2016 in architecture
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The year 2016 in architecture is expected to involve some significant events and new buildings.
Buildings
- Australia
- International Convention Centre Sydney projected for completion.
- China
- Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world, projected for completion.
- Germany
- BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
- Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
- Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin projected for completion.
- India
- World One, a supertall skyscraper in Mumbai projected for completion. It will become the tallest building in India and the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.
- Malta
- April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.
- Poland
- May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland is completed.
- South Korea
- Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea, projected for completion.
- Sri Lanka
- September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003).
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- August 31 – Dubai Opera opened.
- Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi projected for completion.
- United Kingdom
- June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened.[1]
- October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, scheduled for opening.[2]
- Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum (opening November 24).[3]
- United States
- September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened.[4]
- March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
- Lawrence Israel Prize - SHoP Architects
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Alejandro Aravena
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Zaha Hadid
Exhibitions
- March 18 – July 31: "A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MOMA in New York City".[5]
- May 28 – November 16: "TIME-SPACE-EXISTENCE" at the Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Palwzzo Rossini in Venice, Italy.[6]
Deaths
- February 1 - Paul Pholeros, Australian architect (b. 1953)
- February 16 - Bořek Šípek, Czech architect and designer (b. 1949)
- February 27 - Claude Parent, French architect (b. 1923)
- March 31 - Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect (b. 1950)
- May 16 - Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (b. 1920)
- June 8 - Michael Manser, 87, British architect (b. 1929)
- July 26 - Eric Kuhne, 64, American-born British architect (b. 1951)
- August 19 - Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architectural historian (b. 1949)
- September 16 - Teodoro González de León, 90, Mexican architect (b. 1926)
- October 4 - Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong born Canadian architect (b. 1940)
- November 14 - Diana Balmori, 84, Spanish born Argentinian-American landscape designer (b. 1932)
- November 15 - Sixto Durán-Ballén 95, American-born Ecuadorian politicaln (President of Ecuador 1992 - 1996) and architect (b. 1921)
- December 1 - Peter Corrigan, 74-75, Australian architect (b, 1941)
References
- ↑ Wainwright, Oliver (2016-05-23). "First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern's power pyramid". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ↑ Moore, Rowan (2016-05-22). "Shop in the name of love". The Observer. London. p. 29 (The New Review). Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ↑ Moore, Rowan (2016-05-22). "Private property, public heart". The Observer. London. p. 29 (The New Review). Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ↑ https://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/opening
- ↑ http://press.moma.org/2015/06/a-japanese-constellation-toyo-ito-sanaa-and-beyond/
- ↑ http://www.palazzomora.org/index.php?page=33&lang=en
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