2014 in architecture
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The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Events
- June 8–November 23 – Venice Biennale of Architecture curated by Rem Koolhaas{{cite web|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/exhibition/|title=14th International Architecture Exhibition|accessdate=2014-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605143634/http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/exhibition|archive-date=2014-06-05|url-status=dead}}
- 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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=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.{{cite web|title=Dr Chau Chak Wing Building|publisher=UTS|url=http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress/dr-chau-chak-wing|accessdate=2014-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024172538/http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress/dr-chau-chak-wing|archive-date=2014-10-24|url-status=dead}}
=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=
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- 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.ziarulderoman.ro/moschee-la-rediu-pentru-romanii-convertiti-la-islam/|title=Moschee la Rediu, pentru românii convertiți la Islam|newspaper=Ziarul de Roman|date=28 June 2014|language=ro}}{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/piatra-neamt/un-roman-si-a-ridicat-moschee-drum-casa-este-musulmanii-crestinii-convertiti-islam-1_54b6bd46448e03c0fd993517/index.html|title=Un român convertit la Islam a ridicat o moschee peste drum de casă. "Este pentru toți musulmanii"|first=Sinziana|last=Ionescu|newspaper=Adevărul|date=15 January 2015|language=ro}}
=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.{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Frearson|title=Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes new conservation and gallery wing at British Museum|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/07/11/rogers-stirk-harbour-partners-completes-british-museum-extension/|work=dezeen|date=2014-07-11|accessdate=2017-07-24}}
- August – 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by Rafael Viñoly, completed.{{cite news|last=Wainwright|first=Oliver|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|title=Carbuncle Cup: Walkie Talkie wins prize for worst building of the year|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2015/sep/02/walkie-talkie-london-wins-carbuncle-cup-worst-building-of-year|accessdate=2015-09-02|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2015-09-02}}
- 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.{{cite web|title=Weston Library opens to academics after £80m revamp|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-29384945|work=BBC News|location=Oxford|date=2014-09-29|accessdate=2014-10-01}}
- December 9 – University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened.{{cite web|title=University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Building|work=RIBA Awards|url=http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/UniversityofGreenwichStockwellStreetBuilding.aspx|year=2015|accessdate=2015-07-20|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722030253/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/UniversityofGreenwichStockwellStreetBuilding.aspx|archive-date=2015-07-22|url-status=dead}}
- 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).{{cite web|title=Maggie's Lanarkshire by Reiach and Hall|date=2014-09-09|first=Ellis|last=Woodman|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/maggies-lanarkshire/8669419.article#|work=Architects' Journal}}{{cite web|title=Maggies Lanarkshire|work=RIBA Awards|url=http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/NationalWinners/MaggiesLanarkshire.aspx|year=2015|accessdate=2015-07-20|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722022658/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/NationalWinners/MaggiesLanarkshire.aspx|archive-date=2015-07-22|url-status=dead}}
- Oxford, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).{{cite web|title=The architecture and design of Maggie's Oxford Centre|url=https://www.maggiescentres.org/our-centres/maggies-oxford/architecture-and-design/|publisher=Maggie's|accessdate=2015-03-16}}
=United States=
- October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University is dedicated, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects.{{cite news |title=Philanthropist Bill Gates helps dedicate CIS's Gates Hall |url=http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/10/philanthropist-bill-gates-helps-dedicate-ciss-gates-hall |accessdate=28 June 2018 |publisher=Cornell University |date=2 October 2014}}
- October 9 – Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design,{{cite web |title=Windhover Contemplative Center / Aidlin Darling Design |url=https://www.archdaily.com/608268/windhover-contemplative-center-aidlin-darlin-design |website=ArchDaily |accessdate=4 September 2019 |date=18 March 2015}} opens at Stanford University.{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/october/windhover-center-opening-10-08-14.html|title=Windhover contemplative center opens Thursday on Stanford campus|website=Stanford – News|date=8 October 2014|access-date=25 August 2017}}
- 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.{{Cite web|url=https://dsrny.com/project/musings-on-a-glass-box|title=Musings on a Glass Box}}
- December 3 (ends May 2015) – "One Way: Peter Marino" at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bassmuseum.org/art/one-way-peter-marino/|title=One Way: Peter Marino | the Bass Museum of Art Contemporary Art Miami|date=10 November 2014}}
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{{cite web|title=Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award|url=http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/ruan-yisan/|publisher=University of Notre Dame School of Architecture|accessdate=2014-04-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140405140327/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/ruan-yisan/|archive-date=2014-04-05|url-status=dead}}
- RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
- Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29650118 |title=Riba Stirling Prize 2014: Liverpool Everyman Theatre wins |date=16 October 2014 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 October 2024}}
- 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{{cite news|url=http://www.fr-online.de/panorama/architekt-hans-hollein-gestorben,1472782,26934396.html|title=Architekt Hans Hollein gestorben|work=Frankfurter Rundshau|date=2014-04-24|access-date=2014-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610222930/http://www.fr-online.de/panorama/architekt-hans-hollein-gestorben,1472782,26934396.html|archive-date=2014-06-10|url-status=dead}} (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{{cite news|first=David|last=Colker|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-kurt-meyer-20140829-story.html|title=Kurt Meyer dies at 92; L.A. architect was committed to civic service|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2014-08-28|accessdate=2014-10-24}} (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)