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Overview of the events of 2010 in architecture
The year 2010 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Burj Khalifa
The
Marina Bay Sands resort in
Singapore
4 January –
Burj Khalifa (originally known as Burj Dubai) opens in the
United Arab Emirates as the
tallest man-made structure in the world (2010–present), at 828 m (2,717 ft).
6 February – New building of
Tampa Museum of Art in
Tampa, Florida , designed by
Stanley Saitowitz , opens to the public.
27 April –
Marina Bay Sands resort,
Singapore , designed by
Moshe Safdie , has a soft opening.
12 May –
Centre Pompidou-Metz , designed by
Shigeru Ban , is inaugurated.
May –
Central Saint Giles designed by
Renzo Piano , completed in
Central London .
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 .
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June –
Strata SE1 , residential apartments with integral wind turbines, designed by BFLS, 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 .
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October –
Maggie's , a drop-in cancer care centre in
Cheltenham , England, designed by
Sir Richard MacCormac's
MJP Architects , opens.
28 October – Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at
Cornell Botanic Gardens in
Ithaca, New York , designed by Baird Sampson Neuert of Toronto, dedicated.
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10 November –
Sagrada Família in
Barcelona , designed by
Antoni Gaudí (d.
1926 ), is dedicated as a basilica and expiatory church following completion of the vault.
12 November –
Canton Tower opens for the
2010 Asian Games .
December –
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University , designed by
Stanton Williams , completed. It wins the 2012 Stirling Prize.
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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.
Centennial Place (Calgary) in
Calgary ,
Alberta .
Kaufhaus Tyrol department store in
Innsbruck , designed by
David Chipperfield with
Dieter Mathoi , opens.
Dybkær Church,
Silkeborg , Denmark, designed by Regnbuen Arkitekter.
More than 70
exposition pavilions are completed for the
Expo 2010 in
Shanghai, China .