2022 in architecture
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The year 2022 in architecture is expected to involve some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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- 1 March - Russian shelling of Freedom Square in Kharkiv severely damages the Regional State Administration Building and more heritage listed buildings.[1]
- 16 March - Shelling in Mariupol destroys Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre.[2]
Buildings and structures
- Egypt
- Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, projected for completion.
- Taiwan
- Taipei Performing Arts Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten at Office for Metropolitan Architecture, opens officially on 7 August.[3]
- United Arab Emirates
- The Museum of the Future designed by Killa Design architecture studio and engineered by Buro Happold opened to public on 22 February in Dubai.[4]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Rob Krier
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – B. V. Doshi
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Diébédo Francis Kéré
- Upcoming
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – (announced end April)
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture – (announced autumn)
Exhibitions
- 6 Feb - 2 July: MoMA New York: "The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985", curated by Martino Stierli and Anoma Pieris.[5]
Deaths
- January 11 - Eberhard Zeidler, 95, German-born Canadian architect (Eaton Centre) (b. 1926)
- January 14 - Ricardo Bofill, 82, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
- March 17 - Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian born British-American architect and design theorist (b. 1936)
- August 9 - Miles Warren, 93, New Zealand architect (b. 1929)
- August 16 - Mark Girouard, 90, English architectural writer and historian (b. 1931)[6]
- August 23 - José Vivas, 94, Venezuelan architect (b. 1928)
- September 9 - James Polshek, 92, American architect (Clinton Presidential Center, the Brooklyn Museum) (b. 1930)
+September 17 - Vlado Milunić, 81, Czech architect (Dancing House)
See also
References
- ^ Ravenscroft, T (2022) Ukraine invasion leading to "barbaric destruction of architectural heritage", dezeen 10 March
- ^ Tondo, L. & Kishiw, I. (2022) "Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians", in The Guardian.
- ^ Nepilova, Hannah (2022-08-09). "New Taipei Performing Arts Center opens in Taiwan". Classical Music. BBC. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Dubai's Museum of the Future is Now Open".
- ^ MoMA: "The Project of Independence", retrieved 17 March 2022
- ^ "Mark Girouard, author of classic works on architecture and social history including Life in the English Country House – Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2022-08-17. (subscription required)