2021 in architecture

• April - Restoration of the Royal Chapel at Versailles in France is completed.{{cite AV media|title=Restoration of Versailles royal chapel complete|medium=Video|publisher=AP|date=2021-04-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaS1UTTVzs0}}
• June 24 - Surfside condominium collapse: A 12-story condominium apartment building in Surfside, Florida, partially collapses{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/28/us/building-collapse-miami-beach|title=11 People Confirmed Dead in Florida Condo Collapse|work=The New York Times|date=2021-06-29}} leaving 98 confirmed dead.
• October 1, 2021–March 31, 2022 - Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• October 14 - 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire in Taiwan leaves at least 46 dead.{{cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4314525|title=46 dead, 41 injured after Kaohsiung 'ghost building' fire|publisher=Taiwan News|date=2021-10-14|accessdate=2021-10-14|archivedate=2021-10-14|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20211014104229/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4314525}}
• November 1 - 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse: A luxury apartment block under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria collapses with fatalities.{{cite news|last=Ajiboye|first=Gbemisola|title=We warned owners of Ikoyi collapsed building – Structural engineers|url=https://witnessngr.com/we-warned-owners-of-ikoyi-collapsed-building-structural-engineers/|accessdate=2021-11-01|work=The Witness Newspaper|date=2021-11-01}}

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{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2021}}

;Australia

• The One, the second tallest building in Brisbane, is completed.

;China

• Wormhole library on Hainan, designed by MAD Studio, projected for opening.{{cite web|title=Twelve buildings to look forward to in 2021|first=Lizzie|last=Crook|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/02/top-buildings-complete-2021-dezeen-review-2020/|work=dezeen|date=2021-01-02|accessdate=2021-06-07}}{{cite news |last1=Capps |first1=Kriston |title=Please Transport Me to China's 'Wormhole Library' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-23/china-s-wormhole-library-is-a-far-out-exercise-in-algorithmic-design |access-date=3 November 2022 |work=Bloomberg News |date=October 23, 2022}}
• Spot #40 Waste-to-Energy Plant, Shenzhen East, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Gottlieb Paludan Architects, projected to commence operation.

;Cyprus

• One Limassol in Limassol, the tallest building in Cyprus, projected for completion.

;Denmark

• Buried extension to Ordrupgaard art gallery near Jægersborg Dyrehave, designed by Snøhetta, projected for completion.

;France

• Gallery for Pinault Collection of contemporary art inserted into the Bourse de commerce (Paris), designed by Tadao Ando in collaboration with Niney et Marca Architectes, Pierre-Antoine Gatier and Setec Bâtiment, opening mid-May.{{cite web|first=Leah|last=Dolan|title=Inside the Bourse de Commerce, Paris' new $195 million art museum|date=May 17, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bourse-de-commerce-art-museum/index.html|access-date=2021-05-18|publisher=CNN}}
• British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, designed by Liam O'Connor, inaugurated 6 June.{{cite news|title=British Normandy Memorial unveiled in France to honour D-Day and Normandy fallen|first=Mary|last=O'Connor|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57373932|work=BBC News|date=2021-06-06|accessdate=2021-06-07}}
• New façade for La Samaritaine department store in Paris, designed by SANAA, projected for completion in February.
• LUMA Arles arts resource building, designed by Frank Gehry, opens 26 June.{{cite news|first=Kim|last=Willsher|title=Frank Gehry's Luma Arles tower to open in south of France|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/25/frank-gehrys-luma-arles-tower-to-open-in-south-of-france|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=2021-06-26|page=36|accessdate=2021-06-26}}
• Le Dôme, a winery in Saint-Émilion, designed by Foster + Partners, projected for completion.

;Germany

• Museum Küppersmühle extension in Duisburg, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, projected for completion.

;Hungary

• House of Hungarian Music, City Park, Budapest, designed by Sou Fujimoto, projected for completion December.{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|authorlink=Oliver Wainwright|display-authors=etal|title=From Hokusai to Himid: the best art and architecture of autumn 2021|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/26/art-architecture-autumn-2021-hokusai-himid-salgado|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2021-08-26|accessdate=2021-08-27}}

;Indonesia

• Autograph Tower in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia and the Southern Hemisphere, projected for completion.

;Italy

• MOSE project intended to protect the city of Venice from flooding, projected for completion.

;Netherlands

• Valley, a high-rise residential/mixed-use development in Amsterdam, designed by MVRDV, projected for completion.
• Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (open museum store), Museumpark, Rotterdam, designed by MVRDV, projected for opening November 6.

;Niger

• The Martyrs' Memorial (Le Mémorial des Martyrs), Niamey, Niger, designed by David Adjaye, projected for completion.{{cite web|title=David Adjaye plans Martyrs Memorial for Niamey, Niger|first=Philip|last=Stevens|url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/david-adjaye-martyrs-memorial-niamey-niger-10-15-2020/|work=designboom|date=2020-10-15|accessdate=2021-06-07}}

;Norway

• The new Munch Museum in Oslo, designed by Estudio Herreros, opened October 22.

;Poland

• Varso in Warsaw, the tallest building in Warsaw and Poland and in the European Union, projected for completion.

;Spain

• Intempo apartment building in Benidorm, completed midyear.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/tallest-apartment-building-in-eu-finally-completed-in-benidorm|first=Stephen|last=Burgen|title=Tallest apartment building in EU finally completed in Benidorm|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2021-07-20|access-date=2021-07-20}}
• Caleido, in Madrid

;Sweden

• Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå, designed by White Arkitekter.{{cite web|title=In Sweden the world's second tallest wooden skyscraper|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2021/10/26/sara-kulturhus-worlds-second-tallest-wooden-skyscraper-in-sweden.html|first=Marianna|last=Guernieri|work=Domus|date=2021-10-26|accessdate=2021-10-29}}

;Tanzania

• Tanzanite Bridge in Dar es Salaam, the longest bridge in Tanzania, projected for completion.

;Thailand

• Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok, the largest railway station in Southeast Asia, projected for completion.

;United Arab Emirates

• Ain Dubai in Dubai, the tallest ferris wheel in the world, projected for completion.
• Bee'ah Headquarters, a concept by Zaha Hadid Architects, projected for completion.
• The pavilion of Spain at Expo 2020 in Dubai by Amann Cánovas Maruri.{{cite web |url=https://www.middleeastarchitect.com/insight/42188-spanish-pavilion-for-expo-2020-dubai-features-a-series-of-recyclable-domes-that-encourage-air-flow |title=Spanish Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai features a series of recyclable domes that encourage air flow - Middle East Architect |website=www.middleeastarchitect.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003201405/https://www.middleeastarchitect.com/insight/42188-spanish-pavilion-for-expo-2020-dubai-features-a-series-of-recyclable-domes-that-encourage-air-flow |archive-date=2021-10-03}}

;United Kingdom

• Lambeth Palace Library in London, designed by Wright & Wright Architects, projected for official opening.{{cite journal|title=Building study: Lambeth Palace Library by Wright & Wright|date=2021-01-27|first=Fran|last=Williams|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/building-study-lambeth-palace-library-by-wright-wright|journal=Architects' Journal|location=London|accessdate=2021-02-19}}
• New Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects,{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|title=Neat enough for Pepys: Magdalene college Cambridge's inventive new library|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/nov/23/magdalene-college-cambridge-library-pepys-niall-mclaughlin|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2021-11-23|accessdate=2022-07-26}} awarded Stirling Prize 2022.
• John Morden Centre, day care facility for residents of Morden College retirement homes, Blackheath, London, designed by Mae Architects, completed, awarded Stirling Prize 2023.{{cite news|title=Riba Stirling Prize: London retirement home wins top architecture award|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67105475|first=Leisha|last=Chi-Santorelli|date=2023-10-19|work=BBC News|accessdate=2023-10-20}}
• Sands End Arts and Community Centre in Fulham, London, designed by Mae Architects, completed.{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Frearson|title=Mae Architects uses circular design principles to build Sands End community centre|work=dezeen|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/18/sands-end-community-centre-mae-architects-london/|date=2021-01-18|accessdate=2022-07-26}}
• F51, a multistorey skatepark and youth hub in Folkestone, designed by Hollaway Studio, projected for completion November.

;United States

• Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Renzo Piano in Los Angeles, opened to the public on September 30.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/museum|title=Museum|date=June 15, 2020|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}
• Central Park Tower in New York City, the second tallest skyscraper in the United States and the tallest residential building in the world, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, is completed.
• 111 West 57th Street (Steinway Tower) in New York City, the fifth tallest skyscraper in the United States and the slenderest skyscraper in the world,{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/tall-and-skinny--the-world-s-skinniest-skyscraper-163959219.html|title=Tall And Slender: The World's Skinniest Skyscraper|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080805/http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/tall-and-skinny--the-world-s-skinniest-skyscraper-163959219.html|archive-date=2016-03-05}} designed by SHoP Architects, is completed.
• Little Island by Thomas Heatherwick in the Hudson River at Hudson River Park in Manhattan, New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/13/heatherwick-studios-pier-55-renamed-little-island/|title=Heatherwick Studio's Pier 55 renamed Little Island|date=November 13, 2019|website=dezeen}}
• The Rainier Square Tower, the second-tallest building in Seattle, Washington, is completed.{{cite news|last=Fortmeyer|first=Russell|date=2021-05-01|title=Rainier Square by NBBJ|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15099-rainier-square-by-nbbj|work=Architectural Record|accessdate=2021-05-14}}
• Denny Centre, Seattle, Washington, expected to be completed.{{cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1273575/denny-centre-seattle-wa-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202201425/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1273575/denny-centre-seattle-wa-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |title=Denny Centre|publisher=Emporis |access-date=14 May 2021}}
• Green House (private residence), Tottenham, London, designed by Hayhurst & Co, is completed.{{cite journal|title=Green House by Hayhurst & Co named RIBA House of the Year 2023|journal=RIBA Journal|date=2023-12-05|accessdate=2023-12-12|url=https://www.ribaj.com/buildings/riba-house-of-the-year-2023-shortlist-hayhurst-and-co-green-house-london}}

• AIA Gold Medal – Edward Mazria
• Architecture Firm Award AIA – Moody Nolan{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/showcases/6346446-moody-nolan|title=Moody Nolan - AIA|website=www.aia.org}}
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Sebastian Treese
• Emporis Skyscraper Award –
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) –
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme –
• Grand Prix national de l'architecture –
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner –
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate –
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent –
• RAIA Gold Medal – Don Watson
• RIAS Award for Architecture –
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sir David Adjaye
• Stirling Prize - Kingston University Town House, London{{Cite web |date=15 October 2021 |title=Student 'Town House' wins Stirling Prize to be named UK's best new building |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/riba-stirling-prize-2021-kingston-university-london-town-house-b1938726.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/riba-stirling-prize-2021-kingston-university-london-town-house-b1938726.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=independent.co.uk |publisher=The Independent |language=en}}
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Diébédo Francis Kéré

• Twenty-five Year Award AIA – Will Bruder
• Vincent Scully Prize – Mabel O. Wilson

• May 22 until November 21 - The Venice Biennale: "How Will We Live Together?"{{Cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021|title=Biennale Architettura 2021 | Homepage 2021|date=January 11, 2019|website=La Biennale di Venezia}}

• January 1 - Paige Rense, 91, American editor (Architectural Digest) (born 1929).{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/style/paige-rense-dead.html|title=Paige Rense, Trendsetting Editor of Architectural Digest, Dies at 91|first=Glenn|last=Rifkin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 3, 2021}}
• January 18 - Michael Bryce, 82, Australian architect (born 1938).{{cite news |last1=Dudley |first1=Ellie |title=Quentin Bryce mourns death of husband Michael Bryce, aged 82 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/quentin-bryce-mourns-death-of-husband-michael-bryce-aged-82/news-story/c89a6c5afc109df52cbc39ae074b4045 |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=The Australian |publisher=News Corporation Australia |date=16 January 2021}}
• January 26 - Richard Holzer, 97, Austrian born Panamanian architect (born 1923).{{Cite web|url=https://m.metrolibre.com/nacionales/192569-fallece-el-reconocido-arquitecto-richard-holzer.html|title=Fallece el reconocido arquitecto Richard Holzer|website=Metrolibre}}
• March 4 - Hugh Newell Jacobsen, 91, American architect (born 1929).{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hugh-newell-jacobsen-dies/2021/03/04/262f64c2-e118-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html%3foutputType=amp|title=Hugh Newell Jacobsen, award-winning modernist architect, dies at 91|first=Kathy|last=Orton|date=March 4, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
• March 29 - Constantin Brodzki, 96, Italian-born Belgian architect (CBR Building) (born 1924).{{Cite web|url=https://bx1.be/categories/news/constantin-brodzki-larchitecte-du-batiment-cbr-a-bruxelles-est-decede/|title=Constantin Brodzki, l'architecte du bâtiment CBR à Bruxelles, est décédé|date=March 29, 2021|website=BX1}}
• May 8 - Helmut Jahn, 81, German-American architect (One Liberty Place, Sony Center) (born 1940).
• May 22 - Cornelia Oberlander, 99, Canadian landscape architect (born 1921).
• May 23 - Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 92, Brazilian architect (Serra Dourada Stadium, Pinacoteca do Estado, National Coach Museum), Pritzker Prize winner (2006) (born 1928).
• June 9 - Gottfried Böhm, 101, German architect (Maria, Königin des Friedens), Pritzker Prize winner (1986) (born 1920).
• June 19 - Isaac Fola-Alade, 87, Nigerian architect (1004 Estate) (born 1933).
• June 29 - Émile-José Fettweis, 93, Belgian architect (born 1927).
• July 15 - Gira Sarabhai, 98, Indian architect, co-founder of NID (born 1923).
• October 8 - Owen Luder, 93, British architect (born 1928).
• November 5 - Walter Brune, 95, German architect and urban planner (born 1926)
• November 27 - Ruy Ohtake, 83, Brazilian architect (born 1938).
• November 30 - Oriol Bohigas, 95, Spanish architect (born 1925).
• December 14 - Chris Wilkinson, 76, British architect, co-founder of WilkinsonEyre (born 1945).
• December 17 - Alexander Garvin, 80, American urban planner (born 1941).
• December 18 - Richard Rogers, 88, Italian-born British architect (Centre Pompidou, Lloyd's building, Millennium Dome) (born 1933).

• Timeline of architecture

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