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The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

File:Lotte World Tower (April 30 2017).jpg

Lotte World Tower

Australia

International Convention Centre Sydney opened.^[1]
October – 1 William Street, the tallest building in Brisbane, designed by Woods Bagot, is completed.

China

Dacheng Muslim Cultural Center, by He Jingtang opens.^[2]
December 29 – Duge Bridge the highest bridge in the world opened

Germany

BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
October 23 – Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin is completed.

Italy

BNL BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, designed by 5+1AA (Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo), is completed.

Malta

April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.

Poland

May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland is completed.

Portugal

October 5 – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, designed by Amanda Levete of AL A.^[3]

South Korea

December 22 – Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea, is completed.

Sri Lanka

September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003).

Thailand

August 29 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok.

Turkey

August 26 – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge the second tallest suspension bridge in the world opened.

United Arab Emirates

August 31 – Dubai Opera opened.

United Kingdom

April 27 – Hastings Pier reconstruction, designed by Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, opened^[4] (Stirling Prize winner 2017).
May 21 – Command of the Oceans at Chatham Historic Dockyard, designed by Baynes and Mitchell Architects, opened.^[4]
June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension, subsequently named Blavatnik Building) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened.^[5]
September
- Art and Design Building, Bedales School, Steep, Hampshire, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.^[6]
- City Campus, City of Glasgow College, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects.^[7]
- Ineos headquarters building at Grangemouth, Scotland, designed by Michael Laird Architects, completed.^[8]
- Barrett's Grove (apartments), Stoke Newington, London, designed by Groupwork and Amin Taha.^[9]
October – Photography studio for Juergen Teller, London, designed by 6a Architects.^[10]
October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, opened.^[11]^[12]
November 24 – Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum, opened.^[13]
December 8 – Winton Gallery at Science Museum, London, designed by Zaha Hadid.
House for Rowan Atkinson near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Berman Guedes Stretton and Roger Stretton.^[6]
Incurvo (private house) near Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, designed by Adrian James Architects.^[6]

United States

September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened.^[14]
March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.

Awards

AIA Gold Medal – Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
Architecture Firm Award AIA – LMN Architects
Carbuncle Cup – Lincoln Plaza
Lawrence Israel Prize – SHoP Architects
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Pritzker Architecture Prize – Alejandro Aravena
RAIA Gold Medal – ARM Architecture
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Zaha Hadid
RIBA Stirling Prize – Caruso St John Architects
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Cecil Balmond
Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Monterey Bay Aquarium by EHDD

Exhibitions

March 18 – July 31: "A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at MOMA in New York City".^[15]
May 28 – November 16: "TIME-SPACE-EXISTENCE" at the Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Palwzzo Rossini in Venice, Italy.^[16]

Deaths

February 1 - Paul Pholeros, Australian architect (b. 1953)
February 16 - Bořek Šípek, Czech architect and designer (b. 1949)
February 27 - Claude Parent, French architect (b. 1923)
March 31 - Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect (b. 1950)
May 16 - Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (b. 1920)
June 8 - Michael Manser, 87, British architect (b. 1929)
July 26 - Eric Kuhne, 64, American-born British architect (b. 1951)
August 19 - Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architectural historian (b. 1949)
September - John Belle, 84, American architect (b. 1932)
September 16 - Teodoro González de León, 90, Mexican architect (b. 1926)
October 4 - Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong born Canadian architect (b. 1940)
November 14 - Diana Balmori, 84, Spanish born Argentinian-American landscape designer (b. 1932)
November 15 - Sixto Durán-Ballén 95, American-born Ecuadorian politician (President of Ecuador 1992–1996) and architect (b. 1921)
December 1 - Peter Corrigan, 74-75, Australian architect (b, 1941)
December 13 - Roy Harrover, 88, American architect (b. 1928)

References

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[1] ttp://ftnnews.com/mice/31308-icc-sydney-officially-opens-for-business.html

[2] ttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/10/27/colonnade-arched-walkway-dachang-muslim-cultural-center-beijing-china-he-jingtang/

[3] Wainwright, Oliver (2016-10-06). "'The hotspot of hotspots': Amanda Levete's €20m Lisbon museum opens with a sinuous swoosh". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-10-21.

[Pier-4] Wainwright, Oliver (2017-07-22). "Pier review". The Guardian. London. pp. 14–15 (The New Review). Retrieved 2017-07-24.

[5] Wainwright, Oliver (2016-05-23). "First look: inside the Switch House – Tate Modern's power pyramid". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[RIBASo-6] "Rowan Atkinson's house among RIBA award winners". BBC News. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-05-29.

[7] "City of Glasgow opens new campus in centre of city". Glasgow: BBC News. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-07-24.

[8] "INEOS completes construction of its new, state of the art Grangemouth Headquarters". Grangemouth: INEOS. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[9] "Barretts Grove". arch daily. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-24.

[10] Griffiths, Alyn (2016-10-14). "6a Architects completes concrete photography studio for Juergen Teller". dezeen. Retrieved 2017-07-24.

[11] ttps://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2016/10/leeds-victoria-gate-opens-its-doors-to-the-public

[12] Moore, Rowan (2016-05-22). "Shop in the name of love". The Observer. London. p. 29 (The New Review). Retrieved 2016-10-17.

[13] Moore, Rowan (2016-05-22). "Private property, public heart". The Observer. London. p. 29 (The New Review). Retrieved 2016-05-23.

[14] ttps://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/opening

[15] ttp://press.moma.org/2015/06/a-japanese-constellation-toyo-ito-sanaa-and-beyond/

[16] ttp://www.palazzomora.org/index.php?page=33&lang=en

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