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2006 in architecture

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2006 in architecture

The year 2006 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

  • January 9 - Fire destroys Chicago's 1891 Pilgrim Baptist Church, designed by Louis Sullivan.
  • January 31 - Ground breaks on Waterview Tower, and the 89-story Shangri-La Hotel in Chicago.
  • March 15 - Cirrus apartment building topped off in Helsinki, becoming the tallest building in Finland.
  • April 10 - Groundbreaking ceremony for the High Line elevated greenway in New York City.
  • April 27 - Construction work begins on the Freedom Tower, a replacement for the World Trade Center.
  • July 8 - The government of Abu Dhabi and Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation signs a memorandum of understanding for the building of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
  • September 21 - Construction work begins on the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management campus, designed by David Adjaye.

    • Buildings

  • February 5 - Madrid-Barajas Airport Terminal 4 inaugurated, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers.
  • March 1 - The Senedd, the National Assembly building in Cardiff, Wales, by architect Richard Rogers, is opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  • April 4 - Busch Stadium, designed by Populous (formerly HOK sport), opened as the new home of the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • May 4 - Hearst Tower employees move into the Norman Foster designed, diagrid building near Columbus Circle, in New York City.
  • May 5 - Aurora Tower opened to the public as the tallest building in Brisbane, Australia.
  • May 23 - 7 World Trade Center officially opened the new building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at noon, with a free concert.
  • May 26 - Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the Hamburg architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
  • June 14 - Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts grand opening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Canadian Diamond and Schmitt Architects.
  • June 16 - The National Library of Belarus opened in Minsk, Belarus in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron.
  • June 26 - Savill Building opens at the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, Surrey, with a gridshell roof designed by Glen Howells Architects.
  • July 22 - Emirates Stadium, designed by Populous, opened in the London Borough of Islington for the Arsenal Football Club.
  • Summer - House of Sweden (the Swedish embassy) completed in Washington, D.C., designed by Swedish architects Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen.
  • September - Museum of Modern Literature (Literaturmuseum der Moderne or LiMo) opened in Marbach, Germany, by British architect David Chipperfield.
  • September 2 - Bishan Community Library opened in Singapore.
  • October - Janelia Farm Research Campus completed in Loudoun County, Virginia, by Rafael Viñoly.
  • October 5 - The Arsht Center opens in Downtown Miami, Florida as the third largest performing arts center in the United States.
  • October 11 - Eureka Tower a 297.3 metres (975 ft) residential skyscraper, designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects, opens in Melbourne, Australia.
  • October 26 - Klaus Advanced Computing Building officially opened on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology, by American architects Perkins+Will.
  • October 27 - Vesteda Tower a 90 m (300 ft) residential tower, designed by Jo Coenen, opens in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • November - Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, a drop-in cancer care centre; Zaha Hadid's first built work in the United Kingdom.
  • December 1
  • Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, designed by Architectus, opens in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse officially opened in Eugene, Oregon, designed by Morphosis.
  • date unknown - America's Cup Building inaugurated in Valencia, Spain, designed by British architect David Chipperfield.

    • Buildings completed

  • January 16 - 10 Holloway Circus is completed in Birmingham, UK, designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners.
  • October 9 - Beetham Tower in Manchester, UK, designed by architect Ian Simpson, who himself resides in the top penthouse.
  • December 10 - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston completed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
  • December - Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia.
  • date unknown
  • Accordia housing development in Cambridge, UK, phase 1 construction, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects (Stirling Prize 2008).
  • Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France, completed by José Oubrerie to a church design by Le Corbusier (died 1965) begun in 1971.
  • CNOOC Building in Beijing, designed by American architects Kohn Pedersen Fox.
  • KUMU (KUnstiMUuseum), Tallinn, Estonia, designed by Finnish architect Pekka Vapaavuori.

    • Awards

  • AIA Gold Medal - Antoine Predock
  • Architecture Firm Award - Moore Ruble Yudell
  • Driehaus Architecture Prize – Allan Greenberg
  • Emporis Skyscraper Award - Hearst Tower
  • Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Francis Cuillier
  • Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Frei Otto
  • Pritzker Prize - Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928) from São Paulo, Brasil
  • Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Orléans-la-Source Science Library by Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet
  • RAIA Gold Medal - Kerry Hill
  • RIAS Award in Architecture - PagePark Architects for Maggie's Centre, Inverness
  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Toyo Ito
  • Stirling Prize - Richard Rogers
  • Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Peter Zumthor
  • AIA Twenty-five Year Award - Thorncrown Chapel by E. Fay Jones
  • Vincent Scully Prize - Phyllis Lambert

    • Deaths

  • March 9 - Harry Seidler, Austrian-born Australian architect (born 1923)
  • April 25 - Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies (born 1916)
  • May 10 - Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer (born 1917)
  • July 5 - Hugh Stubbins, US architect (born 1912)

    • References

    2006 in architecture Wikipedia
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