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Overview of the events of 2003 in architecture
The year 2003 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings opened
- February 8 - New Salt Lake City Public Library (Utah), USA, designed by Moshe Safdie and VCBO Architecture.
- February 14 - L'Oceanogràfic marine park in Valencia, Spain, designed by Félix Candela, Alberto Domingo and Carlos Lázaro.
- March 30 - Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge across the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, a cable-stayed bridge designed by Christian Menn, Theodore Zoli (from HNTB), W. Denney Pate (from FIGG) and Ruchu Hsu with Parsons Brinckerhoff, is opened northbound (southbound December 20).
- May - Fashion and Textile Museum in the London borough of Bermondsey, a warehouse conversion by Ricardo Legorreta.
- July 8 - Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Novo Museu) reopens in Curitiba, Brazil, originally designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
- September 4 - Selfridges store in Birmingham, England, designed by Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplický of Future Systems (subsequently popularizing the color Yves Klein Blue).
- September - Maggie's Centre, Dundee, Scotland, a drop-in cancer care centre; Frank Gehry's first work in the United Kingdom.
- October 23 - Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- December 30 - Estádio Municipal de Braga, Portugal, designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Buildings completed
- Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge), designed by Edward Cullinan Architects.
- Corrour Lodge, Inverness-shire, Scotland, designed by Moshe Safdie.
- The Doughnut (Government Communications Headquarters), near Cheltenham, England.[2]
- Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California, San Diego, designed by Moshe Safdie.
- Kamačnik Bridge, Gorski Kotar, Croatia, designed by Zlatko Šavor and built by Konstruktor.[3]
- Kista Science Tower, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Schaulager, Münchenstein, Switzerland, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
- Pantages Tower, Toronto, Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie and Core Architects.
- Park Pobedy station in the Moscow Metro system.[4]
- Peabody Essex Museum new wing, designed by Moshe Safdie, opens in Salem, Massachusetts.
- Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, Texas, designed by Ricardo Legorreta.
- Taipei Treasure Hill designed by Marco Casagrande.
- Keller Estate Winery in Petaluma, California, designed by Ricardo Legorreta.
- Torre Mayor the tallest building in Mexico (2003-present).
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