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The year 2018 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

China

Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened October 23.
Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, the third tallest building in China, designed by P & T Group and ECADI, projected for completion.

Denmark

Fjordenhus, Kirk Kapital headquarters, on Vejle Fjord, designed by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann, completed.^[1]

France

Sir John Monash Centre in Villers-Bretonneux officially opened April 24.^[2]
Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes

Hong Kong

Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened October 23.

Ireland

Pálás cinema, Galway, designed by Tom de Paor, opened February 23.^[3]

Malaysia

Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur, the third tallest building in Malaysia, projected for completion.

Norway

Ureddplassen public toilet, designed by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter + Landskapsfabrikken, opened.^[4]

Russia

Crimean Bridge between Crimea and Russia, the longest bridge in Europe, the road section of the bridge opened May 16.
Lakhta Center, in St. Petersburg, the tallest building in Europe, commissioning begins June 27.

Sweden

Norra Tornen (Northern Towers) eastern residential tower, Stockholm, designed by OMA, completed.

Taiwan

Weiwuying (National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts), Kaohsiung, designed by Mecanoo, opened October 13.^[5]

Turkey

Troy Museum, designed by Yalın Mimarlık, opened October 10.
Istanbul New Airport with the future world’s largest terminal, officially opened October 29.

Ukraine

Chernobyl New Safe Confinement projected for completion December.

United Kingdom

Broomlands Primary School in Kelso, Scottish Borders, designed by Stallan-Brand, opened January 9.^[6]
Storey's Field Community Centre and Nursery for the University of Cambridge at Eddington, designed by Stuart McKnight of MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects), completed c. March.^[7]
Beecroft Building for the University of Oxford Department of Physics, designed by Hawkins\Brown, officially opened September 17.^[8]
The Hubert Perrodo Building at St Peter's College, Oxford, by Design Engine Architects, officially opened March 13.^[9]
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) and Max Fordham, opened to public June 11.
V&A Museum of Design Dundee in Dundee, Scotland, designed by Kengo Kuma, opened September 15.
Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross Central in London, conversion of industrial premises to retail development by Thomas Heatherwick, opened October 26.^[10]
Gloucester Bus Station, designed by Building Design Partnership, opened October 26–28.
Nevill Holt Opera within 17th century stable block, designed by Witherford Watson Mann, opened June 14.^[11]
Wittering House, Finsbury Park, home for self by Charles Bettes of GPad London, completed.

United States

Amazon Spheres in Seattle, designed by NBBJ, opened January 30.
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond, Virginia designed by Steven Holl opened April 21.^[12]^[13]
3 World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, opened June 11.

Events

January 9 – Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath, Germany, demolished.
June 15 – Second major fire at Glasgow School of Art.^[14]
August 14 – Ponte Morandi, Genoa, collapses.

Exhibitions

26 May until 25 November - The 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy
15 July until 13 January 2019 - "Towards a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia 1948-1980" at MOMA in New York City.^[15]^[16]

Awards

AIA Gold Medal – James Stewart Polshek
Architecture Firm Award AIA – Snow Kreilich Architects
Lawrence Israel Prize - Annabelle Selldorf^[17]
Pritzker Architecture Prize – Balkrishna Doshi
Prix Versailles Shops & Stores – Apple Orchard Road (Singapore, Singapore) / Foster and Partners (United Kingdom)
Prix Versailles Shopping Malls – Watermark Westquay (Southampton, United Kingdom) / acme, Hammerson (United Kingdom)
Prix Versailles Hotels – Amanyangyun (Shanghai, China) / Kerry Hill Architects (Singapore)
Prix Versailles Restaurants – Ixi'im (Chocholá Municipality, Mexico) / Central de proyectos SCP, Paulina Morán (Mexico)
RAIA Gold Medal – Alexander Tzannes
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Neave Brown
Stirling Prize – Foster and Partners for Bloomberg London

Deaths

January 7 – Aydın Boysan, 96, Turkish architect
January 9 – Neave Brown, 88, American-born British architect
January 17 – Ted McCoy, 92, New Zealand architect
February 18 – Ivor Smith, 93, English architect
February 19 – Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, 91, Bolivian architect and art historian
February 20 – Lionel March, 84, British architect and mathematician
February 22 – Serban Cantacuzino, 90, French-born Romanian-British architect
April 26 – David Mitchell, 77, New Zealand architect
May 12 – Will Alsop, 70, British architect
May 18 – Tom Wolfe, 88, American author and architecture critic (From Bauhaus to Our House)
May 28 – Wang Da-hong, 100, Chinese born Taiwanese architect
August 19 - Rafael Calventi, 92, Dominican architect and diplomat
August 26 - Kerry Hill, 75, Australian architect
September 13 - Shlomo Aronson, 81, Israeli landscape architect
September 18 - Robert Venturi, 93, American architect, Pritzker Prize winner (1991) and co-author with Denise Scott Brown of Learning from Las Vegas
October 11 - Paul Andreu, 80, French architect (Osaka Maritime Museum)
November 24 - Gene Leedy, 90, American architect
December 27 - Jean Dumontier, 83, Canadian-Quebecois architect and artist (the Montreal Metro stations Jean-Drapeau and Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke)

References

^ Connolly, Kate (2018-06-08). "Disorientating and playful, Eliasson's first building 'grows' from Danish fjord". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
^ Crowe, David (2018-04-24). "'We must remember': PM opens $100m Monash centre in France". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ Siggins, Lorna (2018-02-21). "First look: Galway's new art-house cinema, a 'beautiful tower of song'". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
^ Morris, Hugh (2018-03-28). "Norway has just opened the world's most beautiful public loo". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ Wainwright, Oliver (2018-10-20). "Grand vision: The world's biggest arts venue opens in Taiwan". The Guardian. No. 53545. London. p. 19. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
^ Rinaldi, Giancarlo (2019-05-19). "Broomlands Primary: Does a 'stunning school' help learning?". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
^ "Storey's Field Centre". North West Cambridge Development. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
^ Briant, Nathan (2019-06-27). "Oxford building named as one of the country's best". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
^ "Hubert Perrodo Building shortlisted for RIBA Awards 2018". Design Engine. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
^ Wills, Kate (2018-10-18). "Coal Drops Yard is London's new eating, shopping and playing paradise". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
^ "Nevill Holt Opera Opens A New Theatre". Nevill Holt Opera. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ https://www.wtvr.com/2018/04/13/vcus-landmark-ica-opens-with-declaration-to-power-of-art-and-diversity/amp/
^ https://www.archdaily.com/893277/institute-for-contemporary-art-at-vcu-steven-holl-architects
^ Carrell, Severin; Brooks, Libby; Rawlinson, Kevin (2018-06-16). "'Heartbreaking': fire guts Glasgow School of Art for the second time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
^ https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3931
^ https://designyoutrust.com/2018/11/toward-a-concrete-utopia-brutalist-yugoslavian-architecture/
^ https://archpaper.com/2018/10/annabelle-selldorf-lawrence-israel-prize-fit/#gallery-0-slide-0

[1] Connolly, Kate (2018-06-08). "Disorientating and playful, Eliasson's first building 'grows' from Danish fjord". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2018-06-09.

[smh24418-2] Crowe, David (2018-04-24). "'We must remember': PM opens $100m Monash centre in France". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[3] Siggins, Lorna (2018-02-21). "First look: Galway's new art-house cinema, a 'beautiful tower of song'". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2018-08-13.

[4] Morris, Hugh (2018-03-28). "Norway has just opened the world's most beautiful public loo". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

[5] Wainwright, Oliver (2018-10-20). "Grand vision: The world's biggest arts venue opens in Taiwan". The Guardian. No. 53545. London. p. 19. Retrieved 2018-10-21.

[6] Rinaldi, Giancarlo (2019-05-19). "Broomlands Primary: Does a 'stunning school' help learning?". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

[7] "Storey's Field Centre". North West Cambridge Development. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-06-22.

[8] Briant, Nathan (2019-06-27). "Oxford building named as one of the country's best". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

[9] "Hubert Perrodo Building shortlisted for RIBA Awards 2018". Design Engine. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

[10] Wills, Kate (2018-10-18). "Coal Drops Yard is London's new eating, shopping and playing paradise". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 2018-10-26.

[11] "Nevill Holt Opera Opens A New Theatre". Nevill Holt Opera. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

[12] ttps://www.wtvr.com/2018/04/13/vcus-landmark-ica-opens-with-declaration-to-power-of-art-and-diversity/amp/

[13] ttps://www.archdaily.com/893277/institute-for-contemporary-art-at-vcu-steven-holl-architects

[14] Carrell, Severin; Brooks, Libby; Rawlinson, Kevin (2018-06-16). "'Heartbreaking': fire guts Glasgow School of Art for the second time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

[15] ttps://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3931

[16] ttps://designyoutrust.com/2018/11/toward-a-concrete-utopia-brutalist-yugoslavian-architecture/

[17] ttps://archpaper.com/2018/10/annabelle-selldorf-lawrence-israel-prize-fit/#gallery-0-slide-0

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