2015 in architecture

none 2015 architecture The year 2015 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events July – The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid.https://news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-orders-full-review-2020-olympic-stadium-070207621--spt.html Japan rips up 2020 Olympic stadium plans to start anew Himmer Alastair 2015-07-17 news.yahoo.com AFP 2015-07-17 November 4–6 – The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore. World heritage 5 July – The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site. Buildings and structures thumb|The Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil thumb|Shanghai Tower, China thumb|Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb, Croatia thumb|The European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt, Germany thumb|Parliament House in Valletta, Malta Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2015 Buildings completed/opened Antarctica March – Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, designed by Estúdio 41, scheduled to commence operation. Australia January 21 – Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania.http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/saturday-soapbox-bridging-gap-between-past-and-future/story-fnj4f64i-1227187372259 Saturday Soapbox: Bridging gap between past and future The Mercury 2015-01-17 2015-01-17 MPavilion (pop-up structure), Melbourne, designed by Amanda Levete's AL A.http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/10/amanda-levete-ala-architects-forest-canopy-design-melbourne-mpavilion/ Amanda Levete unveils forest canopy design for second Melbourne MPavilion 2015-07-10 de zeen 2017-03-19 Brazil December 17 – Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is opened. China September 6 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world (2015–present), is completed. Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza in Xiamen, designed by Gensler, is topped out.Xiamen Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza https://www.emporis.com/complex/127109/xiamen-shimao-cross-strait-plaza-xiamen-china https://web.archive.org/web/20160507085348/http://www.emporis.com/complex/127109/xiamen-shimao-cross-strait-plaza-xiamen-china usurped May 7, 2016 Emporis 2021-04-15 Croatia Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb is completed. The main building, Building B, which has 25 floors and is 315 feet tall is the tallest residential building in Croatia. France January 14 – Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened. Germany March 18 – European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt. May 9 – Propsteikirche, Leipzig, designed by Schulz und Schulz, consecrated. October 23 – German Football Museum in Dortmund opened. Indonesia Gama Tower in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia (2015–present), is topped off. Italy Australian Pavilion for Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, built. Malta May 4 – Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano. Netherlands Nov 19 - Arnhem Centraal Railway Station, Arnhem, designed by UNStudio. Construction started in 2006. Peru UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología), Lima, designed by Grafton Architects with Shell Arquitectos. Engineering and Technology University – UTEC / Grafton Architects + Shell Arquitectos http://www.archdaily.com/792814/engineering-and-technology-university-utec-grafton-architects-plus-shell-arquitectos ArchDaily 2016-08-08 2017-05-29 Poland National Forum of Music in Wrocław. Russia Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion. Singapore March 10 – Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened. November 24 – National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening. United Kingdom January – Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.Darbishire Place, Peabody Housing http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/DarbishirePlace,PeabodyHousing.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150721214350/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/DarbishirePlace,PeabodyHousing.aspx dead 2015-07-21 RIBA Awards 2015 Royal Institute of British Architects 2015-07-20 February 14 – Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA). May 21 – HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo. May 26 – Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid.Zaha Hadid's Middle East Centre lands in Oxford Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/architecture/11670659/zaha-hadid-investcorp-building-oxford.html The Sunday Telegraph London 2015-06-14 2015-07-20 June – Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed.RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 Shortlist https://www.architecture.com/Awards/Awards2016/StirlingPrize/Home.aspx 2016 Royal Institute of British Architects 2016-10-04 2016-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20161005130405/https://www.architecture.com/Awards/Awards2016/StirlingPrize/Home.aspx dead August – City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students. September 30 – Christchurch Bridge, Reading, England, designed by Design Engine Architects, completed. October 8 – Newport Street Gallery in south London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery by Caruso St John architects. October – New building for the University of Oxford's Ruskin School of Art in Bullingdon Road by Spratley Studios. November 30 – Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, begins to function. Clergy Court (new cloister) at Blackburn Cathedral in the north of England, designed by Purcell, projected for completion. thumb|The Broad museum in Downtown Los Angeles, USA Outhouse, a house in the Forest of Dean, by Loyn & Co architects. A House for Essex, Wrabness, designed by Charles Holland of FAT with Grayson Perry.Wainwright Oliver Oliver Wainwright For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way was 'bonkers as possible' https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/15/for-grayson-perrys-essex-house-the-only-way-was-bonkers-as-possible The Guardian London 2015-05-15 2015-08-29 United States May 1 – New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano. September 20 – The Broad (contemporary art museum) in Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. December 23 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world (2015–2020) is completed. Zimbabwe January – Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo.Tokwe Mukosi dam complete http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe-news/74430/tokwe-mukosi-dam-complete.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150107220925/http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe-news/74430/tokwe-mukosi-dam-complete.html dead 7 January 2015 17 January 2015 The Zimbabwean 7 January 2015 Awards thumb|Szczecin Philharmonic, by Barozzi Veiga AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects Carbuncle Cup – 20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie') Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States Emporis Skyscraper Award – Shanghai Tower designed by Jun Xia European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga Lawrence Israel Prize – Tony Chi Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous) RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O'Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland RIBA Stirling Prize – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Burntwood Schoolhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34537420 Riba Stirling Prize: Burntwood School wins award 15 October 2015 BBC News 18 October 2024 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House Exhibitions April 24 – August 2 – "Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association" at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/63_drawing_ambience_alvin_boyarsky_and_the_architectural_association Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association – Exhibitions - RISD MUSEUM risdmuseum.org 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150603015720/http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/63_drawing_ambience_alvin_boyarsky_and_the_architectural_association 3 June 2015 dead May 1 until October 31 – Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy. Deaths January 16 – Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect January 18 – Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect February 9 – Jon Jerde, 75, American architect March 9 – Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer March 12 – Michael Graves, 80, American architect April 28 – Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect March 19 – Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect May 11 – Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner May 16 – Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect May 31 – Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect June 12 – James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect June 26 – Donald Wexler, 89, American architect June 28 – Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect November 7 – Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist December 11 – Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect December 19 – Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect See also Timeline of architecture References Category:21st-century architecture