2013 in architecture

The year 2013 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

• March 1 – The first phase of the Old Port of Marseille renewal is inaugurated.^[1][2]
• March 28 – Paradise Center, in Sofia, the largest shopping mall in Bulgaria.
• April 13 – The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopens its doors after a 10-year restoration and renovation project.
• April 24 – The late-11th-century minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo is destroyed during Syrian civil war fighting.
• May 10 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height (not yet complete).
• June 12 – The Berlin City Palace foundation stone laying ceremony is held in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed in 2019.^[3]
• July 11 – Work begins on a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in England, the beginning of a huge fund-raising effort.^[4]
• August 3 – The Shanghai Tower, topping out ceremony is held in Shanghai. The tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world is expected to be completed in 2015.
• October – The sixth World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.
• November 12 – The Height Committee of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) makes the controversial^[5] announcement that One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States at 1,776 feet, declaring that the mast on top of the building is a spire since it is a permanent part of the building's architecture.^[6][7]

Bulgaria

• September – Dorkovo Museum.

Chile

• Gran Torre Santiago, the second tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, is completed.

Denmark

• March – New building for the National Aquarium Denmark, designed by 3XN, in Copenhagen.

France

• June 1 – Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations national museum in Marseille, in the South of France, designed by Rudy Ricciotti.

Germany

• May – Extension to Lenbachhaus art museum, designed by Foster and Partners, in Munich.

Mexico

• November 19 – Museo Júmex, Mexico City, designed by David Chipperfield.

New Zealand

• August 2 – Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, designed by Shigeru Ban with Warren and Mahoney.

Norway

• February 10 – Northern Lights Cathedral in Alta, designed by Link Arkitektur with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.

Poland

• April 19 – Museum of the History of Polish Jews, designed by Rainer Mahlamäki, in Warsaw.

Singapore

• The Sandcrawler – designed by Aedas.

Turkey

• Sancaklar Mosque in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, designed by Emre Arolat.
• October 29 – The Marmaray rail tunnel under the Bosphorus strait, the world's deepest undersea immersed tube tunnel, Istanbul.

United Kingdom

• February 1 – Bishop Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, is dedicated.^[8][9]
• March – Number One Riverside civic offices in Rochdale, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, opens to the public.^[10]
• April – The Shed temporary auditorium for the National Theatre on the South Bank in London, by Haworth Tompkins.^[11]
• May 30 – Mary Rose Museum, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Perkins+Will, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in England.
• June 28 – Scale Lane Bridge over River Hull in the UK, designed by McDowell+Benedetti with engineers Alan Baxter Associates and Qualter Hall.^[12]
• September 3 – Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the United Kingdom, designed by Mecanoo.^[13]
• September 30 – SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Foster and Partners.

United States

• January – James B. Hunt Jr. Library the main library of Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, designed by Snøhetta, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• April 25 – The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.
• November 27 – Kimbell Art Museum expansion, named the Renzo Piano Pavilion, designed by Renzo Piano, in Fort Worth, Texas, is officially inaugurated.
• December 4 – Pérez Art Museum Miami, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, in Miami.^[14]

Australia

• One Central Park, design by Foster and Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects.

China

• Chongqing Art Museum, designed by China Architecture Design & Research Group.

Russia

• Mercury City Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe.

United Arab Emirates

• June 10 – Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower featuring a 90-degree twist.

United Kingdom

• December 18 – Stonehenge Visitor Centre, Wiltshire, England, designed by Denton Corker Marshall.^[15]
• Burntwood School in Wandsworth (London), by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.^[16]
• Tate Britain renovation in London, by Caruso St John.^[17]

United States

• November 13 – Four World Trade Center, New York City.
• unknown date – One Madison residential condominium tower in New York City, designed by CetraRuddy.^[18]

• AIA Architecture Firm Award – Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
• AIA Gold Medal – Thom Mayne^[19]
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – The Shard designed by Renzo Piano
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – The Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík by Henning Larsen Architects^[20]
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Thomas H. Beeby
• Lawrence Israel Prize – Roman and Williams
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – archi5
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – David Chipperfield
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Toyo Ito.^[21]
• Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – David Watkin^[22]
• RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Wilson
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Peter Zumthor^[23]
• Stirling Prize – Witherford Watson Mann Architects for refurbishment of Astley Castle in North Warwickshire, England (2012)^[24]
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Laurie Olin
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Renzo Piano for Menil Collection

• June 15 until September 23 – Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes at Museum of Modern Art in New York City^[25]

• January 5 – Bruce McCarty, American architect (born 1920)
• January 7 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture critic (The New York Times) (born 1921)
• February 25 – Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (born 1918)
• March 7 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (born 1920)
• April 9 – Paolo Soleri, Italian architect (born 1919)
• April 11
  • Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (born 1931)
  • Clorindo Testa, Italian-born Argentine architect and artist (born 1923)
• April 16 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (born 1919)
• April 20 – Rick Mather, American-born UK-based architect (born 1937)
• June 18 – Colin Stansfield Smith, British architect and academic (born 1932)
• June 22 – , Danish architect (born 1925)
• October 30 – Anca Petrescu, Romanian architect and politician (born 1949)
• November 13 – Roland Paoletti, British architect (born 1931)
• December 5 – Fred Bassetti, American architect (born 1917)

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