2010 in architecture

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The year 2010 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• May 12 - Stephen T. Ayers becomes the 11th Architect of the Capitol.^[1]
• June - Broadcasting Tower, Leeds, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, is the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building in the World award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.^[2]
• November - The third World Architecture Festival is held in Barcelona.

Buildings

Burj Khalifa

China pavilion

• January 4 – Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai) opens in the United Arab Emirates as the tallest man-made structure in the world (2010–present), at 828m (2,717 ft).
• February 6 – New building of Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, Florida, designed by Stanley Saitowitz, opens to the public.
• May - MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, designed by Zaha Hadid, opens to the public. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.^[3]
• June – Strata SE1 completed in the London Borough of Southwark.
• September – Evelyn Grace Academy, a London school designed by Zaha Hadid, opens. It wins the 2011 Stirling Prize.^[4]
• October – Maggie's, a drop-in cancer care centre in Cheltenham, England, designed by Sir Richard MacCormac's MJP Architects, opens.
• November 10 – Sagrada Família in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí (d. 1926), is dedicated as a basilica and expiatory church following completion of the vault.
• November 12 – Canton Tower opens for the 2010 Asian Games.
• December – Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, designed by Stanton Williams, completed. It wins the 2012 Stirling Prize.^[5]
• Guangzhou International Finance Center in China, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects; it later wins the 2012 Lubetkin Prize.
• International Commerce Centre opens as the tallest building in Hong Kong.
• More than 70 exposition pavilions are completed for the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Peter Q. Bohlin (United States).
• Architecture Firm Award – Pugh + Scarpa
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Laurent Théry
• Lawrence Israel Prize - Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Boogertman + Partners + Populous
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Toyo Ito
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)
• RAIA Gold Medal – Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – I. M. Pei
• Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Rafael Manzano Martos
• Stirling Prize – Zaha Hadid
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Edward O. Wilson
• Vincent Scully Prize – Adele Chatfield-Taylor
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport

Deaths

• February 25 - Frank Williams, 73, US skyscraper architect^[6]
• March 4 - Raimund Abraham, 77, Austrian architect
• March 14 - Der Scutt, 75, American architect
• September 13 - John Elliott, 73, British architect^[7]

References

1. "Stephen T. Ayers Confirmed by United States Senate to Serve as 11th Architect of the Capitol". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
2. "CTBUH 9th Annual Awards, 2010". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
3. Moore:, Rowan (6 June 2010). "Zaha Hadid's new Roman gallery joins the pantheon of the greats". The Observer. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
4. Woodman, Ellis (2 October 2011). "Stirling Prize: Zaha Hadid is a worthy winner". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
5. Youngs, Ian (14 October 2012). "Sainsbury Laboratory wins Stirling architecture prize". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
6. Dennis Hevesi (2010-03-08). "Frank Williams, Architect of Skyscrapers, Dies at 73". The New York Times.
7. "Confirmed Speakers/John Elliott". REBEC. 21–23 June 2010.