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Overview of the events of 2004 in architecture
The year 2004 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Ray and Maria Stata Center at
MIT,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The
Scottish Parliament Building in
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Sage Gateshead in
Gateshead, England
- March 16 –
Ray and Maria Stata Center at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, designed by
Frank Gehry, is opened.
- April 8 –
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (art museum) in
Aarhus, Denmark, designed by
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is opened.
- April 28 –
30 St Mary Axe in the City of London (the Swiss Re building), designed by
Norman Foster, is completed.
- May 1 –
Europa Tower in
Vilnius,
Lithuania, the tallest building in the
Baltic States (2004–present), is opened.
- May 8 –
Forum Building, by
Herzog & de Meuron, inaugurated in
Barcelona during the opening ceremony of the
2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
- May 23 –
Seattle Central Library, designed by
Rem Koolhaas and
Joshua Prince-Ramus, is opened to the public.
- July 16 –
BP Pedestrian Bridge in
Millennium Park in the
Chicago Loop, designed by
Frank Gehry, is opened.
- September –
Sharp Centre for Design,
Ontario College of Art & Design,
Toronto, designed by
Will Alsop of Alsop Architects, is completed.
- October –
Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue in
New York City, designed by
Rafael Viñoly, is opened.
- October 9 –
Scottish Parliament Building in
Edinburgh, by
Enric Miralles, opened.
- October 14 –
Lewis Glucksman Gallery at
University College Cork, Ireland, designed by
O'Donnell & Tuomey, is opened.
- November 18 –
Clinton Presidential Center,
Little Rock, Arkansas, by
James Polshek, is opened.
- November 20 – Expansion and renovation of New York's
Museum of Modern Art designed by
Yoshio Taniguchi.
- November 28 –
Wales Millennium Centre in
Cardiff,
Wales, designed by
Jonathan Adams of
Percy Thomas Partnership, is opened.
- December 14 –
Millau Viaduct, by
Norman Foster, at
Millau, France is opened.
- December 17 – .
- December 31 –
Taipei 101 is opened in
Taiwan, and remains one of the tallest buildings in the world.
- Netherlands Embassy in
Berlin opened, designed by
Rem Koolhaas.
-
IT University of Copenhagen opens its new building in
Ørestad, Denmark, designed by
Henning Larsen.
- The
Chongqing World Trade Center in
Chongqing, China is topped out in a ceremony.
-
30 Hudson Street,
New Jersey, USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower),
Jersey City's tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
- Reconstruction of
Nový Dvůr Monastery, Czech Republic, by
John Pawson is completed.
- Reconstruction of Kingswood School, Dulwich, London, by De Rijke Marsh Morgan is completed.