2005 in architecture

none 2005 architecture The year 2005 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events May 17 – The renovation and restoration of Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology commences with the smashing of the first of the large glass walls, a privilege auctioned on eBay for over $2,500. May 20 – The United States Postal Service honors twelve "Masterworks of Modern Architecture" on first class postage stamps. October 6–10 – Demolition of the last of the Xanadu Houses. Buildings and structures thumb|Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark thumb|Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany thumb|Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland Buildings opened Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2005 January 15 – Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen. March 5 – The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, designed by Hascher et Jehle. April 6 – New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. April 14 – Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA.Nicolai Ouroussoff Rem Koolhaas Learns Not to Overthink It https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/arts/design/10ouro.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=casa%20da%20musica&st=cse The New York Times 2005-04-10 2011-11-27 April 17 – Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.Walker Art Center Timeline Walker Art Center Minneapolis Sculpture Garden http://media.walkerart.org/pdf/WAC.PR.Timelineupdate.pdf 2015-05-08 2021-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20210720182621/http://media.walkerart.org/pdf/WAC.PR.Timelineupdate.pdf dead April 28 – The Wynn Las Vegas, designed by Jon Jerde. May 10 – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, designed by Peter Eisenman. May 11 – Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University, Thailand, designed by Architects 49. May 30 – Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. June – Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, designed by Renzo Piano. July 22 – Tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, England. August 27 – The Turning Torso in Malmö, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia (2005–present). September – Idea Store Whitechapel, London, UK designed by David Adjaye Associates. October 8 – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava. October 15 – New de Young Museum in San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. October 17–18 – National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, UK, designed by Wilkinson Eyre. October 30 – The reconstructed Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, is consecrated. specific date not listed Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed. 2 Marsham Street in London, designed by Terry Farrell, is first occupied by the British government department, the Home Office, for whom it was built. Maggie's Centre at Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, a drop-in cancer care centre designed by Page\Park Architects. Buildings completed thumb|Edificio Mirador in Madrid, Spain date unknown The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China. Chelsea Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Q1 Tower in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, the tallest building in Australia (2005–present). Mirador apartment building in Madrid, Spain, designed by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó. Tromsø Library and City Archives in Norway, designed by Kjell Beite. Jaume Fuster Library in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Josep Llinás. Alton Library, Alton, Hampshire, England, designed by Hampshire County Architects.RIBA Awards / South Architects' Journal https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/riba-awards-south-3 2005-06-23 2025-10-21 Santa Caterina Market roof in Barcelona, designed by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue. Antvorskov Church, Slagelse, Denmark, designed by Regnbuen Arkitekter. St. Henry's Chapel, Turku, Finland, designed by Matti Sanaksenaho. Private residences Casa Poli, Concepción, Chile, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen.Casa Poli https://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-1335/casa-poli-pezo-von-ellrichshausen plataforma arquitectura 2007-01-05 Spanish 2017-12-20 Copper House 2, Talca, Chile, designed by Smiljan Radić Clarke.Copper House 2 Jan Kratochvíl https://www.archiweb.cz/en/b/medeny-dum-2 2026-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20260315195120/https://www.archiweb.cz/en/b/medeny-dum-2 2026-03-15 live Pite House, Papudo, Chile, designed by Smiljan Radić Clarke.Chilene Radic erhält renommierten Pritzker-Architekturpreis Monopol 2026-03-12 https://www.monopol-magazin.de/chilene-radic-erhaelt-renommierten-pritzker-architekturpreis?amp de 2026-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20260315195026/https://www.monopol-magazin.de/chilene-radic-erhaelt-renommierten-pritzker-architekturpreis?amp 2026-03-15 bot: unknown Casa Tóló, Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira.Tóló House https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/tolo-house/ wikiarquitectura 2017-12-20 Haus Bold, Bad Waldsee, Germany, designed by Thomas Bendel.House Bold https://www.architonic.com/en/project/thomas-bendel-architekt-house-bold/5101247 Architonic 2017-12-20 Light House, Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford.Glancey Jonathan Jonathan Glancey Bright Fantastic https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/nov/07/architecture The Guardian London 2005-11-07 2019-10-02 Awards AIA Gold Medal – Santiago Calatrava Architecture Firm Award – Murphy/Jahn AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut by Louis Kahn Driehaus Architecture Prize – Quinlan TerryDriehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/ Notre Dame School of Architecture 2014-04-05 https://archive.today/20130403083406/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/ 2013-04-03 dead Emporis Skyscraper Award – Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Rem Koolhaas for Netherlands Embassy Berlin Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bernard Reichen LEAF Award, Grand Prix – Henning Larsen Architects for the IT University of Copenhagen Mies van der Rohe Prize – Rem Koolhaas for the Dutch Embassy (Berlin) Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Yoshio Taniguchi Pritzker Prize – Thom Mayne, of Morphosis Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source RAIA Gold Medal – James Birrell RIAS Award for Architecture – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT & RMJM RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frei Otto Stirling Prize – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT & RMJMKennedy Maev 17 October 2005 Scottish parliament wins Stirling prize https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/17/scotland.artsnews The Guardian 19 October 2024 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Shigeru Ban Vincent Scully Prize – The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art UIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando Deaths January 6 – A. Hays Town, prominent American residential architect based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (born 1903) January 23 – Richard Feilden OBE, leading UK architect based in Bath (born 1950) January 25 – Philip Johnson, influential American architect, first Pritzker Prize honoree (born 1906) March 16 – Ralph Erskine, British architect, designer of the Byker Wall (born 1914) March 22 – Kenzo Tange, leading Japanese architect, winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize (born 1913) June 4 – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (born 1919) June 30 – Robert Y. Fleming, American architect (born 1925) December 15 – James Ingo Freed, American architect (born 1930) See also Architecture Timeline References Category:21st-century architecture