2014 In Architecture

The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

* June 8–November 23 – Venice Biennale of Architecture curated by Rem Koolhaas
* October 1– 3 – The seventh World Architecture Festival in Singapore
* November 4 – Construction of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire is abandoned

Buildings and structures

Antarctica

* February 12 – Jang Bogo Station opens.

Australia

* ''date unknown'' – Infinity Tower, the tallest building in Brisbane, is completed (until 2016).
* November 11 – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, University of Technology, Sydney, designed by Frank Gehry, is completed.

Canada

* September 18 – Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, opens.
* September 19 – Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designed by Antoine Predock, opens.
* December 13 – Halifax Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, designed by Fowler Bauld and schmidt hammer lassen architects, opens.

France

* October 28 – Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Germany

* February – Taunusturm in Frankfurt opens.

Iran

* October – Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, designed by Leila Araghian, opens.

Italy

* October 17 – Bosco Verticale in Milan, by Stefano Boeri opens.

Latvia

* August 29 – New National Library of Latvia building in Riga, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, opens.

Netherlands

* March 13 - The new Rotterdam Central Station building, by Benthem Crouwel Architekten opens.

Panama

* October 2 – Biomuseo in Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Philippines

* July 21 – Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor domed-arena, in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, is completed.

Poland

* Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga, is completed.

Romania

* Summer – The Maryam Mosque, a mosque for Romanian converts to Islam in Rediu, is completed.

Taiwan

* November 23 – National Taichung Theater, by Toyo Ito with Cecil Balmond, is opened.

United Arab Emirates

* Marina 101, supertall skyscraper in Dubai, projected for completion. If completed before World One will become the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.

United Kingdom

* July – Buildings in London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed:
** 122 Leadenhall Street in the City.
** World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, British Museum.
* August – 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by Rafael Viñoly, completed.
* September 16 – The News Building (London), designed by Renzo Piano, officially opened and named.
* September 29 – Weston Library, a major reconstruction of the University of Oxford's New Bodleian Library by WilkinsonEyre, opens to readers.
* December 9 – University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened.
* London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey.
* Burntwood School, Wandsworth, London, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, completed; awarded 2015 Stirling Prize.
* Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, designed by Haworth Tompkins, completed and awarded Stirling Prize.
* Maggie's palliative care centres opened in
** Lanarkshire, designed by Reiach and Hall (September).
** Oxford, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).

United States

* October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University is dedicated, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects.
* October 9 – Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design, opens at Stanford University.
* October 10 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential buildings in the world is topped out.
* November 3 – One World Trade Center in New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Daniel Libeskind, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opens.
* One57, one of the tallest buildings in New York City became the tallest mixed-use (residential and hotel) skyscraper in the city.

Exhibitions

*October 25 until February 22, 2015 - Diller & Scofidio + Renfro ''Musings on a Glass Box'' at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris, France.
* December 3 (ends May 2015) – "One Way: Peter Marino" at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.

Awards

* AIA Architecture Firm Award – Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
* AIA Gold Medal – Julia Morgan
* Emporis Skyscraper Award – Wangjing SOHO designed by Zaha Hadid
* Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical architecture – Pier Carlo Bontempi
* Lawrence Israel Prize – LOT-EK
* LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects
* Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Steven Holl
* Pritzker Architecture Prize – Shigeru Ban
* Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – Ruan Yisan
* RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
* Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
* Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Toyo Ito
* Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Harry Weese for Washington Metro
* UIA Gold Medal – Ieoh Ming Pei
* Vincent Scully Prize from National Building Museum – Charlie Rose

Deaths

* January 10 – Kathryn Findlay, British-born architect working in Japan (b. 1953)
* February 25 – Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (b. 1918)
* March 20 – William Toomath, (b. 1925), New Zealand architect
* March 28
** Robin Gibson, Australian architect (b. 1930)
** Avraham Yaski, Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
* April 24 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934)
* April 28 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, author and city planner (b. 1951)
* July 11 – Randall Stout, 56, American architect (b. 1958)
* July 26 – Sir Richard MacCormac, British architect (b. 1938)
* August 18 – Kurt Meyer, Swiss-born architect working in the United States and Nepal (b. 1922)
* August 22 – Sir Philip Dowson, British architect (b. 1924)
* September 6 – Édith Girard, French architect (b. 1949)
* September 27
**Taylor Hardwick, American architect (b. 1925)
**Antti Lovag, Hungarian architect (Palais Bulles) (b. 1920)
* December 24 – Ricardo Porro, Cuban architect who worked in France (b. 1925)

See also

*Timeline of architecture

References

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21st-century architecture