2016 in architecture

File:ICC Sydney Convention Block, March 2017.jpg, Australia]]

File:Bahai Templo.jpg, Chile]]

File:Duge Bridge.jpg, China]]

File:Cite du vin Bordeaux 2017 (37500642606).jpg, Bordeaux, France]]

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{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2016}}

;Australia

• International Convention Centre Sydney opened.{{Cite web|url=http://ftnnews.com/mice/31308-icc-sydney-officially-opens-for-business.html|title=ICC Sydney officially opens for business}}
• October – 1 William Street, the tallest building in Brisbane (2016–2019), designed by Woods Bagot, is completed.

;Chile

• October 19 – The Baháʼí House of Worship in Santiago, designed by Siamak Hariri, opened.

;China

• Dacheng Muslim Cultural Center, by He Jingtang opens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/10/27/colonnade-arched-walkway-dachang-muslim-cultural-center-beijing-china-he-jingtang/|title = Arched walkway wraps Muslim centre near Beijing by He Jingtang|date = 26 October 2016}}
• December 29 – Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world (2016–present), opened.

;France

• May 31 – Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, opened.

;Germany

• BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
• Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
• October 23 – Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin is completed.

;Greece

• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano is completed.

;Indonesia

• Gama Tower, the tallest building in Jakarta (2016–present), Indonesia, is completed.

;Italy

• BNL BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, designed by 5+1AA (Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo), is completed.

;Malta

• April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.

;Peru

• Paracas Museum (Museo de Sitio de Paracas) on Paracas Peninsula, by designed by Barclay & Crousse, is built.{{cite web|title=Paracas Museum|work=Area|date=2017-03-20|url=https://www.area-arch.it/en/paracas-museum/|accessdate=2018-12-16}}

;Poland

• May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland (2016-present), is completed.

;Portugal

• October 5 – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, designed by Amanda Levete of AL A.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/06/maat-lisbon-museum-amanda-levete-architect|title='The hotspot of hotspots': Amanda Levete's €20m Lisbon museum opens with a sinuous swoosh|last=Wainwright|first=Oliver|date=2016-10-06|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|accessdate=2016-10-21}}

;South Korea

• December 22 – Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea (2016–present), is completed.

;Sri Lanka

• September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003).

;Thailand

• August 29 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok.

;Turkey

• August 26 – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge the second tallest suspension bridge in the world opened.

;United Arab Emirates

• August 31 – Dubai Opera opened.

;United Kingdom

• April 27 – Hastings Pier reconstruction, designed by Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, opened{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|title=Pier review|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=2017-07-22|pages=14–15 (The New Review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/20/stirling-prize-2017-shortlist-glasgow-british-museum|accessdate=2017-07-24}} (Stirling Prize winner 2017).
• May 21 – Command of the Oceans at Chatham Historic Dockyard, designed by Baynes and Mitchell Architects, opened.
• June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension, subsequently named Blavatnik Building) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened.{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|title=First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern's power pyramid|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2016-05-23|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/23/first-look-inside-tate-moderns-power-pyramid|accessdate=2016-10-16}}
• August 4 – British Airways i360 observation tower, Brighton, designed by Marks Barfield, opened.
• September
• Art and Design Building, Bedales School, Steep, Hampshire, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.{{cite web|title=Rowan Atkinson's house among RIBA award winners|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40047732|date=2017-05-26|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2017-05-29}}
• City Campus, City of Glasgow College, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects.{{cite web|title=City of Glasgow opens new campus in centre of city|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37277618|date=2017-09-05|accessdate=2017-07-24|publisher=BBC News|location=Glasgow}}
• Ineos headquarters building at Grangemouth, Scotland, designed by Michael Laird Architects, completed.{{cite web|title=INEOS completes construction of its new, state of the art Grangemouth Headquarters|url=http://www.ineos.com/sites/grangemouth/news/ineos-completes-construction-of-its-new-grangemouth-headquarters/|publisher=INEOS|location=Grangemouth|date=2016-09-06|accessdate=2017-03-31}}
• Barrett's Grove (apartments), Stoke Newington, London, designed by Groupwork and Amin Taha.{{cite web|title=Barretts Grove|url=http://www.archdaily.com/796311/barretts-grove-groupwork|date=2016-09-29|work=arch daily|accessdate=2017-07-24}}
• October – Photography studio for Juergen Teller, London, designed by 6a Architects.{{cite web|first=Alyn|last=Griffiths|title=6a Architects completes concrete photography studio for Juergen Teller|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/10/14/juergen-teller-photography-studio-concrete-6a-architects-london-uk/|date=2016-10-14|work=dezeen|accessdate=2017-07-24}}
• October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, opened.{{Cite web|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2016/10/leeds-victoria-gate-opens-its-doors-to-the-public|title = Leeds' Victoria Gate opens its doors to the public - Retail Gazette| date=20 October 2016 }}{{cite news|first=Rowan|last=Moore|authorlink=Rowan Moore|title=Shop in the name of love|newspaper=The Observer|location=London|date=2016-05-22|page=29 (The New Review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/16/victoria-gate-leeds-review-john-lewis|accessdate=2016-10-17}}
• November 24 – Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum, opened.{{cite news|authorlink=Rowan Moore|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Private property, public heart|newspaper=The Observer|location=London|date=2016-05-22|page=29 (The New Review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/22/holland-green-oma-design-museum-commonwealth-institute-review|accessdate=2016-05-23}}
• December 8 – Winton Gallery at Science Museum, London, designed by Zaha Hadid.

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• Goldsmith Street public housing (passive houses) in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches and Cathy Hawley.
• House for Rowan Atkinson near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Berman Guedes Stretton and Roger Stretton.
• Incurvo (private house) near Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, designed by Adrian James Architects.

;United States

• May 26 — Klarman Hall at Cornell University, designed by Koetter Kim & Associates{{cite news|last1=Aloi|first1=Daniel|title=Klarman Hall feted as 'place of community, intersection'|url=http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/05/klarman-hall-feted-place-community-intersection|accessdate=28 June 2018|publisher=Cornell University|date=27 May 2016}}
• September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened.{{Cite web |url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/opening |title = Museum Opens September 24th {{!}} National Museum of African American History and Culture |access-date=2016-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006045715/https://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/opening |archive-date=2016-10-06 |url-status=dead }}
• March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.

• AIA Gold Medal – Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
• Architecture Firm Award AIA – LMN Architects
• Carbuncle Cup – Lincoln Plaza
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Scott Merrill
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – VIA 57 West
• Lawrence Israel Prize – SHoP Architects
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Paulo Mendes da Rocha
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Alejandro Aravena
• RAIA Gold Medal – ARM Architecture
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Zaha Hadid
• RIBA Stirling Prize – Caruso St John Architects for Newport Street Gallery{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37575364 |title=Damien Hirst gallery wins Riba Stirling Prize |date=6 October 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 October 2024}}
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Cecil Balmond
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Monterey Bay Aquarium by EHDD

• March 18 – July 31: "A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MOMA in New York City".{{Cite web |url=http://press.moma.org/2015/06/a-japanese-constellation-toyo-ito-sanaa-and-beyond/ |title = A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond |access-date=2016-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511220022/http://press.moma.org/2015/06/a-japanese-constellation-toyo-ito-sanaa-and-beyond/ |archive-date=2016-05-11 |url-status=dead }}
• May 28 – November 16: "TIME-SPACE-EXISTENCE" at the Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Palazzo Rossini in Venice, Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.palazzomora.org/index.php?page=33&lang=en|title = Home}}

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• February 1 – Paul Pholeros, Australian architect (b. 1953)
• February 16 – Bořek Šípek, Czech architect and designer (b. 1949)
• February 27 – Claude Parent, French architect (b. 1923)
• March 31 – Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect (b. 1950)
• May 16 – Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (b. 1920)
• June 8 – Michael Manser, 87, British architect (b. 1929)
• July 26 – Eric Kuhne, 64, American-born British architect (b. 1951)
• August 19 – Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architectural historian (b. 1949)
• September – John Belle, 84, American architect (b. 1932)
• September 16 – Teodoro González de León, 90, Mexican architect (b. 1926)
• October 4 – Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong born Canadian architect (b. 1940)
• November 14 – Diana Balmori, 84, Spanish born Argentinian-American landscape designer (b. 1932)
• November 15 – Sixto Durán-Ballén 95, American-born Ecuadorian politician (President of Ecuador 1992–1996) and architect (b. 1921)
• December 1 – Peter Corrigan, 74–75, Australian architect (b, 1941)
• December 13 – Roy Harrover, 88, American architect (b. 1928)

• Timeline of architecture

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