2014 in architecture

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

## Events

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

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2014

### Antarctica

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* February 12 – Jang Bogo Station opens.

### Australia

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* 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.[2]

### Canada

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* 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

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Louis Vuitton Foundation The Rotterdam Central Station

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

### Germany

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* February – Taunusturm in Frankfurt opens.

### Iran

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

### Italy

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

### Latvia

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

### Netherlands

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

### Panama

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

### Philippines

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

### Poland

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

### Romania

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* Summer – The Maryam Mosque, a mosque for Romanian converts to Islam in Rediu, is completed.[3][4]

### Taiwan

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

### United Arab Emirates

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* 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

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* July – Buildings in London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed:
* 122 Leadenhall Street in the City.
* World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, British Museum.[5]
* August – 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by Rafael Viñoly, completed.[6]
* 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.[7]
* December 9 – University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened.[8]
* 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).[9][10]
* Oxford, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).[11]

One World Trade Center

### United States

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* October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University is dedicated, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects.[12]
* October 9 – Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design,[13] opens at Stanford University.[14]
* 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

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* October 25 until February 22, 2015 - Diller & Scofidio + Renfro Musings on a Glass Box at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris, France.[15]
* December 3 (ends May 2015) – "One Way: Peter Marino" at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.[16]

## Awards

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* 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[17]
* RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
* Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool[18]
* 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

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* 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[19] (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[20] (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

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* Timeline of architecture

## References

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1. ^ "14th International Architecture Exhibition". Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
2. ^ "Dr Chau Chak Wing Building". UTS. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
3. ^ "Moschee la Rediu, pentru românii convertiți la Islam". Ziarul de Roman (in Romanian). 28 June 2014.
4. ^ Ionescu, Sinziana (15 January 2015). "Un român convertit la Islam a ridicat o moschee peste drum de casă. "Este pentru toți musulmanii"". Adevărul (in Romanian).
5. ^ Frearson, Amy (2014-07-11). "Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes new conservation and gallery wing at British Museum". dezeen. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
6. ^ Wainwright, Oliver (2015-09-02). "Carbuncle Cup: Walkie Talkie wins prize for worst building of the year". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
7. ^ "Weston Library opens to academics after £80m revamp". BBC News. Oxford. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
8. ^ "University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Building". RIBA Awards. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
9. ^ Woodman, Ellis (2014-09-09). "Maggie's Lanarkshire by Reiach and Hall". Architects' Journal.
10. ^ "Maggies Lanarkshire". RIBA Awards. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
11. ^ "The architecture and design of Maggie's Oxford Centre". Maggie's. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
12. ^ "Philanthropist Bill Gates helps dedicate CIS's Gates Hall". Cornell University. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
13. ^ "Windhover Contemplative Center / Aidlin Darling Design". ArchDaily. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
14. ^ "Windhover contemplative center opens Thursday on Stanford campus". Stanford – News. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
15. ^ "Musings on a Glass Box".
16. ^ "One Way: Peter Marino | the Bass Museum of Art Contemporary Art Miami". 10 November 2014.
17. ^ "Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award". University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
18. ^ "Riba Stirling Prize 2014: Liverpool Everyman Theatre wins". BBC News. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
19. ^ "Architekt Hans Hollein gestorben". Frankfurter Rundshau. 2014-04-24. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
20. ^ Colker, David (2014-08-28). "Kurt Meyer dies at 92; L.A. architect was committed to civic service". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-24.

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