2015 in architecture

• July – The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-orders-full-review-2020-olympic-stadium-070207621--spt.html|title=Japan rips up 2020 Olympic stadium plans to start anew|last1=Himmer|first1=Alastair|date=2015-07-17|website=news.yahoo.com|publisher=AFP|access-date=2015-07-17}}
• November 4–6 – The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.

• 5 July – The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site.

File:Museu do Amanha 05 2016 Rio 2085.jpg in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]

File:Shanghai - Shanghai Tower - 0002.jpg, China]]

File:Centar Strojarska 20150307 DSC 0004.JPG in Zagreb, Croatia]]

File:EZB-Hauptverwaltung-2016-Rückseite-Ffm-229.jpg in Frankfurt, Germany]]

File:Parliament House (Malta).jpeg in Valletta, Malta]]

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2015}}

;Antarctica

• March – Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, designed by Estúdio 41, scheduled to commence operation.

;Australia

• January 21 – Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania.{{cite news|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/saturday-soapbox-bridging-gap-between-past-and-future/story-fnj4f64i-1227187372259|title=Saturday Soapbox: Bridging gap between past and future|work=The Mercury|date=2015-01-17|accessdate=2015-01-17}}
• MPavilion (pop-up structure), Melbourne, designed by Amanda Levete's AL A.{{citation|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/10/amanda-levete-ala-architects-forest-canopy-design-melbourne-mpavilion/|title=Amanda Levete unveils forest canopy design for second Melbourne MPavilion|date=2015-07-10|work=de zeen|accessdate=2017-03-19}}

;Brazil

• December 17 – Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is opened.

;China

• September 6 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world (2015–present), is completed.
• Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza in Xiamen, designed by Gensler, is topped out.{{cite web|title=Xiamen Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza|url=https://www.emporis.com/complex/127109/xiamen-shimao-cross-strait-plaza-xiamen-china|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507085348/http://www.emporis.com/complex/127109/xiamen-shimao-cross-strait-plaza-xiamen-china|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 7, 2016|publisher=Emporis|accessdate=2021-04-15}}

;Croatia

• Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb is completed. The main building, Building B, which has 25 floors and is 315 feet tall is the tallest residential building in Croatia.

;France

• January 14 – Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened.

;Germany

• March 18 – European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt.
• May 9 – Propsteikirche, Leipzig, designed by Schulz und Schulz, consecrated.
• October 23 – German Football Museum in Dortmund opened.

;Indonesia

• Gama Tower in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia (2015–present), is completed.

;Italy

• Australian Pavilion for Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, built.

;Malta

• May 4 – Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano.

;Netherlands

• Nov 19 - Arnhem Centraal Railway Station, Arnhem, designed by UNStudio. Construction started in 2006.

;Peru

• UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología), Lima, designed by Grafton Architects with Shell Arquitectos.{{cite web|title= Engineering and Technology University – UTEC / Grafton Architects + Shell Arquitectos|url=http://www.archdaily.com/792814/engineering-and-technology-university-utec-grafton-architects-plus-shell-arquitectos|work=ArchDaily|date=2016-08-08|accessdate=2017-05-29}}

;Poland

• National Forum of Music in Wrocław.

;Russia

• Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion.

;Singapore

• March 10 – Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened.
• November 24 – National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening.

;United Kingdom

• January – Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.{{cite web|title=Darbishire Place, Peabody Housing|url=http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/DarbishirePlace,PeabodyHousing.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721214350/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/DarbishirePlace,PeabodyHousing.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-07-21|work=RIBA Awards|year=2015|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|accessdate=2015-07-20}}
• February 14 – Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA).
• May 21 – HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo.
• May 26 – Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid.{{cite news|title=Zaha Hadid's Middle East Centre lands in Oxford|authorlink=Jonathan Glancey|first=Jonathan|last=Glancey|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/architecture/11670659/zaha-hadid-investcorp-building-oxford.html|work=The Sunday Telegraph|location=London|date=2015-06-14|accessdate=2015-07-20}}
• June – Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed.{{cite web|title=RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 Shortlist|url=https://www.architecture.com/Awards/Awards2016/StirlingPrize/Home.aspx|year=2016|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|accessdate=2016-10-04}}
• August – City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students.
• September 30 – Christchurch Bridge, Reading, England, designed by Design Engine Architects, completed.
• October 8 – Newport Street Gallery in south London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery by Caruso St John architects.
• October – New building for the University of Oxford's Ruskin School of Art in Bullingdon Road by Spratley Studios.
• November 30 – Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, begins to function.
• Clergy Court (new cloister) at Blackburn Cathedral in the north of England, designed by Purcell, projected for completion.

File:The Broad LA 2017.jpg museum in Downtown Los Angeles, USA]]

• Outhouse, a house in the Forest of Dean, by Loyn & Co architects.
• A House for Essex, Wrabness, designed by Charles Holland of FAT with Grayson Perry.{{cite news|last=Wainwright|first=Oliver|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|title=For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way was 'bonkers as possible'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/15/for-grayson-perrys-essex-house-the-only-way-was-bonkers-as-possible|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=2015-05-15|accessdate=2015-08-29}}

;United States

• May 1 – New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano.
• September 20 – The Broad (contemporary art museum) in Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
• December 23 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world (2015–2020) is completed.

;Zimbabwe

• January – Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo.{{cite news|title=Tokwe Mukosi dam complete|url=http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe-news/74430/tokwe-mukosi-dam-complete.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107220925/http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe-news/74430/tokwe-mukosi-dam-complete.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2015|accessdate=17 January 2015|work=The Zimbabwean|date=7 January 2015}}

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• AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie
• Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects
• Carbuncle Cup – 20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie')
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Shanghai Tower designed by Jun Xia
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga
• Lawrence Israel Prize – Tony Chi
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous)
• RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O'Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland
• RIBA Stirling Prize – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Burntwood School{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34537420 |title=Riba Stirling Prize: Burntwood School wins award |date=15 October 2015 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=18 October 2024}}
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House

• April 24 – August 2 – "Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association" at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/63_drawing_ambience_alvin_boyarsky_and_the_architectural_association |title=Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association – Exhibitions - RISD MUSEUM |website=risdmuseum.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603015720/http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/63_drawing_ambience_alvin_boyarsky_and_the_architectural_association |archive-date=3 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}
• May 1 until October 31 – Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.

• January 16 – Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect
• January 18 – Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect
• February 9 – Jon Jerde, 75, American architect
• March 9 – Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer
• March 12 – Michael Graves, 80, American architect
• April 28 – Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect
• March 19 – Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect
• May 11 – Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner
• May 16 – Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect
• May 31 – Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect
• June 12 – James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect
• June 26 – Donald Wexler, 89, American architect
• June 28 – Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect
• November 7 – Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist
• December 11 – Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect
• December 19 – Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect

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