2001 in architecture explained
The year 2001 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- January 26 – Sendai Mediatheque, Japan, designed by Toyo Ito.
- March 17 – Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, UK, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
- April – Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK, designed by Wilkinson Eyre. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.
- May 4
- June 28 – Gehry Tower (designed by Frank Gehry) in Hanover, Germany.
- June 30 – National Space Centre, Leicester, England, by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
- September 17 – Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a pedestrian tilt bridge for spanning the River Tyne, UK, designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre and structural engineers Gifford. It wins the 2002 Stirling Prize.
- September 23 – Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan (Armenian Apostolic Church), designed by Stepan Kurkchyan.
- November – Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, constructed to host the Academy Awards.[2]
- November 15 – Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada, USA, designed by The Jerde Partnership.
- November 21 – Cologne Tower inaugurated; designed by Kohl & Kohl and Jean Nouvel.
- December 10 – Puente de la Mujer, a pedestrian swing cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge spanning a dock in Buenos Aires, Argentina, designed by Santiago Calatrava, inaugurated.
- December 11 – American Folk Art Museum in New York City, USA, inaugurated; designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.
- December 15 – Leaning Tower of Pisa, reopened after 12 years of reconstruction.[3]
Buildings completed
- October 30 – Redevelopment of Gasometer, Vienna, by Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Manfred Wehdorn and Wilhelm Holzbauer is completed.[4]
- date unknown
- 88 Wood Street office building, City of London, by Richard Rogers.
- Caja General de Ahorros, Granada, by Alberto Campo Baeza.
- Betty and Gordon Moore Library in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge), UK, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects.
- Telekom Tower building, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- One Wall Centre opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by architects Perkins+Will Canada.
- Ku’damm-Eck (office building) in Berlin, Germany, by Gerkan, Marg und Partner.
- Neues Kranzler Eck (office building) in Berlin, Germany, by Helmut Jahn.
- Tower 2000, the first building in the Moscow International Business Centre, Russia.
- Work on the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, is officially completed.[5]
- Exhibition building at Scotland's National Museum of Rural Life completed by Page\Park Architects.
- Building D, Giudecca, Venice, by Cino Zucchi.
- Jacobs Ladder (house) at Chinnor, England, by Niall McLaughlin Architects.
Awards
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2019-02-27. 6a architects on Designing for Galleries and Artists. Alice. Bucknell. 2022-04-06. Elephant.
- Web site: Swed . Mark . 2001-11-12 . A Tin Ear for Acoustics at New Kodak Theatre . 2022-12-03 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Web site: 2001-12-15 . Less leaning tower of Pisa reopens . CNN.
- Web site: Industrial Renovation: The Gasometers of Vienna . 2009-10-06 . 2012-02-24 . Twisted Sifter . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225070743/http://twistedsifter.com/2009/10/gasometers-of-vienna/ . February 25, 2012 . live .
- Ekroll, Øystein Nidaros Cathedral: The West Front Sculptures (Trondheim Nidarosdomen. 2006)