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Overview of the events of 2001 in architecture
The year 2001 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Milwaukee Art Museum
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
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January 26 –
Sendai Mediatheque, Japan, designed by
Toyo Ito.
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March 17 –
Eden Project,
St Austell,
Cornwall, UK, designed by
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
- April –
Magna Science Adventure Centre,
Rotherham,
Yorkshire, UK, designed by
Wilkinson Eyre. It wins this year's
Stirling Prize.
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May 4
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June 28 –
Gehry Tower (designed by
Frank Gehry) in
Hanover, Germany.
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June 30 –
National Space Centre,
Leicester, England, by
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
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September 9
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September 17 –
Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a pedestrian
tilt bridge for spanning the
River Tyne, UK, designed by architects
Wilkinson Eyre and structural engineers
Gifford. It wins the 2002
Stirling Prize.
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September 23 –
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan (
Armenian Apostolic Church), designed by Stepan Kurkchyan.
- November –
Kodak Theatre in
Hollywood, constructed to host the
Academy Awards.
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November 15 –
Palms Casino Resort in
Paradise, Nevada, USA, designed by
The Jerde Partnership.
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November 21 –
Cologne Tower inaugurated; designed by Kohl & Kohl and
Jean Nouvel.
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December 10 –
Puente de la Mujer, a pedestrian swing
cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge spanning a dock in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, designed by
Santiago Calatrava, inaugurated.
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December 11 –
American Folk Art Museum in
New York City, USA, inaugurated; designed by
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.
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December 15 –
Leaning Tower of Pisa, reopened after 12 years of reconstruction.
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Buildings completed
The
Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
Nidaros Cathedral in
Trondheim, Norway
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October 30 – Redevelopment of
Gasometer, Vienna, by
Jean Nouvel,
Coop Himmelb(l)au,
Manfred Wehdorn and
Wilhelm Holzbauer is completed.
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- date unknown
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88 Wood Street office building,
City of London, by
Richard Rogers.
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Caja General de Ahorros,
Granada, by
Alberto Campo Baeza.
- Betty and Gordon Moore Library in the
Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge), UK, designed by
Edward Cullinan Architects.
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Telekom Tower building, in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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One Wall Centre opens in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by architects
Perkins+Will Canada.
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Ku’damm-Eck (office building) in
Berlin, Germany, by
Gerkan, Marg und Partner.
- Neues Kranzler Eck (office building) in Berlin, Germany, by
Helmut Jahn.
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Tower 2000, the first building in the
Moscow International Business Centre, Russia.
- Work on the
Nidaros Cathedral in
Trondheim, Norway, is officially completed.
[5]
- Exhibition building at
Scotland's
National Museum of Rural Life completed by
Page\Park Architects.
- Building D,
Giudecca,
Venice, by Cino Zucchi.
- Jacobs Ladder (house) at
Chinnor, England, by
Niall McLaughlin Architects.
Awards
Deaths
See also
References
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^ Bucknell, Alice (February 27, 2019).
"6a architects on Designing for Galleries and Artists". Elephant. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
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^ Swed, Mark (November 12, 2001).
"A Tin Ear for Acoustics at New Kodak Theatre". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
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"Less leaning tower of Pisa reopens". CNN. December 15, 2001.
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"Industrial Renovation: The Gasometers of Vienna". Twisted Sifter. October 6, 2009.
Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
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^ Ekroll, Øystein Nidaros Cathedral: The West Front Sculptures (Trondheim Nidarosdomen. 2006)
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