2013 in architecture

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The year 2013 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

March 1 – The first phase of the Old Port of Marseille renewal is inaugurated.^[1]^[2]
March 28 – Paradise Center, in Sofia, the largest shopping mall in Bulgaria.
April 13 – The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopens its doors after a 10-year restoration and renovation project.
April 24 – The late-11th-century minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo is destroyed during Syrian civil war fighting.
May 10 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height (not yet complete).
June 12 – The Berlin City Palace foundation stone laying ceremony is held in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed in 2019.^[3]
July 11 – Work begins on a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in England, the beginning of a huge fund-raising effort.^[4]
August 3 – The Shanghai Tower, topping out ceremony is held in Shanghai. The tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world is expected to be completed in 2015.
October – The sixth World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.
November 12 – The Height Committee of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) makes the controversial^[5] announcement that One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States at 1,776 feet, declaring that the mast on top of the building is a spire since it is a permanent part of the building's architecture.^[6]^[7]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

Bulgaria

September – Dorkovo Museum.

Chile

Gran Torre Santiago, the second tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, is completed.

Denmark

March – New building for the National Aquarium Denmark, designed by 3XN, in Copenhagen.

France

June 1 – Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations national museum in Marseille, in the South of France, designed by Rudy Ricciotti.

Germany

May – Extension to Lenbachhaus art museum, designed by Foster and Partners, in Munich.

Mexico

November 19 – Museo Júmex, Mexico City, designed by David Chipperfield.

New Zealand

August 2 – Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, designed by Shigeru Ban with Warren and Mahoney.

Norway

February 10 – Northern Lights Cathedral in Alta, designed by Link Arkitektur with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.

Poland

April 19 – Museum of the History of Polish Jews, designed by Rainer Mahlamäki, in Warsaw.

Singapore

The Sandcrawler – designed by Aedas.

Turkey

Sancaklar Mosque in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, designed by Emre Arolat.
October 29 – The Marmaray rail tunnel under the Bosphorus strait, the world's deepest undersea immersed tube tunnel, Istanbul.

United Kingdom

February 1 – Bishop Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, is dedicated.^[8]^[9]
March – Number One Riverside civic offices in Rochdale, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, opens to the public.^[10]
April – The Shed temporary auditorium for the National Theatre on the South Bank in London, by Haworth Tompkins.^[11]
May 30 – Mary Rose Museum, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Perkins+Will, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in England.
June 28 – Scale Lane Bridge over River Hull in the UK, designed by McDowell+Benedetti with engineers Alan Baxter Associates and Qualter Hall.^[12]
September 3 – Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the United Kingdom, designed by Mecanoo.^[13]
September 30 – SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Foster and Partners.

United States

January – James B. Hunt Jr. Library the main library of Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, designed by Snøhetta, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
April 25 – The George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas.
November 27 – Kimbell Art Museum expansion, named the Renzo Piano Pavilion, designed by Renzo Piano, in Fort Worth, Texas, is officially inaugurated.
December 4 – Pérez Art Museum Miami, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, in Miami.^[14]

Buildings completed

Australia

One Central Park, design by Foster and Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects.

China

Chongqing Art Museum, designed by China Architecture Design & Research Group.

Russia

Mercury City Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe.

United Arab Emirates

June 10 – Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower featuring a 90-degree twist.

United Kingdom

December 18 – Stonehenge Visitor Centre, Wiltshire, England, designed by Denton Corker Marshall.^[15]
Burntwood School in Wandsworth (London), by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.^[16]
Tate Britain renovation in London, by Caruso St John.^[17]

United States

November 13 – Four World Trade Center, New York City.
unknown date – One Madison residential condominium tower in New York City, designed by CetraRuddy.^[18]

Awards

AIA Architecture Firm Award – Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
AIA Gold Medal – Thom Mayne^[19]
Emporis Skyscraper Award – The Shard designed by Renzo Piano
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – The Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík by Henning Larsen Architects^[20]
Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Thomas H. Beeby
Lawrence Israel Prize – Roman and Williams
LEAF Award, Overall Winner – archi5
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – David Chipperfield
Pritzker Architecture Prize – Toyo Ito.^[21]
Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – David Watkin^[22]
RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Wilson
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Peter Zumthor^[23]
Stirling Prize – Witherford Watson Mann Architects for refurbishment of Astley Castle in North Warwickshire, England (2012)^[24]
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Laurie Olin
Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Renzo Piano for Menil Collection

Exhibitions

June 15 until September 23 – Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes at Museum of Modern Art in New York City^[25]

Deaths

January 5 – Bruce McCarty, American architect (born 1920)
January 7 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture critic (The New York Times) (born 1921)
February 25 – Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (born 1918)
March 7 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (born 1920)
April 9 – Paolo Soleri, Italian architect (born 1919)
April 11
- Ram Karmi, Israeli architect (born 1931)
- Clorindo Testa, Italian-born Argentine architect and artist (born 1923)
April 16 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (born 1919)
April 20 – Rick Mather, American-born UK-based architect (born 1937)
June 18 – Colin Stansfield Smith, British architect and academic (born 1932)
June 22 – , Danish architect (born 1925)
October 30 – Anca Petrescu, Romanian architect and politician (born 1949)
November 13 – Roland Paoletti, British architect (born 1931)
December 5 – Fred Bassetti, American architect (born 1917)

References

^ "New-look port for Marseille". The Connexion. January 2011. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ "New port pavilion for Marseille". Maritime Journal. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ Alexander, Harriet (2013-06-12). "Berlin begins reconstruction of King Frederick the Great's palace". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ "FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR DURHAM CATHEDRAL LEGO BUILD", Durham Cathedral, 11 July 2014. Accessed 30 July 2014
^ "Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center". Chicago Tribune. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
^ "Architects rule 1 World Trade Center tallest building in US". MyFoxNY. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
^ "CTBUH Affirms One World Trade Center Height". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
^ "Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon" (PDF). Ripon College Cuddesdon. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ "RIBA Stirling shortlist 2013 – Bishop Edward King Chapel". Royal Institute of British Architects. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ "Number One Riverside". FaulknerBrownsArchitects. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
^ "The Shed at the National Theatre by Haworth Tompkins". dezeen. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ Moore, Rowan (2013-07-28). "Scale Lane Bridge, Hull – review". The Observer. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ Brown, Graeme (20 March 2012). "Opening date for new Library of Birmingham revealed". Birmingham Post.
^ Roux, Caroline (2013-11-29). "Architect Christine Binswanger on Pérez Art Museum Miami". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ "Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton Corker Marshall opens tomorrow". dezeen. 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
^ "Burntwood School". RIBA Awards. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
^ Moore, Rowan (2013-12-29). "Architecture". The Observer (The New Review). London. p. 15. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
^ Willis, Carol (July 21, 2014). "The Skyscraper Museum: SKY HIGH & the logic of luxury WALKTHROUGH". Skyscraper Museum. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
^ AIA Gold Medal 2013, retrieved 22 April 2013
^ European Commission, 30 April 2013.
^ "Toyo Ito awarded 2013 Pritzker prize". The Guardian. London. 2013-03-17.
^ "Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award". University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ RIBA: "Royal Gold Medal" Archived 2013-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "2013 RIBA Stirling Prize winner – Astley Castle, Warwickshire". RIBA. September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
^ "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes". MOMA. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[1] "New-look port for Marseille". The Connexion. January 2011. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[2] "New port pavilion for Marseille". Maritime Journal. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[12_Jun_2013-3] Alexander, Harriet (2013-06-12). "Berlin begins reconstruction of King Frederick the Great's palace". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[4] "FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR DURHAM CATHEDRAL LEGO BUILD", Durham Cathedral, 11 July 2014. Accessed 30 July 2014

[5] "Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center". Chicago Tribune. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.

[MyFoxNY-6] "Architects rule 1 World Trade Center tallest building in US". MyFoxNY. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.

[7] "CTBUH Affirms One World Trade Center Height". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.

[8] "Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon" (PDF). Ripon College Cuddesdon. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[9] "RIBA Stirling shortlist 2013 – Bishop Edward King Chapel". Royal Institute of British Architects. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[10] "Number One Riverside". FaulknerBrownsArchitects. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

[11] "The Shed at the National Theatre by Haworth Tompkins". dezeen. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[12] Moore, Rowan (2013-07-28). "Scale Lane Bridge, Hull – review". The Observer. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[13] Brown, Graeme (20 March 2012). "Opening date for new Library of Birmingham revealed". Birmingham Post.

[14] Roux, Caroline (2013-11-29). "Architect Christine Binswanger on Pérez Art Museum Miami". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[15] "Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton Corker Marshall opens tomorrow". dezeen. 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

[16] "Burntwood School". RIBA Awards. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-20.

[17] Moore, Rowan (2013-12-29). "Architecture". The Observer (The New Review). London. p. 15. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

[18] Willis, Carol (July 21, 2014). "The Skyscraper Museum: SKY HIGH & the logic of luxury WALKTHROUGH". Skyscraper Museum. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2020.

[19] AIA Gold Medal 2013, retrieved 22 April 2013

[20] European Commission, 30 April 2013.

[21] "Toyo Ito awarded 2013 Pritzker prize". The Guardian. London. 2013-03-17.

[22] "Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award". University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[23] RIBA: "Royal Gold Medal" Archived 2013-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 14 February 2013.

[24] "2013 RIBA Stirling Prize winner – Astley Castle, Warwickshire". RIBA. September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-27.

[25] "Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes". MOMA. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

2013 in architecture

Events

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

Buildings completed

Awards

Exhibitions

Deaths

See also

References