2023 in architecture

• July 23 – The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa is severely damaged in a Russian missile attack on the city.{{cite news|work=RBK-Ukraina|url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/ruynuvannya-kolosalni-polovinu-dahu-zneslo-1690101083.html|title=Разрушения колоссальные, половину крыши снесло: последствия удара РФ по собору в Одессе|date=23 July 2023|access-date=24 July 2023}}
• September 1 – Muyiwa Oki takes office as the youngest and first black president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.{{cite news|last=Spocchia|first=Gino|title=New RIBA president Muyiwa Oki to 'put pressure' on government on retrofit|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/muyiwa-oki-to-put-pressure-on-government-on-retrofit-as-new-riba-president|access-date=1 September 2023|work=Architects' Journal|date=1 September 2023}}

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2023}}

;China

• Zhongshuge bookstore in Huai'an, designed by X+ Living Architectural Design{{cite news|title=A Spellbinding Place to Read|work=Metro|location=London|date=16 November 2023|page=16}}

;Egypt

• Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, projected for completion{{cite news |date=27 December 2022 |title=10 new museums scheduled to open in 2023 |work=The Spaces |url=https://thespaces.com/10-new-museums-scheduled-to-open-in-2023/ |access-date=31 December 2022}}

;Malaysia

• Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest structure and the second-tallest building in the world, designed by Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL, officially opened on 10 January 2024.{{cite web | url=https://news.samsungcnt.com/en/features/engineering-construction/2024-02-worlds-second-largest-building-opens-constructed-by-samsung-ct/ | title=World's second-largest building opens; constructed by Samsung C&T | date=13 February 2024 }}

;Poland

• Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, projected for completion{{cite web |title=Museum under construction - Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw |url=https://artmuseum.pl/en/muzeum/nowy-budynek |access-date=18 April 2023 |website=artmuseum.pl |publisher=Museum of Modern Art |date=17 July 2019 |language=en}}

;Saudi Arabia

• Red Sea International Airport designed by Foster + Partners, projected for completion{{cite web |url=https://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/red-sea-airport |title=Red Sea Airport | Transport and Infrastructure |website=fosterandpartners.com |publisher=Foster and Partners}}

;United Kingdom

• Factory International (Aviva Studios) arts venue in Manchester, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA; lead architect Ellen van Loon) opened officially on 18 October (previews from June){{cite news|title=Culture|work=The Observer - The New Review|location=London|date=1 January 2023|page=17}}

;United States

• Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York, projected for completion
• The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City designed by Studio Gang opened to the public on May 4{{cite web |url=https://secretnyc.co/amnh-gilder-science-center/ |title=First Look: AMNH Unveils New 230,000-Square-Foot Science Center |date=29 March 2022 |website=secretnyc.co |publisher=Secret NYC}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/design/gilder-center-natural-history-museum.html |title=Wonder and Awe in Natural History's New Wing. Butterflies, Too |work=The New York Times |date=25 April 2023 |last1=Kimmelman |first1=Michael |last2=Fisher |first2=Peter}}
• Vici Properties finishes construction of the sphere, the largest sphere in the world in Las Vegas, Nevada{{cite web |last=Griggs |first=Brandon |date=5 July 2023 |title=This futuristic concert venue in Las Vegas is a giant sphere with the world's biggest LED screen |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/travel/msg-sphere-las-vegas-venue-cec/index.html |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=cnn.com |publisher=CNN |language=en}}

• AIA Gold Medal – Carol Ross Barney
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Ben Pentreath
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – David Chipperfield{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/arts/design/david-chipperfield-pritzker-prize-architecture.html |title=David Chipperfield Wins Pritzker Prize |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=7 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 March 2023}}
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal –
• RAIA Gold Medal – Kirstin Thompson
• RIBA House of the Year – Green House, Tottenham, London, designed by Hayhurst & Co{{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}}
• Stirling Prize – Mæ for John Morden Centre, Blackheath, London{{cite news |title=Riba Stirling Prize: London retirement home wins top architecture award |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67105475 |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=BBC News |date=20 October 2023}}

• Venice Biennale of Architecture: 20 May – 26 November
• Copenhagen Architecture Festival x FILM: 1 – 11 June

• January 1 – Ron Labinski, 85, American stadium architect (b. 1937){{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/sports/ron-labinski-dead.html |access-date=12 February 2023 |work=New York Times |date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212023126/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/sports/ron-labinski-dead.html |url-status=live}}
• January 6 – William S.W. Lim, 90, Singaporean architect (b. 1932)
• January 7 – József Finta, 88, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
• January 12 – Vittorio Garatti, 95, Italian architect (b. 1927)
• January 24 – Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, 95, Indian architect, Pritzker Prize winner (2018) (b. 1927)
• January 31 – Graham Winteringham, 99, English architect (Crescent Theatre) (b. 1923) (death announced on this date)
• February 13 – Robert Geddes, 99, American architect, dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture (1965–1982) (b. 1923)
• February 17 – Peter Muller, 95, Australian architect (b. 1927)
• March 2 – Rafael Viñoly, 78, Uruguayan-born architect (b. 1944)
• May 30 – Paolo Portoghesi, 91, Italian architect (Mosque of Rome) (b. 1931)
• June 17 – Sir Michael Hopkins, 88, English architect (Portcullis House) (b. 1935)
• July 17 – Bruno Flierl, 96, German architect (b. 1927)
• August 7 – Jean-Louis Cohen, French architect and architectural historian (b. 1949)
• August 13 – Thierry Despont, 75, French architect and interior designer (b. 1948)
• September 12 – Roser Amadó, 79, Spanish architect (La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou) (b. 1944)
• September 15 – Claude Cormier, 63, Canadian landscape architect (b. 1960)
• October 1 – Beverly Willis, American architect (San Francisco Ballet Building) (b. 1928)
• October 3 – Harriet Pattison, American landscape architect (b. 1928)
• October 17 – George Baird, 84, Canadian architect (Cloud Gardens, Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory) (b. 1939)
• October 21 – N. John Habraken, 94, Dutch architect, educator, and theorist of user participation in housing (b. 1928)
• November 1 – Jonathan Hill, 65, English architect and architectural historian (b. 1958)
• November 6 – Antoni Martí, 60, Andorran architect and politician (b. 1963)
• November 9 – Juha Leiviskä, 87, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1936)
• November 14 – Stanislav Žalud, 91, Czech architect and politician (b. 1932)
• November 18 – Jerome Markson, 94, Canadian architect (b. 1929)
• November 20 – Rob Krier, 85, Luxembourgish sculptor, architect, and urban designer (b. 1938)
• December 2 – Felo García, 95, Costa Rican footballer, painter, and architect (b. 1928)
• December 9 – Gene Aubry, 88, American architect (b. 1935)
• December 13 – Hermann Brede, 100, German architect (b. 1923)
• December 19 – Bryan Thomas, 95, English architect (b. 1928)
• December 25 – Pamela Cluff, 92, British-born Canadian architect (b. 1931)

• Timeline of architecture

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