2024 in architecture explained

The year 2024 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• January – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished within a week of Kim Jong Un calling for it.^[1]
• August – Removal of non-structural columns in a refurbishment of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery reveals a note from the building's sponsor John, Lord Sainsbury (d. 2022) indicating that he disagreed with the building's original architects (Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, 1991) over their inclusion in the first place.^[2]
• November 29 – Interior restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after the 2019 fire is first revealed publicly.^[3]

Buildings and structures

Albania

• Mixed-use skyscrapers in Tirana:
  • The Book Building, designed by 51N4E, completed.^[4]
  • Downtown One, designed by MVRDV, official opening scheduled.^[5]
  • Eyes of Tirana, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, completion expected.^[6]
  • Vertical Forest Tirana, designed by Stefano Boeri, expected completion in third quarter of 2024.^[7]

Malaysia

• Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest structure and the second-tallest building in the world, designed by Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL, officially opened on 10 January 2024.^[8]

Awards

• Aga Khan Award for Architecture –
• AIA Gold Medal – David Lake and Ted Flat
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture –
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig (Gustav Düsing and Büro Max Hacke)^[9]
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Riken Yamamoto^[10]
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Lesley Lokko^[11]
• Stirling Prize – Elizabeth line, London^[12]

Exhibitions

• September 30 until March 16, 2025 – "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.^[13]

Deaths

• October 2 - Christopher Charles Benninger, 82, American-born Indian architect and urban planner (born 1942)
• November 4 - Victor A. Lundy, 101, American modernist architect (Warm Mineral Springs Motel) (born 1923)

See also

• Timeline of architecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-01-24 . 통일부 "북한, 평양서 '조국통일 기념탑' 철거" . Ministry of Unification: "North Korea demolishes 'National Unification Monument' in Pyongyang" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240125013730/https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2024/politics/article/6565383_36431.html . 25 January 2024 . 2024-01-24 . . ko.
2. News: Pia. Harold. National Gallery pillar-hating letter was 'a compromise'. BBC News. 2024-08-28. 2024-08-28.
3. News: Hugh. Schofield. Hugh Schofield. Macron praises 'impossible' Notre-Dame restoration. BBC News. 2024-11-28. 2024-11-29.
4. News: Projekti Book Building. Albanian Construction Portal. 2024-08-28.
5. Web site: MVRDV - Downtown One Tirana. 2022-10-08. www.mvrdv.nl. 2022-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20221008230624/https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/388/downtown-one-tirana. live.
6. Web site: Eyes of Tirana. Zanetti. 2024-08-28.
7. Web site: Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albania. Dezeen. March 2019. 2024-08-28.
8. Web site: World's second-largest building opens; constructed by Samsung C&T . 2024-02-13.
9. Web site: Study Pavilion on the campus of TU Braunschweig. 2024-11-29. EUmies Awards.
10. News: Neda. Ulaby. 2024-03-05. Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize. npr. 2024-11-29.
11. News: Royal Institute of British Architects. 2024-01-18. 2024-11-29. Lesley Lokko: Royal Gold Medal 2024 recipient.
12. Web site: London's Elizabeth line wins top architecture prize . Rackham . Annabel . Youngs . Ian . 17 October 2024 . BBC News . 18 October 2024.
13. Web site: The Met to Present the First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Influential Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph . . 12 October 2024 .