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Overview of the events of 2005 in architecture
The year 2005 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
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January 15 –
Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark, designed by
Henning Larsen.
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March 5 – The
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, designed by Hascher et Jehle.
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April 6 – New facility for the
Milan Trade Fair in
Milan, Italy, designed by
Massimiliano Fuksas.
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April 14 –
Casa da Música,
Porto, Portugal, designed by
Rem Koolhaas's
OMA.
[1]
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April 17 – Expansion of the
Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by
Herzog & de Meuron.
[2]
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April 28 – The
Wynn Las Vegas, designed by
Jon Jerde.
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May 10 –
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, designed by
Peter Eisenman.
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May 11 –
Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at
Bangkok University,
Thailand, designed by Architects 49.
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May 30 –
Allianz Arena in
Munich, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
- June –
Zentrum Paul Klee,
Bern,
Switzerland, designed by
Renzo Piano.
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August 27 – The
Turning Torso in
Malmö, designed by
Santiago Calatrava,
the tallest building in Sweden and
Scandinavia (2005–present).
- September –
Idea Store Whitechapel, London, UK designed by
David Adjaye Associates.
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October 8 –
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía,
Valencia, designed by
Santiago Calatrava.
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October 15 – New
de Young Museum in
San Francisco, California, USA, designed by
Herzog & de Meuron.
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October 17–18 –
National Waterfront Museum,
Swansea, UK, designed by
Wilkinson Eyre.
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October 30 – The reconstructed
Dresden Frauenkirche, in
Dresden, Germany, is consecrated.
- specific date not listed
Buildings completed
- date unknown
- The
Chongqing World Trade Center in
Chongqing, China.
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Chelsea Tower in
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
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Q1 Tower in
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, the
tallest building in Australia (2005–present).
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Mirador apartment building in
Madrid, Spain, designed by
MVRDV and Blanca Lleó.
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Tromsø Library and City Archives in Norway, designed by Kjell Beite.
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Jaume Fuster Library in
Barcelona, Spain, designed by Josep Llinás.
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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]
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Light House,
Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford.
[6]
Awards
Deaths
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January 6 –
A. Hays Town, prominent American residential architect based in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (born
1903)
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January 23 –
Richard Feilden
OBE, leading UK architect based in
Bath (born
1950)
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January 25 –
Philip Johnson, influential American architect, first
Pritzker Prize honoree (born
1906)
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March 16 –
Ralph Erskine, British architect, designer of the
Byker Wall (born
1914)
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March 22 –
Kenzo Tange, leading Japanese architect, winner of the
1987
Pritzker Prize (born
1913)
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June 4 –
Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (born
1919
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June 30 –
Robert Y. Fleming, American architect (born
1925)
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December 15 –
James Ingo Freed, American architect (born
1930)
See also
References