2002 in architecture

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Buildings and structures

City Hall in London

• May 24 – Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, near Falkirk, Scotland, is opened by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Golden Jubilee.
• July – London City Hall is opened on the south bank of the River Thames, designed by Norman Foster.
• July 5 – The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, designed by Daniel Libeskind, opens.
• July 13 – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, converted from the Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead in North East England, opens.
• September 2 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, designed by José Rafael Moneo, is consecrated in Los Angeles, California.
• October 16 – Bibliotheca Alexandrina inaugurated in Egypt, from the competition winning entry by Snøhetta.
• October 26 – Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
• December 14 – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas, designed by Tadao Ando.
• specific date not listed:
  • 383 Madison Avenue opens in New York City, designed by David Childs, and used as the Bear Sterns office building.
  • Laban dance centre opens in Deptford, London, designed by Herzog & de Meuron (Stirling Prize 2003).
  • Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) is completed in Beddington, London, designed by Bill Dunster.
  • Weald and Downland Gridshell, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects, is completed in Southern England.

Awards

Falkirk Wheel

• American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Frank Gehry
• AIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando.
• Architecture Firm Award – Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates.
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Kingdom Centre.
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bruno Fortier.
• Pritzker Prize – Glenn Murcutt.
• Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Pierre du Besset and Dominique Lyon for Troyes Library.
• RIAS Award for Architecture – Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance Base, Edinburgh.
• RAIA Gold Medal – Brit Andresen.
• Royal Gold Medal – Archigram.
• Stirling Prize – Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
• Vincent Scully Prize – Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown.
• Twenty-five Year Award – Fundació Joan Miró
• UIA Gold Medal – Renzo Piano.

Deaths

• Benjamin C. Thompson (born 1918)

See also

• Timeline of architecture