2024 in architecture
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The year 2024 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- January – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished within a week of Kim Jong Un calling for it.[1]
- August – Removal of non-structural columns in a refurbishment of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery reveals a note from the building's sponsor John, Lord Sainsbury (d. 2022) indicating that he disagreed with the building's original architects (Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, 1991) over their inclusion in the first place.[2]
- November 29 – Interior restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after the 2019 fire is first revealed publicly.[3]
Buildings and structures
- Albania
- Mixed-use skyscrapers in Tirana:
- The Book Building, designed by 51N4E, completed.[4]
- Downtown One, designed by MVRDV, official opening scheduled.[5]
- Eyes of Tirana, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, completion expected.[6]
- Vertical Forest Tirana, designed by Stefano Boeri, expected completion in third quarter of 2024.[7][8]
- Malaysia
- Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest structure and the second-tallest building in the world, designed by Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL, officially opened on 10 January 2024.[9]
Awards
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture –
- AIA Gold Medal –
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture –
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) –
- Pritzker Architecture Prize –
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal –
- Stirling Prize – Elizabeth line, London[10]
Exhibitions
- September 30 until March 16, 2025
- "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[11]
Deaths
- October 2 - Christopher Charles Benninger, 82, American-born Indian architect and urban planner (born 1942)
- November 4 - Victor A. Lundy, 101, American modernist architect (Warm Mineral Springs Motel) (born 1923)
See also
References
- ^ "통일부 "북한, 평양서 '조국통일 기념탑' 철거"" [Ministry of Unification: "North Korea demolishes 'National Unification Monument' in Pyongyang"]. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). 2024-01-24. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Harold, Pia (2024-08-28). "National Gallery pillar-hating letter was 'a compromise'". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ Schofield, Hugh (2024-11-28). "Macron praises 'impossible' Notre-Dame restoration". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Projekti Book Building". Albanian Construction Portal. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "MVRDV - Downtown One Tirana". www.mvrdv.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ "Eyes of Tirana". Zanetti. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albania". Dezeen. March 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Tirana Vertical Forest". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "World's second-largest building opens; constructed by Samsung C&T". 2024-02-13.
- ^ Rackham, Annabel; Youngs, Ian (17 October 2024). "London's Elizabeth line wins top architecture prize". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The Met to Present the First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Influential Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 October 2024.