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The year 2001 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • January 13 – Biblioteca Gallardo, one of the most important libraries in Central America, is among buildings destroyed in the January 2001 El Salvador earthquake.{{cite web|url=https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/el-salvador-book-rescue-effort/|title=El Salvador - Book Rescue Effort|website=Revista|access-date=29 August 2024}}
  • February 11 – Three Rivers Stadium, in Pittsburgh, United States, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers, is demolished.
  • April – Proposals for the Grollo Tower in Melbourne, Australia, projected to become the tallest in the world at this time, are rejected by the local authority.
  • September 11 – September 11 attacks: World Trade Center in New York City (designed by Minoru Yamasaki) is destroyed, and The Pentagon is heavily damaged by hijacked airliners. In New York, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is completely destroyed; and the Deutsche Bank Building and Fiterman Hall are subsequently demolished due to severe damage.
  • December 15 – Preservation efforts having been completed on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, it reopens to the public after 12 years of reconstruction.{{Cite web |date=2001-12-15 |title=Less leaning tower of Pisa reopens |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/15/pisa.tower/ |website=CNN |access-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120061313/http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/15/pisa.tower/ |url-status=live }}
  • unknown date – 6a architects is established by Stephanie Macdonald and Tom Emerson in London.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-27|title=6a architects on Designing for Galleries and Artists|first=Alice|last=Bucknell|url=https://elephant.art/6a-architects-designing-galleries-artists/|access-date=2022-04-06|website=Elephant}}

Buildings and structures

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Image:Milwaukee Art Museum 1 (Mulad).jpg]]

Image:Gateshead millennium bridge open.jpg

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File:Gasometer in Wien 2013 4.jpg, Austria]]

File:Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim.JPG in Trondheim, Norway]]

Awards

Magna Centre wins top design award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/oct/21/arts.featuresreview |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 October 2024}}

Deaths

See also

References

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Category:21st-century architecture