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Overview of the events of 2017 in architecture
The year 2017 in architecture included the demolishment of a major brutalist building, several dedications and openings of new buildings, and two major disasters.
Belgium
Brazil
China
France
Germany
Elbphilharmonie in
Hamburg , Germany
South Africa
Spain
Centro Botín in
Santander , Spain
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Early – West Court,
Jesus College, Cambridge , designed by
Niall McLaughlin Architects , first phase completed
February – Berkshire House (private home) near
Caversham, Reading , designed by
Gregory Phillips Architects , completed
[8]
February 14 –
Nucleus ,
Wick, Caithness , Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, opened
[9]
[10]
March –
Leatare Quad at
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford , designed by
John Simpson Architects , completed
March 18 – Cohen Quad for
Exeter College, Oxford , designed by
Alison Brooks Architects , opened
[11]
May –
Sibson Building ,
University of Kent ,
Canterbury , designed by
Penoyre & Prasad , opened
May 16 – Big Data Institute,
University of Oxford , designed by
Make Architects , opened
June – NGS Macmillan Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, designed by The Manser Practice, opened
[12]
June 29 – New entrance, courtyard and gallery for
Victoria and Albert Museum in London designed by
Amanda Levete 's
AL A
[13]
Summer – Black House (private home),
Great Chart , Kent, designed by Andy Ramus (AR Design Studio), completed
September 27 –
GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory ,
University of Nottingham , designed by Fairhursts Design Group, opened
[14]
October 18 –
Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at
Worcester College, Oxford , designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, opened
[15]
October 24 –
Bloomberg London European headquarters, designed by
Foster and Partners , opened; awarded 2018
Stirling Prize
[16]
October 28 – Lombard Wharf (residential tower),
Battersea , London, designed by
Patel Taylor , completed
[17]
November 1 – New (sunken) library,
The Queen's College, Oxford , designed by
Rick Mather Architects, opened
December 13 – New
Embassy of the United States , London, designed by
KieranTimberlake , opened to public
15 Clerkenwell Close , London, designed by Amin Taha for himself, completed
[18]
Baltimore Tower in London Docklands designed by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Caring Wood (private home),
Leeds, Kent , designed by James Macdonald Wright of Macdonald Wright Architects and Niall Maxwell, completed
[19]
Redesdale (private home),
Boars Hill , Oxford, designed by Khoury Architects, completed
No. 37 (private home),
Belfast , Northern Ireland, designed by Family Architects
Vex House,
Stoke Newington , London, designed by Chance De Silva
[20]
Two Fifty One, a mixed-use development in
Elephant and Castle , London, designed by
Allies and Morrison , completed
Bushey Cemetery for United Synagogue, designed by Waugh Thistleton, completed
[21]
Apple Park in
Cupertino , California, USA
United States
Antonio Lamela
January 5 –
Leonardo Benevolo , Italian architectural historian (b. 1923)
[26]
March 5 –
Leonard Manasseh , British architect (b. 1916)
March 7 –
Slavko Brezovski , Macedonian architect (b. 1922)
March 10 –
Christopher Gray , American journalist and architectural historian (b. 1950)
March 17 –
Hugh Hardy , American architect (b. 1932)
April 1 –
Antonio Lamela , Spanish architect (b. 1926)
May 2 –
Diane Lewis , American architect, author and academic (b. 1951)
July 1 –
Richard Gilbert Scott , English architect (b. 1923)
[27]
July 4 –
Bryan Avery , English architect (b. 1944)
August 15 –
Gunnar Birkerts , 92, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
September 1 –
Gin D. Wong , 94, Chinese-born American architect (b. 1922)
September 9 –
Otto Meitinger , 90, German architect and preservationist (b. 1929)
September 15 –
Albert Speer Jr. , 83, German architect (b. 1934)
September 28 –
Vann Molyvann , 90, Cambodian architect (b. 1926)
October 5 –
Dan Hanganu , 78, Romanian born Canadian architect (b. 1939)
October 29 –
Manfredi Nicoletti , 89, Italian architect (b.1930)
November 30 –
Vincent Scully , 97,r American architectural historian (b. 1920)
December 29 –
John C. Portman Jr. , American architect (
Peachtree Center ) (b. 1924)
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