2012 in architecture

none December 2020 2012 architecture The year 2012 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events April 30 – 1 WTC surpasses the height of the Empire State Building to become the tallest building in New York City.April 30, 2012 It's official: 1 WTC is New York's new tallest building Daily News New York http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/official-1-wtc-york-tallest-building-article-1.1069925?localLinksEnabled=false dead April 30, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503023258/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/official-1-wtc-york-tallest-building-article-1.1069925?localLinksEnabled=false May 3, 2012 July – Mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu (Mali) are deliberately attacked by rebels, a war crime for which Ahmad al-Mahdi in 2016 pleads guilty before the International Criminal Court. July 20 – A fire at the newly-opened Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, leads to its closure for more than a year.Opening of the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan http://www.baku-magazine.com/blogs/opening-heydar-aliyev-centre-baku-azerbaijan-2/ 29 November 2015 Baku Magazine Condé Nast International 21 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208135109/http://www.baku-magazine.com/blogs/opening-heydar-aliyev-centre-baku-azerbaijan-2/ 2015-12-08 dead October The fifth World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore. Second hurricane survival of 1 WTC. It is announced that the Opera House, Wellington, is below 34% of the earthquake code and may have to close for strengthening work to be carried out.http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/7800357/Opera-House-may-close Opera House may close Jackman, Amy The Wellingtonian November – The Japanese government announces plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid;New National Stadium – Tokyo, Japan http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/new-national-stadium/ Zaha Hadid Architects July 18, 2015 these will be abandoned in 2015.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 July 17, 2015 news.yahoo.com AFP July 17, 2015 December 11 – 1 WTC's spire comes to New York City. Assemble (collective) begins working in Granby Four Streets, Liverpool. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2012 Buildings opened thumb|SeaCity Museum in Southampton, England thumb|Tokyo Skytree in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan thumb|The Shard in London, England thumb|London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, England thumb|Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum, India thumb|Equinor headquarters building in Fornebu, Norway January Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.Dale Kneen Starchitects In Our Eyes High Life British Airways Summer 2012 16–17 JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the tallest hotel in the world, in Dubai. January 1 – Ada Bridge, one of the tallest bridges in Europe, in Belgrade, Serbia. January 5 – Baluarte Bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridge in Latin America. February – Extension to Städel art gallery in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by schneider+schumacher.Die Erweiterung des Städel Museums http://www.staedelmuseum.de/sm/index.php?StoryID=1206&websiteLang=de Städel Museum October 14, 2012 July 1, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194714/https://www.staedelmuseum.de/de/geschichte?StoryID=1206&websiteLang=de dead January 6 – Porta Macedonia, Skopje, designed by sculptor Valentina Stefanovska. February 28 – Halley VI Research Station, designed by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects, becomes operational in the Antarctic. March – Jerwood Gallery on The Stade in Hastings, England, designed by Hana Loftus and Tom Grieve of HAT Projects.http://www.jerwoodgallery.org/about/the-gallery The Gallery Jerwood Gallery March 12, 2012 January 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102221644/http://www.jerwoodgallery.org/about/the-gallery deadRowan Moore A happy end to the battle of Hastings The Observer London March 11, 2012 28 (The New Review) March 18 – Bharati (research station) in Antarctica. March 19 – Western concourse, London King's Cross railway station, designed by John McAslan + Partners.Amy Frearson Western Concourse at King's Cross by John McAslan + Partners Dezeen http://www.dezeen.com/2012/03/14/western-concourse-at-kings-cross-by-john-mcaslan-partners/ March 14, 2012 April 13, 2012 March 24 – Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge, Warsaw, the eighth road bridge in the capital of Poland. March 29 – Refurbished Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney with new Mordant Wing, designed by Sam Marshall.Ginanne Brownell March 20, 2012 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/arts/21iht-rartsydney21.html October 14, 2012 A Makeover for Contemporary Art in Sydney The New York Times March 31 – Sandworm by Marco Casagrande, in the Beaufort04 Triennial of Contemporary art in Wenduine, Belgium. The work is both architecture and environmental art.Marco Casagrande Sandworm http://www.beaufort04.be/en/artistiek/31/marco-casagrande-.html Beaufort04 January 25, 2013 January 25, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121227190403/http://www.beaufort04.be/en/artistiek/31/marco-casagrande-.html December 27, 2012 dead April 4 – Twin Sails Bridge, Poole, England, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. April 10 – SeaCity Museum, Southampton, England, with extension by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.SeaCity Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects http://www.dezeen.com/2012/04/21/seacity-museum-by-wilkinson-eyre-architects/ de zeen April 21, 2012 April 20 Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center, Tokyo, designed by Kengo Kuma.Cultural complex https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/9d8db373-803d-11ed-862b-0242ac130002 January 2, 2024 Good Design Award ja Belfast MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) in Northern Ireland, by Hackett Hall McKnight.Belfast's new arts venue the MAC prepares to open BBC News April 19, 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17770503 October 27, 2014 May 10 – Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by Zaha Hadid. May 11 – ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower and sculpture in Olympic Park, London, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond and Ushida Findlay Architects.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/may/06/olympics-orbit-anish-kapoor?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Tim Adams Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower: the mother of all helter-skelters The Guardian London May 5, 2012 December 3, 2013 May 22 – Tokyo Skytree in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/22/11809861-tokyo-sky-tree-takes-root-as-worlds-second-tallest-structure?chromedomain=itineraries https://web.archive.org/web/20120525134229/http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/22/11809861-tokyo-sky-tree-takes-root-as-worlds-second-tallest-structure?chromedomain=itineraries dead 25 May 2012 Tokyo Sky Tree takes root as world's second-tallest structure Arata Yamamoto 22 May 2012 NBC News 22 May 2012 June 29 – Cloud Forest and Flower Dome Bay South Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (landscape design by Grant Associates).http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/05/movie-wilkinson-eyre-architects/ Wilkinson Eyre Architects on winning World Building of the Year De Zeen October 5, 2012 May 1, 2013 July 3 – Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre in Northern Ireland designed by Heneghan Peng for the National Trust.Heneghan Peng's Giant's Causeway scheme finally opens doors July 4, 2012 July 19, 2013 Richard Waite Architects' Journal http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heneghan-pengs-giants-causeway-scheme-finally-opens-doors/5215711.article July 5 – The Shard, designed by Renzo Piano, the tallest building in the European Union at the time.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/shard-owners-shatter-abseiling-ambition-of-hague-snr-7782687.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/shard-owners-shatter-abseiling-ambition-of-hague-snr-7782687.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Shard owners shatter abseiling ambition of Hague Snr The Independent 24 May 2012 8 June 2012 July 18 – Tate Modern, London, opens The Tanks performance art/installation space, refurbished by Herzog & de Meuron.Tate Modern's giant tanks swap oil for performance art https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18862201 BBC News July 17, 2012 July 17, 2012 July 27 – Opening of 2012 Summer Olympics based at Olympic Park, London, England, with site design by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW and Buro Happold), working with Arup and WS Atkins; taken over by LDA Design in conjunction with Hargreaves Associates. Individual buildings include Olympic Stadium, designed by PopulousRowan Moore Architecture The Observer London December 11, 2011 21 (The New Review) London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid London Velopark, designed by Hopkins Architects, Expedition Engineering, BDSP, and Grant Associates ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, designed by Anish Kapoor (see above) August 3 – Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane, Australia. September 21 – Islamic art gallery at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, designed by Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti.Gareth Harris September 13, 2012 https://www.ft.com/content/ad9c2ff2-f5bf-11e1-bf76-00144feabdc0 Islamic art, covered Financial Times October 11, 2012 September 23 – Renovation and new wing for Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architekten.http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/news-items/stedelijk-museum-opens-september-23rd Stedelijk Museum Opens September 23rd Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam September 23, 2012 October 14, 2012 October 11 – Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum, India, built by B.G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. October 17 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City, designed by Louis Kahn. October 24 – Boekenberg ("Book mountain") public library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, designed by MVRDV. December 3 – United States Courthouse, Austin, Texas, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam. December 11 – Le Louvre-Lens art gallery in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, designed by SANAA.Angelique Chrisafis Louvre opens 'glass river' on Lens slagheap The Guardian London https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/03/louvre-lens-art-france-mining December 4, 2012 December 4, 2012 date unknown Flame Towers, Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by HOK. ME Hotel, London, designed by Foster and Partners. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art new buildings are opened in Oslo, Norway. Statoil (now Equinor) Regional and International Offices, Oslo, Norway, by A-Lab Architects, winner of 2012 WAN Award for best office buildingStatoil regional and international offices https://archello.com/project/statoil-regional-and-international-offices Archello December 13, 2019Equinor regional and international office building (previously Statoil) https://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/?TLp=940995 Visit Oslo December 13, 2019 Buildings completed thumb|Abraj Al Bait in Mecca, Saudi Arabia January 6 – Porta Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia.Macedonia, Kazakhstan: Triumphal Arches to Celebrate 20 Years of Independence, Global Voices Online February 29 – Tokyo Skytree, the tallest tower in the world, is completed in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. June – Airport Link, a 6.7 km road tunnel in Brisbane, the longest in Australia. September – NEO Bankside apartments in London, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.NEO Bankside http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/project.php?id=946 New London Architecture January 15, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150115133925/http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/project.php?id=946 January 15, 2015 November 1 – Mercury City Tower, in Moscow, topped-out to become the tallest building in Europe (2012–2014). date unknown Abraj Al Bait in Mecca, the tallest buildings in Saudi Arabia. Absolute World in Mississauga, Ontario, designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Studio. Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci, Serbia, a replica of the 18th century church that was destroyed during the Croatian War of Independence.http://www.novossti.com/2011/03/zlo-u-ratu-dobrota-u-miru/ sr Zlo u ratu, dobrota u miru Novosti 585 March 5, 2012 November 26, 2012 Princess Tower, the world's tallest residential building, is completed in Dubai. The Bow (skyscraper) in Calgary, Alberta Soleil, the tallest building in Brisbane, Australia (until 2014) designed by DBI Design. Community in a Cube, RiversideOne, Middlesbrough, England, designed by FAT.http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/aj-building-studies/alone-in-riverside-one/8629467.article Alone in Riverside One April 26, 2012 Steve Parnell Architects' Journal London Astley Castle in North Warwickshire, England, restored for the Landmark Trust by Witherford Watson Mann (winner, Stirling Prize, 2013).2013 RIBA Stirling Prize winner – Astley Castle, Warwickshire http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-astley-castle-warwickshire/ RIBA September 27, 2013 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130925053524/http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-astley-castle-warwickshire/ September 25, 2013 dead University of Limerick Medical School in Ireland designed by Grafton Architects. Sarajevo City Center. The Wilson art gallery and museum extension and refurbishment in Cheltenham, England, designed by BGS Architects. Awards AIA Architecture Firm Award – Vincent James Associates Architects AIA Gold Medal – Steven Holl Carbuncle Cup – Cutty Sark Renovation Alvar Aalto Medal – Paulo David Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Michael Graves Emporis Skyscraper Award – Absolute World in Mississauga designed by Burka Architects and MAD Studio Lawrence Israel Prize – Diller Scofidio + Renfro LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Sou Fujimoto Architects Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Henning Larsen Pritzker Architecture Prize – Wang Shu RAIA Gold Medal – Lawrence Nield RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Herman Hertzberger Stirling Prize – Stanton Williams, for Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge UniversityYoungs Ian Sainsbury Laboratory wins Stirling architecture prize https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19923820 BBC News October 14, 2012 October 15, 2012 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Rafael Moneo Twenty-five Year Award – Frank Gehry for Gehry Residence, Santa Monica Vincent Scully Prize – Paul Goldberger Deaths January 4 – Rod Robbie, Canadian architect (born 1928) January 8 – John Madin, English architect (born 1924) February 6 – Norma Merrick Sklarek, African American architect (born 1926) March 21 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect (born 1907) June 4 – Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect (born 1925) June 15 Francis Bonaert, Belgian architect (born 1914) was a Belgian architect.http://www.patrimoine-mobilier.be/patrimoine/News.aspx?id=299141&LangType=2060 https://archive.today/20130115030112/http://www.patrimoine-mobilier.be/patrimoine/News.aspx?id=299141&LangType=2060 dead January 15, 2013 In memoriam Baron Francis Bonaert Patrimoine-mobilier.be June 25, 2012 fr Günther Domenig, Austrian architect (born 1934) June 19 – Gerhard M. Kallmann, German-born American architect (born 1915) July 2 – Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and industrial designer (born 1929)https://www.casatigallery.com/designers/angelo-mangiarotti/ Angelo Mangiarotti Casati Gallery 2 February 2021 August 20 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese architect and Prime Minister (born 1916)http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120820/local/dom-mintoff-malta-s-most-controversial-political-giant.429112 Dom Mintoff, Malta's political giant, passes away. Times of Malta 20 August 2012 20 August 2012 August 26 – Peter L. Shelton, American architect and interior designer (born 1945) October 6 – Ulrich Franzen (born 1921), German-born American architectVitello, Paul (14 October 2012). Ulrich Franzen, Designer of Brutalist Buildings, Dies at 91, The New York Times October 26 – John M. Johansen, American architect (born 1916) October 30 Wayland Tunley, British architect associated with Milton Keynes (born 1937)OBITUARY: MARCH 2013 http://www.ribajournal.com/pages/march13_obituary_205702.cfm RIBA Journal March 19, 2013 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140226105040/http://www.ribajournal.com/pages/march13_obituary_205702.cfm February 26, 2014 dead Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist (born 1940) November 1 – Gae Aulenti), Italian architect, interior and lighting designer (born 1927 November 4 – David Resnick, Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner (born 1924) December 5 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (born 1907) December 14 – Alan Colquhoun, British architect (born 1921)http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/great-educator-alan-colquhoun-dies-aged-91/8640228.article 'Great educator' Alan Colquhoun dies aged 91 Fulcher Merlin December 14, 2012 architectsjournal EMAP Publishing Limited January 10, 2013 See also Timeline of architecture References Category:21st-century architecture