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The year 2020 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • November 16 – Work to dismantle the flanking walls of a pavilion erected by Tadao Ando at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre in England (2002) begins.{{cite news|first=Helen|last=Pidd|title=Manchester prepares for fall of its 'Berlin Wall'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/16/manchester-prepares-fall-berlin-wall-tadao-andohttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/16/manchester-prepares-fall-berlin-wall-tadao-ando|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2020-11-16|accessdate=2020-11-17}}

Buildings and structures

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;Australia

;Belgium

  • Alex guesthouse (private garden building), Berlare, designed by Atelier Vens Vanbelle, completed.{{cite web|title=Alex Guesthouse / atelier vens vanbelle|date=2020-04-28|work=ArchDaily|accessdate=2020-05-15|url=https://www.archdaily.com/938418/alex-guesthouse-atelier-vens-vanbelle/}}

;Canada

  • Vancouver House, designed by Bjarke Ingels.[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/anticipated-buildings-2020/index.html The most anticipated buildings set to shape the world in 2020] CNN Style, Dec 31, 2019

;Germany

;Hong Kong

  • M+ museum scheduled for completion.

; India

;Italy

;Japan

  • The Kadokawa Culture Museum at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in Tokorozawa, Japan partially opened on 1 August and then fully opened on 6 November.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/13687110|title=Kuma-designed pop culture museum opens early in Saitama | the Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/07/kadokawa-culture-museum/|title=Japan's New Kadokawa Culture Museum is Housed in an Angular, Granite Structure Designed by Kengo Kuma|date=21 July 2020}}

;Lebanon

  • Stone Garden (apartments), Beirut, designed by Lina Gotmeh, completed.{{cite web|title='stone garden' tower expresses the archaeological language of beirut|url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lina-ghotmeh-stone-garden-beirut-01-30-19/|work=designboom|date=2019-01-30|accessdate=2020-05-15}}

;Mexico

  • Torres Obispado in Monterrey, the tallest skyscraper in Latin America, completed.
  • 'OUM Wellness', built by the consortium Edificios Cero Energía in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, the first net-zero energy building (NZEB) in Latin America.[https://elmanana.com.mx/tendra-nuevo-leon-el-primer-edificio-cero-energia-de-mexico/ Tendrá Nuevo León el primer edificio ‘Cero Energía’ de México] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113053229/https://elmanana.com.mx/tendra-nuevo-leon-el-primer-edificio-cero-energia-de-mexico/ |date=2020-01-13 }} El Mañana (Mexico), 12 Jan 2020

;Norway

  • Powerhouse Telemark, "energy positive" project in Porsgrunn designed by Snøhetta.

;People's Republic of China

  • Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, designed by Ma Yansong.
  • 1000 Trees, designed by Thomas Heatherwick in Shanghai.
  • "Crystal" skyway at Raffles City Chongqing, designed by Moshe Safdie, opened to public June.{{cite web|title=World's Highest Horizontal Skyscraper at 250 Meters Opens in China|first=Fabienne|last=Lang|url=https://interestingengineering.com/worlds-highest-horizontal-skyscraper-at-250-meters-opens-in-china|work=Interesting Engineering|date=2020-06-08|accessdate=2020-06-11}}

; Sweden

  • Norra Tornen, a pair of residential buildings in Stockholm designed by OMA, is completed

;Taiwan

  • Tainan Spring (adaptive reuse), Tainan, designed by MVRDV, completed.{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/935346/tainan-spring-mvrdv |title=Tainan Spring / MVRDV |work=ArchDaily |accessdate=2020-05-15 |date=2020-03-11}}

;United Arab Emirates

;United Kingdom

  • 100 Liverpool Street office redevelopment in the City of London, designed by Hopkins Architects.{{cite web|title=100 Liverpool Street|url=https://www.hopkins.co.uk/projects/5/218/|publisher=Hopkins Architects|accessdate=2022-07-26}}
  • Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road (apartments), East London, designed by Henley Halebrown, completed.{{cite web|title=Hackney New Primary Sch & 333 Kingsland Rd London 2015–2020|url=https://henleyhalebrown.com/works/hackney-new-primary-school/|publisher=Henley Halebrown|accessdate=2022-07-26}}
  • Newfoundland Quay diagrid skyscraper rental apartments in London Docklands, designed by Horden Cherry Lee, projected for completion.
  • Town House, combining a library and dance studios, Kingston University London, designed by Grafton Architects (Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell), opened to students 6 January.{{cite news |title=Kingston University opens new 'Town House' building |url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/18140358.kingston-university-opens-new-town-house-building/ |first=Orlando |last=Jenkinson |work=Surrey Comet |date=2021-09-16 |accessdate=2021-09-16}}
  • Wolfson Building, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, designed by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt), opened 5 March.{{cite web |title=New stroke research centre opens in Oxford |url=https://oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-stroke-research-centre-opens-in-oxford/ |publisher=NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre|date=2020-03-05 |accessdate=2021-09-11}}
  • Falkirk Campus, Forth Valley College, Scotland, designed by Reiach & Hall, officially opened January.{{cite web|title=Reiach and Hall completes Falkirk campus for Forth Valley College|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/reiach-and-hall-completes-falkirk-campus-for-forth-valley-college|date=2021-04-12|first=Rob|last=Wilson|work=Architects' Journal|accessdate=2022-07-26}}

Awards

Exhibitions

  • 20 February until 14 August – Rem Koolhaas and AMO: "Countryside; the Future" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/press-release/rem-koolhaas-and-amo-explore-radical-change-in-the-worlds-nonurban-territories-in-the-guggenheim-exhibition-countryside-the-future|title=Rem Koolhaas and AMO Explore Radical Change in the World's Nonurban Territories in the Guggenheim Exhibition Countryside, the Future}}

Deaths

  • February 21 – Yona Friedman, 96, Hungarian-born French architect and architectural theorist ("mobile architecture") (born 1923){{cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/934231/yona-friedman-french-architect-and-urban-planner-passes-away-at-96|title=Yona Friedman, French Architect and Urban Planner Passes Away at 96|date=February 21, 2020|website=ArchDaily}}
  • March 15 – Vittorio Gregotti, 92, Italian architect (born 1927){{cite news |date= 16 March 2020 |title= Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/vittorio-gregotti-renowned-italian-architect-dies-of-coronavirus-at-92 |work= The Guardian |access-date= 17 March 2020}}
  • March 26 – Michael Sorkin, 71, American architect (born 1948)
  • March 28 – Michael McKinnell, 84, American architect (born 1935)
  • April 4 – Bashirul Haq, 77, Bangladeshi architect (born 1942)
  • April 10 – Rifat Chadirji, 93, Iraqi architect (born 1926)
  • April 12 – Justus Dahinden, 94, Swiss architect, teacher and writer (born 1925)
  • August 4 – Jean-Marc Bonfils, 57, Lebanese architect (born 1963)
  • September 2 – Christian Liaigre, 77, French architect and interior designer (born 1943){{cite web|url=https://www.interiordesign.net/articles/18369-legendary-french-minimalist-designer-christian-liaigre-dies-at-77/|title=Legendary French Minimalist Designer Christian Liaigre Dies at 77|date=4 September 2020|work=Interior Design}}
  • December 27 – Vikram Lall - Indian architect (Akshardham temple), (Birthdate not disclosed)
  • December 29 – Luigi Snozzi, 88, Swiss architect (born 1963)

See also

References

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Category:21st-century architecture