2017 in architecture
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The year 2017 in architecture included the demolishment of a major brutalist building, several dedications and openings of new buildings, and two major disasters.
Events
- January 19 – The Plasco Building in Tehran (Iran) collapses during a fire.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38675628 |title=Tehran fire: Many feared dead as high-rise collapses |date=19 January 2017 |accessdate=19 January 2017 |publisher=BBC News}}
- May – The Fogarty Building, a "mammoth of modern Brutalist architecture" in Providence, Rhode Island built in the 1960s and abandoned since 2003, is demolished to make room for a hotel{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=John|title=Time's up for the Brutalist Fogarty building in downtown Providence|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20160109/NEWS/160109404|accessdate=July 1, 2018|work=The Providence Journal|date=January 9, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Bogdan|first1=Jennifer|title=Stalled demolition of Fogarty Building in Providence expected to resume Saturday|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170509/stalled-demolition-of-fogarty-building-in-providence-expected-to-resume-saturday|accessdate=July 1, 2018|work=The Providence Journal|date=May 9, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Borg|first1=Linda|title=Last wall of Fogarty Building falls in Providence|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170513/last-wall-of-fogarty-building-falls-in-providence|accessdate=July 1, 2018|work=The Providence Journal|date=May 13, 2017}}
- June 14 – The Grenfell Tower fire in London forces major reviews of public housing tower block construction in the United Kingdom
- November 15–17 – The annual World Architecture Festival is held in Berlin.
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2017}}
;Belgium
- May 25 – NATO headquarters in Haren, Brussels, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, dedicated
;Brazil
- January – The Children's Village at the Canuanã School, Formoso do Araguaia, Tocantins, designed by Rosenbaum + Aleph Zero (Gustavo Utrabo and Pedro Duschenes), completed{{cite web|title=Children Village|url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-international-prize/2018/children-village#|publisher=RIBA|year=2018|accessdate=11 May 2018}}
;China
- October – Tianjin Binhai Library, designed by MVRDV, opened{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/tianjin-binhai-library-710828|title=China's breathtaking, futuristic library in Tianjin is every book lover's dream|date=2017-11-14|work=Newsweek}}
- December 2 – Sea World Culture and Arts Center in Shekou, designed by Fumihiko Maki, opened
- Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world, is completed
;France
- April 22 – La Seine Musicale concert venue in Paris, design co-ordinated by Jean Nouvel, inaugurated
;Germany
File:HH vom Wasser 9.jpg in Hamburg, Germany]]
- January 11 – Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened
- October 31 – Reconstruction of the baroque Garrison Church tower in Potsdam projected for completion on the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day
;South Africa
- September 22 – Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, converted from a grain silo by Thomas Heatherwick, opened
;Spain
File:Centro Botín (37578627575).jpg, Spain]]
- Early – Món Casteller. The Human Towers Experience in Valls (Province of Tarragona): museum dedicated to Intangible Heritage of UNESCO: the castell
- June 23 – Centro Botín de Arte y Cultura in Santander, designed by Renzo Piano, opens to the public{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|title='I wanted the building to fly': Piano's seafront art gallery opens in Santander|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=June 24, 2017|pages=26–7|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/renzo-piano-santander-spain-art-gallery-opens|accessdate=24 June 2017}}
;United Arab Emirates
- November 11 – Louvre Abu Dhabi, an art museum in Abu Dhabi designed by Jean Nouvel, opened
;United Kingdom
- Early – West Court, Jesus College, Cambridge, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects, first phase completed
- February – Berkshire House (private home) near Caversham, Reading, designed by Gregory Phillips Architects, completed{{cite web|title=Berkshire House, Reading|url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-south-award-winners|work=RIBAJ|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|date=2018-05-17|accessdate=2018-06-22}}
- February 14 – Nucleus, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, opened{{cite news|title=National archive for nuclear industry opens in Wick|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38855127|work=BBC News|date=2017-02-14|accessdate=2019-12-08}}{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Astbury|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/24/nucleus-archive-reaich-hall-scotland-andrew-doolan-award/|title=Reiach and Hall's archive of British civil nuclear industry named Scotland's best building|work=Dezeen|date=2018-11-24|accessdate=2019-12-08}}
- March – Leatare Quad at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, designed by John Simpson Architects, completed
- March 18 – Cohen Quad for Exeter College, Oxford, designed by Alison Brooks Architects, opened{{cite web|url=https://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/exeter-college-holds-formal-opening-of-cohen-quad/|title=Exeter College holds formal opening of Cohen Quad|date=2017-03-20|publisher=Exeter College|location=Oxford|accessdate=2018-08-13}}
- May – Sibson Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, designed by Penoyre & Prasad, opened
- May 16 – Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, designed by Make Architects, opened
- June – NGS Macmillan Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, designed by The Manser Practice, opened{{cite web|title=NGS Macmillan Unit|url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-east-midlands-award-winners/2018/ngs-macmillan-unit|work=RIBA Architecture.com|year=2018|accessdate=22 June 2018}}
- June 29 – New entrance, courtyard and gallery for Victoria and Albert Museum in London designed by Amanda Levete's AL A{{cite web|first=Federica|last=Lusiardi|title=The renovated V&A by Amanda Levete Architects|url=https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/london-the-renovated-va-by-amanda-levete-architects/|work=inexhibit|date=April 27, 2016|accessdate=19 March 2017}}
- Summer – Black House (private home), Great Chart, Kent, designed by Andy Ramus (AR Design Studio), completed
- September 27 – GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory, University of Nottingham, designed by Fairhursts Design Group, opened{{cite web|title=The Carbon Neutral Laboratory - The University of Nottingham|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/research/centre-for-sustainable-chemistry/the-carbon-neutral-laboratory.aspx|access-date=2022-03-16|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk}}
- October 18 – Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College, Oxford, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, opened{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=Pete|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15604004.Malaysian_Sultan_and_Duchess_of_Cornwall_open_new_building/|title=Malaysian Sultan and Duchess of Cornwall open new building at Oxford University|newspaper=The Oxford Times|date=2017-10-18|accessdate=2017-10-19}}
- October 24 – Bloomberg London European headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners, opened; awarded 2018 Stirling Prize{{cite web|title=Bloomberg HQ in London wins Riba architecture prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45813670|work=BBC News|date=2018-10-10|accessdate=2018-10-11}}
- October 28 – Lombard Wharf (residential tower), Battersea, London, designed by Patel Taylor, completed{{cite web|title=Lombard Wharf / Patel Taylor|work=ArchDaily|date=October 28, 2017|accessdate=23 May 2018|url=https://www.archdaily.com/882459/lombard-wharf-patel-taylor}}
- November 1 – New (sunken) library, The Queen's College, Oxford, designed by Rick Mather Architects, opened
- December 13 – New Embassy of the United States, London, designed by KieranTimberlake, opened to public
- 15 Clerkenwell Close, London, designed by Amin Taha for himself, completed{{cite news|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|title=Stirling prize shortlist: from mosque stunner to neo-neolithic flats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/16/stirling-prize-shortlist-2021-architecture|access-date=2021-09-16|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2021-09-16}}
- Baltimore Tower in London Docklands designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Caring Wood (private home), Leeds, Kent, designed by James Macdonald Wright of Macdonald Wright Architects and Niall Maxwell, completed{{cite news|authorlink=Rowan Moore|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Shout it from the rooftops|newspaper=The Observer|location=London|date=June 11, 2017|accessdate=13 June 2017|page=28 (New Review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/11/caring-wood-house-kent-architecture-review-rebirth-english-country-house}}
- Redesdale (private home), Boars Hill, Oxford, designed by Khoury Architects, completed
- No. 37 (private home), Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by Family Architects
- Vex House, Stoke Newington, London, designed by Chance De Silva{{cite news|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Vex review – London's grooviest house|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/14/vex-review-north-london-house-erik-satie-scanner|newspaper=The Observer|location=London|date=May 14, 2017|accessdate=20 November 2018}}
- Two Fifty One, a mixed-use development in Elephant and Castle, London, designed by Allies and Morrison, completed
- Bushey Cemetery for United Synagogue, designed by Waugh Thistleton, completed{{cite news|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Bushey Jewish Cemetery review – a place of dignity and ease|newspaper=The Observer|location=London|date=January 7, 2018|accessdate=11 October 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/07/bushey-jewish-cemetery-extension-review}}
File:Aerial_view_of_Apple_Park_dllu.jpg in Cupertino, California, USA]]
;United States
- Spring - The John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates opens{{cite web| url = https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/john-w-olver-design-building_o| title = John W. Olver Design Building, by Leers Weinzapfel Associates {{!}} Architect Magazine}}
- April – Apple Park in Cupertino, California, designed by Norman Foster, opens
- October 20 – Engineering Research Center, Brown University, designed by KieranTimberlake, opens{{cite news|last1=Stacey|first1=Kevin|title=Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors|url=https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/10/researchcenter|accessdate=June 4, 2018|publisher=Brown University|date=October 20, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Brown University, Engineering Research Center|url=https://www.burohappold.com/projects/brown-university-school-engineering/|website=BuroHappold Engineering|accessdate=June 4, 2018}}
- November – Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., designed by David Greenbaum, opens
Exhibitions
- April 25 until July 30 - "Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music" at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/space_for_music/index.html|title=The Getty Research Institute}}
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Paul Revere Williams
- Architecture Firm Award AIA – Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
- Carbuncle Cup – PLP Architecture
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Robert Adam
- Emporis Skyscraper Award – Lotte World Tower
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – NL Architects and XVW architectuur
- Lawrence Israel Prize – Karim Rashid
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Rafael Moneo
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramón Vilalta / RCR Arquitectes
- RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Elliott
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazil
- RIBA Stirling Prize – dRMM Architects for Hastings Pier{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/31/walking-tall-hastings-pier-wins-the-riba-stirling-architecture-prize-de-rijke-marsh-morgan |title=Walking tall: Hastings pier wins the Stirling architecture prize |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=31 October 2017 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=18 October 2024 }}
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara
- Twenty-five Year Award AIA – Grand Louvre—Phase I by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
- UIA Gold Medal – Toyo Ito
- Vincent Scully Prize – Laurie Olin
Deaths
- January 5 – Leonardo Benevolo, Italian architectural historian (b. 1923){{cite web|first=Stefano|last=Bucci|title=Morto Leonardo Benevolo, l'urbanista che ridisegnò le periferie|url=http://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_gennaio_05/morto-leonardo-benevolo-l-urbanista-che-ridisegno-periferie-87e8b0c0-d399-11e6-9dc7-b8de3918521a.shtml|work=Corriere della Sera|date=January 6, 2017|language=Italian}}
- March 5 – Leonard Manasseh, British architect (b. 1916)
- March 7 – Slavko Brezovski, Macedonian architect (b. 1922)
- March 10 – Christopher Gray, American journalist and architectural historian (b. 1950)
- March 17 – Hugh Hardy, American architect (b. 1932)
- April 1 – Antonio Lamela, Spanish architect (b. 1926)
- May 2 – Diane Lewis, American architect, author and academic (b. 1951)
- July 1 – Richard Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1923){{cite news|title=Richard Gilbert Scott|first=Gavin|last=Stamp|authorlink=Gavin Stamp|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=July 15, 2017|issue=53150|page=38|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/12/richard-gilbert-scott-obituary|accessdate=15 July 2017}}
- July 4 – Bryan Avery, English architect (b. 1944)
- August 15 – Gunnar Birkerts, 92, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
- September 1 – Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect (b. 1922)
- September 9 – Otto Meitinger, 90, German architect and preservationist (b. 1929)
- September 15 – Albert Speer Jr., 83, German architect (b. 1934)
- September 28 – Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect (b. 1926)
- October 5 – Dan Hanganu, 78, Romanian born Canadian architect (b. 1939)
- October 29 – Manfredi Nicoletti, 89, Italian architect (b.1930)
- November 30 – Vincent Scully, 97,r American architectural historian (b. 1920)
- December 29 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect (Peachtree Center) (b. 1924)