2020 in architecture
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The year 2020 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- November 16 – Work to dismantle the flanking walls of a pavilion erected by Tadao Ando at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre in England (2002) begins.[1]
Buildings and structures
- Australia
- Australia 108, the tallest building in Melbourne, completed.
- Crown Sydney, the tallest building in Sydney, completed.
- Belgium
- Alex guesthouse (private garden building), Berlare, designed by Atelier Vens Vanbelle, completed.[2]
- Canada
- Vancouver House, designed by Bjarke Ingels.[3]
- Germany
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport completed and opened on 31 October.
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Thamrin Nine in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia, projected for completion.
- Italy
- Genoa-Saint George Bridge by Renzo Piano, over the Polcevera River in Genoa, replacing the Ponte Morandi which collapsed in 2018, completed and open to traffic on 3 August.
- Japan
The Kadokawa Culture Museum at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in Tokorozawa, Japan partially opened on 1 August and then fully opened on 6 November.[4] [5]
- Lebanon
- Mexico
- Torres Obispado in Monterrey, the tallest skyscraper in Latin America, completed.
- 'OUM Wellness', built by the consortium Edificios Cero Energía in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, the first net-zero energy building (NZEB) in Latin America.[7]
- Norway
- Peoples' Republic of China
- Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, designed by Ma Yansong.[3]
- 1000 Trees, designed by Thomas Heatherwick in Shanghai.[3]
- "Crystal" skyway at Raffles City Chongqing, designed by Moshe Safdie, opened to public June.[8]
- Taiwan
- United Arab Emirates
- The Opus, Dubai, including a boutique hotel with interiors designed by Zaha Hadid.[3]
- Singapore Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.[3]
- United Kingdom
- Newfoundland Quay diagrid skyscraper rental apartments in London Docklands, designed by Horden Cherry Lee, projected for completion.
- United States
- Central Park Tower in New York City, the second tallest skyscraper in the United States and the tallest residential building in the world projected for completion.
- 111 West 57th Street in New York City, supertall residential building, the thinnest skyscraper in the world, projected for completion.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Marlon Blackwell (U.S.)
- Architecture Firm Award AIA –
- Emporis Skyscraper Award –
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Ong-ard Satrabhandhu
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme –
- Grand Prix national de l'architecture –
- LEAF Award, Overall Winner –
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate –
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara[10]
- Prix Versailles Airports – Beijing Daxing International Airport (Beijing, China) / Zaha Hadid Architects (United Kingdom)
- Prix Versailles Campuses – University of Melbourne, Life Sciences Building (Melbourne, Australia) / Hassell (Australia)
- Prix Versailles Passenger Stations – Salesforce Transit Center (San Francisco, United States) / Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (United States)
- Prix Versailles Sports – Anoeta Stadium (San Sebastián, Spain) / Izaskun Larzabal (Spain)
- Prix Versailles Shops & Stores – National Museum of Qatar Shop (Doha, Qatar) / Koichi Takada Architects (Australia)
- Prix Versailles Shopping Malls – The Exchange (Sydney, Australia) / Kengo Kuma & Associates (Japan)
- Prix Versailles Hotels – Aman Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) / Kerry Hill Architects (Singapore)
- Prix Versailles Restaurants – Le Ronsard (Marrakech, Morocco) / Gil Dez (France)
- RAIA Gold Medal –
- RIAS Award for Architecture –
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Grafton Architects (Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell)[11]
- Stirling Prize – RIBA announced that the Stirling Prize awards had been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13]
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture –
- Twenty-five Year Award AIA –
- UIA Gold Medal –
- Vincent Scully Prize –
Exhibitions
- 20 February until 14 August – Rem Koolhaas and AMO: "Countryside; the Future" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.[14]
Deaths
- February 21 – Yona Friedman, 96, Hungarian-born French architect and architectural theorist ("mobile architecture") (born 1923)[15]
- March 15 – Vittorio Gregotti, 92, Italian architect (born 1927)[16]
- March 26 – Michael Sorkin, 71, American architect (born 1948)
- March 28 – Michael McKinnell, 84, American architect (born 1935)
- April 4 – Bashirul Haq, 77, Bangladeshi architect (born 1942)
- April 10 – Rifat Chadirji, 93, Iraqi architect (born 1926)
- April 12 – Justus Dahinden, 94, Swiss architect, teacher and writer (born 1925)
- August 4 – Jean-Marc Bonfils, 57, Lebanese architect (born 1963)
- September 2 – Christian Liaigre, 77, French architect and interior designer (born 1943)[17]
- December 27 – Vikram Lall - Indian architect (Akshardham temple), (Birthdate not disclosed)
- December 29 – Luigi Snozzi, 88, Swiss architect (born 1963)
See also
References
- ^ Pidd, Helen (2020-11-16). "Manchester prepares for fall of its 'Berlin Wall'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ "Alex Guesthouse / atelier vens vanbelle". ArchDaily. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g The most anticipated buildings set to shape the world in 2020 CNN Style, Dec 31, 2019
- ^ http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/13687110
- ^ https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/07/kadokawa-culture-museum/
- ^ "'stone garden' tower expresses the archaeological language of beirut". designboom. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Tendrá Nuevo León el primer edificio ‘Cero Energía’ de México El Mañana (Mexico), 12 Jan 2020
- ^ Lang, Fabienne (2020-06-08). "World's Highest Horizontal Skyscraper at 250 Meters Opens in China". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Tainan Spring / MVRDV". ArchDaily. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Wainwright, Oliver (4 March 2020). "Irish women win Pritzker prize, architecture's highest honour". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Block, India (2019-10-02). "Grafton Architects wins 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal". de zeen. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "RIBA guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak". architecture.com.
- ^ Richard Waite (30 September 2020). "RIBA cancels 2020 Stirling Prize". architectsjournal.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.guggenheim.org/press-release/rem-koolhaas-and-amo-explore-radical-change-in-the-worlds-nonurban-territories-in-the-guggenheim-exhibition-countryside-the-future
- ^ "Yona Friedman, French Architect and Urban Planner Passes Away at 96". ArchDaily. February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92". The Guardian. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Legendary French Minimalist Designer Christian Liaigre Dies at 77". Interior Design. 4 September 2020.