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Overview of the events of 2006 in architecture
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The year
2006 in architecture
involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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]
January 9
– Fire destroys Chicago's 1891
Pilgrim Baptist Church
, designed by
Louis Sullivan
.
January 31
– Ground breaks on
Waterview Tower
, and the 89-story Shangri-La Hotel in Chicago.
March 15
–
Cirrus
apartment building topped off in
Helsinki
, becoming the
tallest building in Finland
(until 2014).
April 10
– Groundbreaking ceremony for the
High Line
elevated
greenway
in New York City.
April 27
– Construction work begins on the
Freedom Tower
, a replacement for the
World Trade Center
.
July 8
– The government of Abu Dhabi and
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
signs a memorandum of understanding for the building of the
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
.
September 21
– Construction work begins on the
Skolkovo Moscow School of Management
campus, designed by
David Adjaye
.
Buildings and structures
[
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]
See also:
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2006
Buildings
[
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]
February 5
–
Madrid-Barajas Airport
Terminal 4 inaugurated, designed by
Antonio Lamela
and
Richard Rogers
.
March 1
– The
Senedd
, the National Assembly building in
Cardiff
,
Wales
, by architect
Richard Rogers
, is opened by
Queen Elizabeth II
of the United Kingdom.
[1]
The
Mercedes-Benz Museum
in
Stuttgart
, Germany
April 4
–
Busch Stadium
, designed by
Populous
(formerly HOK sport), opened as the new home of the
St. Louis Cardinals
.
May 4
–
Hearst Tower
employees move into the
Norman Foster
designed,
diagrid
building near
Columbus Circle
, in New York City.
May 5
–
Aurora Tower
opened to the public as
the tallest building
in
Brisbane
, Australia (until 2012).
May 19
–
Mercedes-Benz Museum
,
Stuttgart
, Germany, designed by
UNStudio
, opened.
May 23
–
7 World Trade Center
officially opens the
new building
designed by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
at noon, with a free concert.
May 26
–
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
(
Berlin Main Station
) opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the
Hamburg
architecture firm
Gerkan, Marg and Partners
.
June 14
–
Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts grand opening in
Toronto
, Ontario, Canada, by
Canadian
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
.
June 16
–
The National Library of Belarus
opened in
Minsk
,
Belarus
in the shape of a
rhombicuboctahedron
.
June 20
–
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
in Paris, designed by
Jean Nouvel
, inaugurated.
June 26
–
Savill Building
opens at the
Savill Garden
in
Windsor Great Park
,
Surrey
, with a
gridshell
roof designed by
Glen Howells Architects
.
July – Red Ribbon (bench), designed by Turenscape as part of
Tanghe River Park
,
Qinhuangdao
, China, opens.
[2]
July 1
– Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, designed by
Foster and Partners
opens as part of
The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
refurbishment in Washington, D.C.
[2]
July 22
–
Emirates Stadium
, designed by
Populous
, opened in the
London Borough of Islington
for the
Arsenal Football Club
.
Summer –
House of Sweden
(the Swedish embassy) completed in Washington, D.C., designed by
Swedish architects
Gert Wingårdh
and
Tomas Hansen
.
September –
Museum of Modern Literature
(Literaturmuseum der Moderne or LiMo) opened in
Marbach
, Germany, by
British architect
David Chipperfield
.
September 2
–
Bishan Community Library
opened in
Singapore
.
October –
Janelia Farm Research Campus
completed in
Loudoun County, Virginia
, by
Rafael Viñoly
.
October 5
–
The Arsht Center
opens in
Downtown Miami
, Florida as the third largest performing arts center in the United States.
October 11
–
Eureka Tower
a 297.3 metres (975
ft
) residential skyscraper, designed by
Fender Katsalidis Architects
, opens in
Melbourne
, Australia.
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
in
Brisbane
, Australia
October 26
–
Klaus Advanced Computing Building
officially opened on the campus of
Georgia Institute of Technology
, by
American architects
Perkins+Will
.
[3]
October 27
–
Vesteda Tower
a 90 m (300
ft
) residential tower, designed by
Jo Coenen
, opens in
Eindhoven
, Netherlands.
November –
Maggie's Centre
,
Kirkcaldy
,
Scotland
, a drop-in cancer care centre;
Zaha Hadid
's first built work in the United Kingdom.
[4]
December 1
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
, designed by
Architectus
, opens in
Brisbane
,
Queensland
, Australia.
Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse
officially opened in
Eugene, Oregon
, designed by
Morphosis
.
date unknown
–
America's Cup Building
inaugurated in
Valencia, Spain
, designed by
British architect
David Chipperfield
.
[5]
Buildings completed
[
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]
January 16
–
10 Holloway Circus
is completed in
Birmingham
, UK, designed by
SimpsonHaugh and Partners
.
October 9
–
Beetham Tower
in
Manchester
, UK, designed by architect
Ian Simpson
, who himself resides in the top penthouse.
December 10
–
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
completed, designed by
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
.
December –
Megasport Arena
in Moscow, Russia.
Saint-Pierre, Firminy
date unknown
Accordia
housing development in
Cambridge
, UK, phase 1 construction, designed by
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
with
Maccreanor Lavington
and
Alison Brooks Architects
(
Stirling Prize
2008).
Saint-Pierre, Firminy
, France, completed by
José Oubrerie
to a church design by
Le Corbusier
(died
1965
) begun in
1971
.
CNOOC Building
in
Beijing
, designed by American architects
Kohn Pedersen Fox
.
KUMU
(
KUnstiMUuseum
),
Tallinn
,
Estonia
, designed by
Finnish architect
Pekka Vapaavuori
.
Halmstad Library
,
Halmstad
, Sweden, designed by
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
.
The New York Times Building
in New York City, designed by
Renzo Piano
and
Fox & Fowle
.
Awards
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]
AIA Gold Medal
–
Antoine Predock
Architecture Firm Award
–
Moore Ruble Yudell
Carbuncle Cup
–
Drake Circus Shopping Centre
Driehaus Architecture Prize
–
Allan Greenberg
[6]
Emporis Skyscraper Award
–
Hearst Tower
Grand Prix de l'urbanisme
–
Francis Cuillier
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award
–
Frei Otto
Pritzker Prize
–
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
(
1928
–
2021
) from São Paulo, Brasil
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent
–
Orléans-la-Source Science Library
by
Florence Lipsky
and
Pascal Rollet
RAIA Gold Medal
–
Kerry Hill
RIAS Award in Architecture
–
Page\Park Architects
for
Maggie's Centre, Inverness
RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Toyo Ito
Stirling Prize
–
Richard Rogers
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture
–
Peter Zumthor
AIA
Twenty-five Year Award
–
Thorncrown Chapel
by
E. Fay Jones
Vincent Scully Prize
–
Phyllis Lambert
Births
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]
Nisse Strinning
Deaths
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]
March 9
–
Harry Seidler
, Austrian-born Australian architect (born
1923
)
April 25
–
Jane Jacobs
, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies (born
1916
)
[7]
May 10
–
Nisse Strinning
, Swedish architect and designer (born
1917
)
July 5
–
Hugh Stubbins
, US architect (born
1912
)
See also
[
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]
Timeline of architecture
References
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]
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"Advanced computing facility fuels collaborative spirit"
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The Whistle
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on 2008-01-31
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2007-07-13
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Woodman, Ellis (2006-10-27). "Maggies Centre, Kirkcaldy by Zaha Hadid".
Building Design
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2014
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New York Times
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