Portal:Architecture/News

23 October 2006: In Panama, a proposal to double the capacity of the Panama Canal (pictured) is approved in a national referendum.
14 October 2006:The Richard Rogers Partnership wins the Stirling Prize for Terminal 4 at Barajas Airport.
11 October 2006: A small aircraft crashes into a building at 524 East 72nd Street, on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City killing 2 people. FBI states that there is so far no reason to suspect terrorism, and the alert level hasn't been raised. The plane was registered to New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle is reported to have been the pilot, and along with his flight instructor, was killed in the crash. (CBS 2 New York) (CNN) (The New York Times) (ESPN)
11 October 2006: In Melbourne, Australia, the Eureka Tower residential building is offically opened. At 297.5m (976ft), the structure is the second tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second tallest residential building in the world.
9 October 2006: Official opening of Hearst Tower, the first LEED Gold rated building in New York City
24 August 2006: The 2006 Stirling Prize shortlist is announced.
10 August 2006: Louis I Kahn's Trenton Bath House is purchased by Mercer County and Ewing Township, ensuring it's Restoration.
25 July 2006: Herzog & de Meuron are announced as winners of the Tate Modern extension competition.
26 May 2006 Berlin Hauptbahnhof opens in Berlin. It is the largest train station in Europe.