2005 in architecture

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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

Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany

Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland

Buildings opened

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.[1]
April 17 – Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.[2]
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.
August 27 – The Turning Torso in Malmö, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia.
September – Idea Store Whitechapel, London, UK designed by David Adjaye Associates.
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.
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- 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

Edificio Mirador in Madrid, Spain

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- 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.
- 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.[3]
  - Casa Tóló, Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira.[4]
  - Haus Bold, Bad Waldsee, Germany, designed by Thomas Bendel.[5]
  - Light House, Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford.[6]

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 Terry[7]
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/RMJM.
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Shigeru Ban.
Vincent Scully Prize – Charles, Prince of Wales.
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)

References

Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2005-04-10). "Rem Koolhaas Learns Not to Overthink It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
"Walker Art Center Timeline" (PDF). Walker Art Center Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
"Casa Poli". plataforma arquitectura (in Spanish). 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
"Tóló House". wikiarquitectura. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
"House Bold". Architonic. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
Glancey, Jonathan (2005-11-07). "Bright Fantastic". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
"Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients". Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

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[1] Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2005-04-10). "Rem Koolhaas Learns Not to Overthink It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

[2] "Walker Art Center Timeline" (PDF). Walker Art Center Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

[3] "Casa Poli". plataforma arquitectura (in Spanish). 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2017-12-20.

[4] "Tóló House". wikiarquitectura. Retrieved 2017-12-20.

[5] "House Bold". Architonic. Retrieved 2017-12-20.

[6] Glancey, Jonathan (2005-11-07). "Bright Fantastic". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-10-02.

[7] "Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients". Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-05.