Overview of the events of 2011 in architecture
The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Salvador Dali Museum , St. Petersburg, Florida , United StatesMuseo Soumaya in Mexico City , MexicoRiverside Museum in Glasgow , ScotlandJanuary 11 – Salvador Dali Museum , St. Petersburg, Florida , United States, designed by HOK .January 21 – Museum of Old and New Art , on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia , designed by Nonda Katsalidis .January 25 – New World Center , home of the New World Symphony Orchestra , at Miami Beach, Florida , designed by Frank Gehry .[ 4] February 10 — The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University , designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro [ 5] February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City , designed by Fernando Romero .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] March 1 – Media City Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK , Salford Quays , England, designed by Gifford and Wilkinson Eyre Architects .April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, in Margate , Kent , England, designed by David Chipperfield .[ 12] May 1 – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast , designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin .[ 13] May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, West Yorkshire , England , designed by David Chipperfield .[ 12] May 31 – Ponte della Musica-Armando Trovajoli across the Tiber in Rome, Italy, designed by BuroHappold Engineering and Powell-Williams Architects.June – Windmill Hill archive centre, Waddesdon , England, designed by Stephen Marshall.[ 14]
June 16 – Gothenburg Mosque , Sweden.June 20 – Riverside Museum , the new development of the Glasgow Museum of Transport in Scotland , designed by Zaha Hadid Architects .June 25 – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry , Northern Ireland , designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects .July 19 – New Museum of Liverpool , at Liverpool Pier Head , England, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold .[ 15] August 27 – Rustavi Sioni , church in Rustavi , Georgia , designed by Besarion Menabde, Nikoloz Abashidze and Nikolos Dadiani (consecration date).September – firstsite new art gallery, Colchester , England, designed by Rafael Viñoly .[ 12]
September 11 – National September 11 Memorial , Reflecting Absence , on the World Trade Center site in New York City , USA, designed by architect Michael Arad with landscape architect Peter Walker (dedication date).September 13 – Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, Stratford, London .October 12 – Royal Opera House Muscat opens in Muscat , Oman .October 20 — The Human Ecology Building at Cornell University is dedicated. Designed by Gruzen-Samton Architects (IBI Group) .[ 16] December 21 – Capital Gate skyscraper hotel and office building, in Abu Dhabi .
Buildings completed
Olympic Stadium (London) , EnglandMetropol Parasol in Seville , SpainAberdeen University New Library in ScotlandArcelorMittal Orbit at Olympic Park, London , EnglandJanuary
February
March 29 – London Olympic Stadium , designed by Populous .April – Metropol Parasol in Seville , Spain, designed by Jürgen Mayer .July 6 – Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower , the tallest building in Panama and Latin America .July 27 – London Aquatics Centre , designed by Zaha Hadid .September
October 20 — Milstein Hall at Cornell University , designed by Rem Koolhaas [ 19] October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit , designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond , erected at Olympic Park, London .November
dates unknown
N M Rothschild & Sons ' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London , designed by Rem Koolhaas 's OMA , completed.[ 21] Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire , England.[ 22]
Eighth Avenue Place East in Calgary , Alberta Maggie's Centres , drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain [ 13] Temporary Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Peter Zumthor .[ 23]
Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London , England, designed by Assemble.[ 13]
New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center , designed by Rafael Viñoly , projected for completion.
University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson , designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.The Crystal, Copenhagen , Denmark (part of Nykredit headquarters), designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects .Kravis Center, Claremont McKenna College , Claremont, California , designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
Awards
Births
Deaths
June 6
September 17 – Colin Madigan , Australian architect (born 1921 )September 27 – Imre Makovecz , Hungarian architect (born 1935 )October 2 – Efraín Recinos , Guatemalan architect (born 1928 )October 5 – Enver Faja , Albanian architect (born 1934 )October 24 – Bruno Weber , Swiss architect (born 1931 )November 25 – Karel Hubacek , Czech architect (born 1924 )December 12 – Gene Summers , American architect (born 1928 )December 26 – Kiyonori Kikutake , Japanese architect, co-founder of the Metabolist group.[ 25] 1928 )December 27 – Anne Tyng , American architect (born 1920 )December 30 – Ricardo Legorreta , Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medalist (born 1931 )
See also
References
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