2013 in architecture

The year 2013 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

Freedom Tower

• March 1 - The first phase of the Old Port of Marseille renewal is inaugurated.^[1][2]
• March 28 - Paradise Center, in Sofia, the largest shopping mall in Bulgaria.
• April 13 - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopens its doors after a 10-year restoration and renovation project.
• April - The 11th-century minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in Aleppo, Syria, is destroyed during civil war fighting.
• May 10 - One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height (not yet complete).
• June 12 - The Berlin City Palace foundation stone laying ceremony is held in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed in 2019.^[3]
• July 11 - Work begins on a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in England, the beginning of a huge fund-raising effort.^[4]
• August 3 - The Shanghai Tower, topping out ceremony is held in Shanghai. The tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world is expected to be completed in 2015.
• October - The sixth World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.
• November 12 - The Height Committee of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) makes the controversial^[5] announcement that One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States at 1,776 feet, declaring that the mast on top of the building is a spire since it is a permanent part of the building's architecture.^[6][7]

Buildings opened

Denmark

• March - New building for the National Aquarium Denmark, designed by 3XN, in Copenhagen.

France

• June 1 - Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations national museum in Marseille, in the South of France, designed by Rudy Ricciotti.

Germany

• May - Extension to Lenbachhaus art museum, designed by Foster and Partners, in Munich, Germany.

Mexico

• November 19 - Museo Júmex, Mexico City, designed by David Chipperfield.

New Zealand

• August 2 - Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, designed by Shigeru Ban with Warren and Mahoney.

Poland

• April 19 - Museum of the History of Polish Jews, designed by Rainer Mahlamäki, in Warsaw, Poland.

Turkey

• October 29 - The Marmaray rail tunnel under the Bosphorus strait, the world's deepest undersea immersed tube tunnel, Istanbul, Turkey.

United Kingdom

• February 1 - Bishop Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects, is dedicated.^[8][9]
• March - Number One Riverside civic offices in Rochdale, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, opens to the public.^[10]
• April - The Shed temporary auditorium for the National Theatre on the South Bank in London, by Haworth Tompkins.^[11]
• May 30 - Mary Rose Museum, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in England.
• June 28 Scale Lane Bridge over River Hull in the UK, designed by McDowell+Benedetti with engineers Alan Baxter Associates and Qualter Hall.^[12]
• September 3 - Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the United Kingdom, designed by Mecanoo.^[13]
• September 30 - SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Foster and Partners.

USA

• January: James B. Hunt Jr. Library the main library of Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, designed by Snøhetta, in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
• April 25 - The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.
• November 27 - Kimbell Art Museum expansion, named the Renzo Piano Pavilion, designed by Renzo Piano, in Fort Worth, Texas, is officially inaugurated.
• December 4 - Pérez Art Museum Miami, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, in Miami, USA.^[14]

Buildings completed

Russia

• Mercury City Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, is completed.

United Arab Emirates

• June 10 - Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower featuring a 90-degree twist, is completed.

United Kingdom

• December 18 - Stonehenge Visitor Centre, Wiltshire, England, designed by Denton Corker Marshall.^[15]
• Tate Britain renovation in London, by Caruso St John.^[16]

USA

• November 13 - Four World Trade Center, New York City.

Awards

• AIA Architecture Firm Award – Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
• AIA Gold Medal – Thom Mayne^[17]
• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – The Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík by Henning Larsen Architects^[18]
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Thomas H. Beeby
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – archi5
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – David Chipperfield
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Toyo Ito.^[19]
• Reed Award for classical architecture commitment - David Watkin^[20]
• RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Wilson
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Peter Zumthor^[21]
• Stirling Prize – Witherford Watson Mann Architects for refurbishment of Astley Castle in North Warwickshire, England (2012)^[22]
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Laurie Olin
• Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Renzo Piano for Menil Collection

Exhibitions

• June 15 until September 23 - "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes at Museum of Modern Art in New York City^[23]

Deaths

• January 5 - Bruce McCarty, American architect (born 1920)
• January 7 - Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture critic (The New York Times) (born 1921)
• February 25 - Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (born 1918)
• March 7 - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (born 1920)
• April 9 - Paolo Soleri, Italian architect (born 1919)
• April 11
  • Clorindo Testa, Italian-born Argentine architect and artist (born 1923)
  • Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (born 1931)
• April 16 - Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (born 1919)
• April 20 - Rick Mather, American-born UK-based architect (born 1937)
• June 18 - Colin Stansfield Smith, British architect and academic (born 1932)
• June 22 - Henning Larsen, Danish architect (born 1925)
• October 30 - Anca Petrescu, Romanian architect and politician (born 1949)
• December 5 - Fred Bassetti, American architect (born 1917)

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