2014 in architecture explained

The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• June 8–November 23 – Venice Biennale of Architecture curated by Rem Koolhaas^[1]
• October 1–3 – The seventh World Architecture Festival in Singapore
• November 4 – Construction of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire is abandoned

Buildings and structures

Antarctica

• February 12 – Jang Bogo Station opens.

Australia

• date unknown – Infinity Tower, the tallest building in Brisbane, is completed (until 2016).
• November 11 – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, University of Technology, Sydney, designed by Frank Gehry, is completed.^[2]

Canada

• September 18 – Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, opens.
• September 19 – Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designed by Antoine Predock, opens.
• December 13 – Halifax Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, designed by Fowler Bauld and schmidt hammer lassen architects, opens.

France

• October 28 – Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Germany

• February – Taunusturm in Frankfurt opens.

Iran

• October – Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, designed by Leila Araghian, opens.

Italy

• October 17 – Bosco Verticale in Milan, by Stefano Boeri opens.

Latvia

• August 29 – New National Library of Latvia building in Riga, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, opens.

Netherlands

• March 13 - The new Rotterdam Central Station building, by Benthem Crouwel Architekten opens.

Panama

• October 2 – Biomuseo in Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Philippines

• July 21 – Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor domed-arena, in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, is completed.

Poland

• Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga, is completed.

Romania

• Summer – The Maryam Mosque, a mosque for Romanian converts to Islam in Rediu, is completed.^{[3] [4]}

Taiwan

• November 23 – National Taichung Theater, by Toyo Ito with Cecil Balmond, is opened.

United Arab Emirates

• Marina 101, supertall skyscraper in Dubai, projected for completion. If completed before World One will become the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.

United Kingdom

• July – Buildings in London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed:
  • 122 Leadenhall Street in the City.
  • World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, British Museum.^[5]
• August – 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by Rafael Viñoly, completed.^[6]
• September 16 – The News Building (London), designed by Renzo Piano, officially opened and named.
• September 29 – Weston Library, a major reconstruction of the University of Oxford's New Bodleian Library by WilkinsonEyre, opens to readers.^[7]
• December 9 – University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened.^[8]
• London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey.
• Burntwood School, Wandsworth, London, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, completed; awarded 2015 Stirling Prize.
• Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, designed by Haworth Tompkins, completed and awarded Stirling Prize.
• Maggie's palliative care centres opened in
  • Lanarkshire, designed by Reiach and Hall (September).^{[9] [10]}
  • Oxford, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).^[11]

United States

• October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University is dedicated, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects.^[12]
• October 9 – Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design,^[13] opens at Stanford University.^[14]
• October 10 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential buildings in the world is topped out.
• November 3 – One World Trade Center in New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Daniel Libeskind, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opens.
• One57, one of the tallest buildings in New York City became the tallest mixed-use (residential and hotel) skyscraper in the city.

Exhibitions

• October 25 until February 22, 2015 - Diller & Scofidio + Renfro Musings on a Glass Box at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris, France.^[15]
• December 3 (ends May 2015) – "One Way: Peter Marino" at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.^[16]

Awards

• AIA Architecture Firm Award – Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
• AIA Gold Medal – Julia Morgan
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Wangjing SOHO designed by Zaha Hadid
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical architecture – Pier Carlo Bontempi
• Lawrence Israel Prize – LOT-EK
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Steven Holl
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Shigeru Ban
• Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – Ruan Yisan^[17]
• RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
• Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool^[18]
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Toyo Ito
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Harry Weese for Washington Metro
• UIA Gold Medal – Ieoh Ming Pei
• Vincent Scully Prize from National Building Museum – Charlie Rose

Deaths

• January 10 – Kathryn Findlay, British-born architect working in Japan (b. 1953)
• February 25 – Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (b. 1918)
• March 20 – William Toomath, (b. 1925), New Zealand architect
• March 28
  • Robin Gibson, Australian architect (b. 1930)
  • Avraham Yaski, Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
• April 24 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect^[19] (b. 1934)
• April 28 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, author and city planner (b. 1951)
• July 11 – Randall Stout, 56, American architect (b. 1958)
• July 26 – Sir Richard MacCormac, British architect (b. 1938)
• August 18 – Kurt Meyer, Swiss-born architect working in the United States and Nepal^[20] (b. 1922)
• August 22 – Sir Philip Dowson, British architect (b. 1924)
• September 6 – Édith Girard, French architect (b. 1949)
  • • September 27 Taylor Hardwick, American architect (b. 1925)
  • Antti Lovag, Hungarian architect (Palais Bulles) (b. 1920)
• December 24 – Ricardo Porro, Cuban architect who worked in France (b. 1925)

See also

• Timeline of architecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14th International Architecture Exhibition. 2014-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140605143634/http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/exhibition. 2014-06-05. dead.
2. Web site: Dr Chau Chak Wing Building. UTS. 2014-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024172538/http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress/dr-chau-chak-wing. 2014-10-24. dead.
3. News: Moschee la Rediu, pentru românii convertiți la Islam. Ziarul de Roman. 28 June 2014. ro.
4. News: Un român convertit la Islam a ridicat o moschee peste drum de casă. "Este pentru toți musulmanii". Sinziana. Ionescu. Adevărul. 15 January 2015. ro.
5. Web site: Amy. Frearson. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes new conservation and gallery wing at British Museum. dezeen. 2014-07-11. 2017-07-24.
6. News: Wainwright. Oliver. Oliver Wainwright. Carbuncle Cup: Walkie Talkie wins prize for worst building of the year. 2015-09-02. The Guardian. London. 2015-09-02.
7. Web site: Weston Library opens to academics after £80m revamp. BBC News. Oxford. 2014-09-29. 2014-10-01.
8. Web site: University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Building. RIBA Awards. 2015. 2015-07-20. Royal Institute of British Architects. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722030253/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/UniversityofGreenwichStockwellStreetBuilding.aspx. 2015-07-22. dead.
9. Web site: Maggie's Lanarkshire by Reiach and Hall. 2014-09-09. Ellis. Woodman. Architects' Journal.
10. Web site: Maggies Lanarkshire. RIBA Awards. 2015. 2015-07-20. Royal Institute of British Architects. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722022658/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/NationalWinners/MaggiesLanarkshire.aspx. 2015-07-22. dead.
11. Web site: The architecture and design of Maggie's Oxford Centre. Maggie's. 2015-03-16.
12. News: Philanthropist Bill Gates helps dedicate CIS's Gates Hall . 28 June 2018 . Cornell University . 2 October 2014.
13. Web site: Windhover Contemplative Center / Aidlin Darling Design . ArchDaily . 4 September 2019 . 18 March 2015.
14. Web site: Windhover contemplative center opens Thursday on Stanford campus. Stanford – News. 8 October 2014. 25 August 2017.
15. Web site: Musings on a Glass Box.
16. Web site: One Way: Peter Marino | the Bass Museum of Art Contemporary Art Miami. 10 November 2014.
17. Web site: Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award. University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. 2014-04-05. https://archive.today/20140405140327/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/ruan-yisan/. 2014-04-05. dead.
18. News: Riba Stirling Prize 2014: Liverpool Everyman Theatre wins . 16 October 2014 . BBC News . 18 October 2024.
19. News: Architekt Hans Hollein gestorben. Frankfurter Rundshau. 2014-04-24. 2014-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140610222930/http://www.fr-online.de/panorama/architekt-hans-hollein-gestorben,1472782,26934396.html. 2014-06-10. dead.
20. News: David. Colker. Kurt Meyer dies at 92; L.A. architect was committed to civic service. Los Angeles Times. 2014-08-28. 2014-10-24.