2008 in architecture
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The year2008 in architectureinvolved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
[edit]- February 10–11 –2008 Namdaemun fire:The wooden superstructure of the 550-year-oldNamdaemungate inSeoul(South Korea) is destroyed by arson.
- June 20 – TheArchitects (Recognition of European Qualifications etc and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2008comes into force in the UK.
- July 8 – The first inFrancesco da Mosto's television seriesFrancesco's Mediterranean Voyageis broadcast.
- October 2 – TheWilliam L. Slayton House,designed byI. M. Peiin 1958, is listed in the United StatesNational Register of Historic Places.[1]
- October – The inauguralWorld Architecture Festivalis held in Barcelona.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings opened
[edit]- January 1 –China Central Television Headquartersbuilding in Beijing, byRem KoolhaasandOMA,officially opens.
- January 12 – NewAmundsen–Scott South Pole Stationofficially inaugurated.
- January –Fuglsang Art MuseuminLolland,Denmark, designed byTony Fretton,inaugurated.
- March 26 –Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airportopens, designed byFoster + Partners.
- March 27 –Heathrow Terminal 5,designed by theRichard Rogers Partnership,opens.
- April 12 –New National Opera Housein Oslo opens.
- April –Maggie's Centrein London, a drop-in cancer care centre designed byRogers Stirk Harbour + Partners,opens (Stirling Prize2009).
- June –Contemporary Jewish Museumin San Francisco, designed byDaniel Libeskind,opened.
- June 25 –Chords Bridge( "Bridge of Strings" ) inJerusalem,designed bySantiago Calatrava,inaugurated.
- June 28 –Beijing National Stadiumdesigned byHerzog & de Meuron(known as the "Bird's Nest" ), opened for the2008 Summer Olympics.
- August 1 –Beijing South railway station,designed byTerry Farrell,opened.
- September
- A. P. Møller School,Schleswig,Germany, designed byC. F. Møller Architects.
- Darwin Centre II,Natural History Museum,London, designed by C. F. Møller Architects.[2]
- September 11 –Ponte della Costituzionein Venice, designed bySantiago Calatrava,inaugurated.
- September 24 –Atlantis The PalminDubai,United Arab Emirates.
- September 27 –California Academy of SciencesinGolden Gate Park,San Francisco, designed byRenzo Piano.
- October 16 – Weill Hall,Cornell University,designed byRichard Meier[3]
- November –New Ahus, Akershus University Hospital,Oslo, Norway, designed by C. F. Møller Architects, opened.[4]
- November 11 –Curve (theatre)inLeicester,England, designed byRafael Viñoly,is opened.
- November 20 – Peter B. Lewis Library atPrinceton University,byFrank Gehry,officially dedicated.
- November 22 –Museum of Islamic Art, Doha,inQatar,designed byI. M. Pei,is officially opened.[5]
- The Public, West Bromwich,England, designed byWill Alsop,opens first stages to public.
Buildings completed
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- January 28 –Beijing National Aquatics Center,known as the "Water Cube", in readiness for the2008 Summer Olympics.
- August 28 –Shanghai World Financial CenterinPudong,Shanghai, China, designed byWilliam Pedersen.
- November –Transformation AGO(Art Gallery of Ontario) renovation byFrank Gehry.
- December –Assut de l'Or BridgeinValencia,Spain, designed bySantiago Calatrava.
- date unknown
- Remodelling of LumenUnited Reformed ChurchinBloomsbury,London, designed by Theis + Khan Architects.[6]
- Mountain Dwellings,Copenhagen, Denmark, designed byBjarke Ingels.
- Linked Hybrid,a nine-tower high-rise housing project bySteven Holl Architects,inBeijing, China.
- 459 West 18th Street,Manhattan,a high-rise condominium designed by Della Valle + Bernheimer.
- Living Shangri-Lain Vancouver, Canada
- Torre Caja Madrid(Caja Madrid Tower), Spain, designed byFoster and Partners.
- FirstKranhausinRheinauhafen,Cologne,Germany, designed by Alfons Linster and Hadi Teherani of BRT Architekten.
- Westside shopping and leisure complex,Bern,Switzerland,designed byDaniel Libeskind.
- Olnik Spanu House,Garrison, New York,United States, designed byAlberto Campo Baeza.
- Library and Learning Center of theUniversity of Vienna,byZaha Hadid
- Moliner House,Zaragoza,Spain, designed by Alberto Campo Baeza.
Awards
[edit]- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal–Richard Meier
- AIA Gold Medal–Renzo Piano(Italy)
- Architecture Firm Award–KieranTimberlake Associates
- Driehaus Architecture Prize–Andrés DuanyandElizabeth Plater-Zyberk
- Emporis Skyscraper Award–Mode Gakuen Cocoon TowerinShinjuku,Tokyo
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme–David Mangin
- Lawrence Israel Prize–AvroKO
- LEAF Award, Grand Prix–schmidt hammer lassenforPerformers House
- Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award–Peter Zumthor
- Pritzker Prize–Jean Nouvel
- Rome Prizefor architecture –Frederick B. Fisher
- RAIA Gold Medal–Richard Johnson
- RIBARoyal Gold Medal–Edward Cullinan
- Stirling Prize–Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios,Alison Brooks ArchitectsandMaccreanor LavingtonforAccordiahousing development,Cambridge[7]
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture–Gro Harlem Brundtland
- Twenty-five Year Award– TheAtheneum
- UIAGold Medal–Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon
- Vincent Scully Prize–Robert A. M. Stern
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- January 1 –Harald Deilmann,German architect (born 1920)
- January 30 –Fernando Higueras,Spanish architect (born 1930)
- February 9 –Carm Lino Spiteri,Maltese architect and politician (born 1932)[8]
- March 5 –Nader Khalili,Iranian architect, writer, and humanitarian (born 1936)
- March 24 –Victor Christ-Janer,American modernist architect (born 1915)
- March 29 –Ralph Rapson,American architect (born 1914)
- March 31 –David Todd,American architect (born 1915)
- May 30 –Rodney Gordon,English architect (born 1933)
- June 15 –Walter Netsch,American architect (born 1920)
- July 6 –George Tibbits,Australian composer and architect (born 1933)
- September 18 –Abdur Rahman Hye,Pakistani architect (born 1919)
- November 14 – SirBernard Feilden,English conservation architect (born 1919)
- November 29 –Jørn Utzon,Danish architect (born 1918)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places, October 10, 2008".New listings.National Park Service.RetrievedOctober 13,2008.
- ^"Museum 'cocoon' prepares to open".BBC.September 2, 2008.RetrievedJanuary 20,2009.
- ^Campbell, Jennifer (October 17, 2008)."Weill Hall and institute dedicated in celebration of 'an icon for our future'".Cornell University.RetrievedSeptember 25,2018.
- ^"Frisk arkitektur med symptomer".Estate Nyheter. Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2009.RetrievedJanuary 20,2009.
- ^"Qatar's Islamic Art Museum to open Nov. '08".Kuwait News Agency.January 23, 2008.RetrievedSeptember 12,2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^Etherington, Rose (December 12, 2008)."Lumen United Reformed Church by Theis and Khan Architects".dezeen.London.RetrievedApril 9,2020.
- ^Glancey, Jonathan (October 13, 2008)."Stirling prize 2008: At last, homes".The Guardian.RetrievedOctober 18,2024.
- ^"Ċumpaqq passes away".Times of Malta.February 10, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon July 21, 2020.