-preston-review-rowan-moore. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b c Moore, Rowan (2011-12-11). "Architecture". The Observer (London): p. 21 (The New Review).
- ^ "BBC North". Wilkinson Eyre Architects. http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/bbc-north.aspx?category=europe-and-russia. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
- ^ Glancey, Jonathan (2011-06-27). "Swiss-made Serpentine pavilion presents garden of tranquility". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/27/serpentine-gallery-peter-zumthor-garden. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "Preah Vihear temple shelled in clashes between Cambodia and Thai". Beijing: News.xinhuanet.com. 2011-02-07. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-02/07/c_13721518.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-10. Thai officials claim that the temple sustained only minor damage.
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