2010 in architecture

The year 2010 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• 12 May – Stephen T. Ayers becomes the 11th Architect of the Capitol. ^[1]
• June – Broadcasting Tower, Leeds, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, is the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building in the World award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. ^[2]
• November – The third World Architecture Festival is held in Barcelona.

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2010

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. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
• 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. ^[5]
• 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. ^[6]
• 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.

Awards

• AIA Gold Medal – Peter Q. Bohlin (United States).
• Architecture Firm Award – Pugh + Scarpa
• Carbuncle Cup – Strata SE1
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Rafael Manzano Martos
• Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Laurent Théry
• Lawrence Israel Prize – Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Boogertman + Partners + Populous
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Toyo Ito
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)
• RAIA Gold Medal – Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – I. M. Pei
• Stirling Prize – Zaha Hadid for MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy ^[7]
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Edward O. Wilson
• Vincent Scully Prize – Adele Chatfield-Taylor
• Twenty-five Year Award – The Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport

Deaths

• 25 February – Frank Williams, 73, US skyscraper architect (b. 1936) ^[8]
• 4 March – Raimund Abraham, 77, Austrian architect (b. 1933) ^[9]
• 14 March – Der Scutt, 75, American architect (b. 1934)
• 13 September – John Elliott, 73, British architect (b. 1936) ^[10]

See also

• Timeline of architecture

References

1. "Stephen T. Ayers Confirmed by United States Senate to Serve as 11th Architect of the Capitol". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
2. "CTBUH 9th Annual Awards, 2010". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
3. Moore, Rowan (6 June 2010). "Zaha Hadid's new Roman gallery joins the pantheon of the greats". The Observer . Retrieved 21 December 2011.
4. Woodman, Ellis (2 October 2011). "Stirling Prize: Zaha Hadid is a worthy winner". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 20 December 2011.
5. "Plantations dedicates new ultra-green welcome center". Cornell University. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
6. Youngs, Ian (14 October 2012). "Sainsbury Laboratory wins Stirling architecture prize". BBC News . Retrieved 14 October 2012.
7. Heathcote, Edwin (3 October 2010). "Hadid finally wins Stirling Prize". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
8. Dennis Hevesi (8 March 2010). "Frank Williams, Architect of Skyscrapers, Dies at 73". The New York Times.
9. "Raimund Abraham, Architect With Vision, Dies at 76". The New York Times . Retrieved 12 March 2017.
10. "Confirmed Speakers/John Elliott". REBEC. 21–23 June 2010.