2022 in architecture explained

The year 2022 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• 1 March - Russian shelling of Freedom Square in Kharkiv severely damages the Regional State Administration Building and more heritage listed buildings.^[1]
• 16 March - Shelling in Mariupol destroys Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre.^[2]
• 8 October - Crimean Bridge between Crimea and Russia, the longest bridge in Europe, the road section of the bridge collapsed due to explosion.^[3]

Buildings and structures

Spain

• Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona, designed by Suma Arquitectura, is formally inaugurated on 28 May.

Taiwan

• Taipei Performing Arts Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten at Office for Metropolitan Architecture, opens officially on 7 August.^[4]

Turkey

• 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, is completed.

United Arab Emirates

• The Museum of the Future designed by Killa Design architecture studio and engineered by Buro Happold opened to public on 22 February in Dubai.^[5]

India

• The Statue of Belief (Vishwas Swaroopam), depicting Shiva opens on 29 October in Rajasthan.

Awards

• • AIA Gold Medal – Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Rob Krier
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Diébédo Francis Kéré
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – B. V. Doshi
• Stirling Prize – The New Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge^[6]

Upcoming

• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – (announced end April)
• Aga Khan Award for Architecture – (announced autumn)

Exhibitions

• 6 Feb - 2 July: MoMA New York: "The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985", curated by Martino Stierli and Anoma Pieris.^[7]

Deaths

• January 11 - Eberhard Zeidler, 95, German-born Canadian architect (Eaton Centre) (b. 1926)
• January 14 - Ricardo Bofill, 82, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
• March 17 - Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian born British-American architect and design theorist (b. 1936)
• March 24 - John Andrews, 88, Australian architect (b. 1933)^[8]
• August 9 - Miles Warren, 93, New Zealand architect (b. 1929)
• August 16
  • Mark Girouard, 90, English architectural writer and historian (b. 1931)^[9]
  • John Rauch, 91, American architect (b. 1930)^[10]
• August 23 - José Vivas, 94, Venezuelan architect (b. 1928)
• September 9 - James Polshek, 92, American architect (Clinton Presidential Center, the Brooklyn Museum) (b. 1930)
• September 17 - Vlado Milunić, 81, Croatian-Czech architect (Dancing House) (b. 1941)
• October 14 - Étienne Gaboury, 92, Canadian architect (Royal Canadian Mint- Winnipeg, Saint Boniface Cathedral, Esplanade Riel) (b. 1930)
• October 20 - Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, 98, British-born Canadian architect and city planner (Expo 67) (b. 1923)
• November 10 - Agustín Hernández Navarro, 98, Mexican architect (b. 1924)
• December 29 - Arata Isozaki, 91, Japanese architect (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, MOCA, Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art), Pritzker Prize winner (2019) (b. 1931)

See also

• Timeline of architecture

Notes and References

1. Ravenscroft, T (2022) Ukraine invasion leading to "barbaric destruction of architectural heritage", dezeen 10 March
2. Tondo, L. & Kishiw, I. (2022) "Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians", in The Guardian.
3. Web site: 2022-10-08 . Three killed as huge explosion causes key Crimea-Russia road bridge to collapse – as it happened . 2022-11-15 . the Guardian . en.
4. Web site: New Taipei Performing Arts Center opens in Taiwan. Classical Music. BBC. 2022-08-09. 2022-08-17. Hannah. Nepilova.
5. Web site: Dubai's Museum of the Future is Now Open. 25 February 2022 .
6. News: Riba Stirling Prize: Cambridge University library wins top architecture award . 13 October 2022 . BBC News . 18 October 2024.
7. MoMA: "The Project of Independence", retrieved 17 March 2022
8. Web site: 2022-03-28 . Vale John Andrews AO . 2023-04-18 . Australian Institute of Architects.
9. News: Mark Girouard, author of classic works on architecture and social history including Life in the English Country House – Obituary. The Daily Telegraph. London. 2022-08-17.
10. News: John K. Rauch, celebrated architect and cofounder of Venturi & Rauch, has died at 91 . Gary . Miles . August 24, 2022 . . February 23, 2023.