2015 in architecture
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The year 2015 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- July - The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid.[1]
- November 4-6 - The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.
World heritage
- 5 July - The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site.
Buildings completed/opened
- Australia
- January 21 - Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia[2]
- China
- September 6 - Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world, is completed.
- France
- January 14 - Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened.
- Germany
- March 18 - European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt.
- October 23 - German Football Museum in Dortmund opened.
- Malta
- May 4 - Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano.
- Russia
- Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion.
- Singapore
- March 10 - Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened.
- November 24 - National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening.
- United Arab Emirates
- Louvre Abu Dhabi, a museum in Abu Dhabi, projected for completion.
- United Kingdom
- January - Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.[3]
- February 14 - Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA).
- May 21 - HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo.
- May 26 - Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid.[4]
- June - Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed.[5]
- August - City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students.[5]
- October 8 - Newport Street Gallery in south London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery by Caruso St John architects.[5]
- November 30 - Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, begins to function.[5]
- Clergy Court (new cloister) at Blackburn Cathedral in the north of England, designed by Purcell, projected for completion.
- Outhouse, a house in the Forest of Dean, by Loyn & Co architects.[5]
- United States
- May 1 - New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano.
- December 23 - 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world is completed.
- Zimbabwe
- January - Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo.[6]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie
- Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga
- Lawrence Israel Prize - Tony Chi
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous)
- RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O'Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland
- RIBA Stirling Prize - Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger
- Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House
Deaths
- January 16 - Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect
- January 18 - Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect
- February 9 - Jon Jerde, 75, American architect
- March 9 - Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer
- March 12 - Michael Graves, 80, American architect
- April 28 - Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect
- March 19 - Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect
- May 11 - Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner
- May 16 - Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect
- May 31 - Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect
- June 12 - James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect
- June 26 - Donald Wexler, 89, American architect
- June 28 - Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect
- November 7 - Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist
- December 11 - Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect
- December 19 - Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect
Exhibitions
- April 24 - August 2 - "Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association" at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.[7]
- May 1 until October 31 - Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.
References
- ^ Himmer, Alastair (2015-07-17). "Japan rips up 2020 Olympic stadium plans to start anew". news.yahoo.com. AFP. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Saturday Soapbox: Bridging gap between past and future". The Mercury. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Darbishire Place, Peabody Housing". RIBA Awards. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
- ^ Glancey, Jonathan (2015-06-14). "Zaha Hadid's Middle East Centre lands in Oxford". The Sunday Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e "RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 Shortlist". Royal Institute of British Architects. 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Tokwe Mukosi dam complete". The Zimbabwean. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/63_drawing_ambience_alvin_boyarsky_and_the_architectural_association