Английская Википедия:2012 in architecture

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Year nav topic5 The year 2012 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• April 30 – 1 WTC surpasses the height of the Empire State Building to become the tallest building in New York City.
• July – Mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu (Mali) are deliberately attacked by rebels, a war crime for which Ahmad al-Mahdi in 2016 pleads guilty before the International Criminal Court.
• July 20 – A fire at the newly-opened Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, leads to its closure for more than a year.
• October
  • The fifth World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.
  • Second hurricane survival of 1 WTC.
  • It is announced that the Opera House, Wellington, is below 34% of the earthquake code and may have to close for strengthening work to be carried out.
• November – The Japanese government announces plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid; these will be abandoned in 2015.
• December 11 – 1 WTC's spire comes to New York City.
• Assemble (collective) begins working in Granby Four Streets, Liverpool.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

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SeaCity Museum in Southampton, England

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Tokyo Skytree in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan

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The Shard in London, England

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London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, England

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Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum, India

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Equinor headquarters building in Fornebu, Norway

• January
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
  • JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the tallest hotel in the world, in Dubai.
• January 1 – Ada Bridge, one of the tallest bridges in Europe, in Belgrade, Serbia.
• January 5 – Baluarte Bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridge in Latin America.
• February – Extension to Städel art gallery in Frankfurt, Germany, designed by schneider+schumacher.
• January 6 – Porta Macedonia, Skopje, designed by sculptor Valentina Stefanovska.
• February 28 – Halley VI Research Station, designed by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects, becomes operational in the Antarctic.
• March – Jerwood Gallery on The Stade in Hastings, England, designed by Hana Loftus and Tom Grieve of HAT Projects.
• March 18 – Bharati (research station) in Antarctica.
• March 19 – Western concourse, London King's Cross railway station, designed by John McAslan + Partners.
• March 24 – Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge, Warsaw, the eighth road bridge in the capital of Poland.
• March 29 – Refurbished Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney with new Mordant Wing, designed by Sam Marshall.
• March 31 – Sandworm by Marco Casagrande, in the Beaufort04 Triennial of Contemporary art in Wenduine, Belgium. The work is both architecture and environmental art.
• April 4 – Twin Sails Bridge, Poole, England, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
• April 10 – SeaCity Museum, Southampton, England, with extension by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
• April 20 – Belfast MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) in Northern Ireland, by Hackett Hall McKnight.
• May 10 – Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by Zaha Hadid.
• May 11 – ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower and sculpture in Olympic Park, London, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond and Ushida Findlay Architects.
• May 22 – Tokyo Skytree in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
• June 29 – Cloud Forest and Flower Dome Bay South Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (landscape design by Grant Associates).
• July 3 – Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre in Northern Ireland designed by Heneghan Peng for the National Trust.
• July 5 – The Shard, designed by Renzo Piano, the tallest building in the European Union at the time.
• July 18 – Tate Modern, London, opens The Tanks performance art/installation space, refurbished by Herzog & de Meuron.
• July 27 – Opening of 2012 Summer Olympics based at Olympic Park, London, England, with site design by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW and Buro Happold), working with Arup and WS Atkins; taken over by LDA Design in conjunction with Hargreaves Associates. Individual buildings include
  • Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous
  • London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid
  • London Velopark, designed by Hopkins Architects, Expedition Engineering, BDSP, and Grant Associates
  • ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, designed by Anish Kapoor (see above)
• August 3 – Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane, Australia.
• September 21 – Islamic art gallery at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, designed by Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti.
• September 23 – Renovation and new wing for Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architekten.
• October 11 – Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum, India, built by B.G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd.
• October 17 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City, designed by Louis Kahn.
• October 24 – Boekenberg ("Book mountain") public library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, designed by MVRDV.
• December 3 – United States Courthouse, Austin, Texas, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam.
• December 11 – Le Louvre-Lens art gallery in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, designed by SANAA.
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  • Flame Towers, Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by HOK.
  • ME Hotel, London, designed by Foster and Partners.
  • Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art new buildings are opened in Oslo, Norway.
  • Statoil (now Equinor) Regional and International Offices, Oslo, Norway, by A-Lab Architects, winner of 2012 WAN Award for best office building

Buildings completed

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Abraj Al Bait in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

• January 6 – Porta Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia.
• February 29 – Tokyo Skytree, the tallest tower in the world, is completed in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
• June – Airport Link, a 6.7 km road tunnel in Brisbane, the longest in Australia.
• September – NEO Bankside apartments in London, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
• November 1 – Mercury City Tower, in Moscow, topped-out to become the tallest building in Europe (2012–2014).
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  • Abraj Al Bait in Mecca, the tallest buildings in Saudi Arabia.
  • Absolute World in Mississauga, Ontario, designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Studio.
  • Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci, Serbia, a replica of the 18th century church that was destroyed during the Croatian War of Independence.
  • Princess Tower, the world's tallest residential building, is completed in Dubai.
  • The Bow (skyscraper) in Calgary, Alberta
  • Soleil, the tallest building in Brisbane, Australia (until 2014) designed by DBI Design.
  • Community in a Cube, RiversideOne, Middlesbrough, England, designed by FAT.
  • Astley Castle in North Warwickshire, England, refurbished for the Landmark Trust by Witherford Watson Mann Architects (winner, Stirling Prize, 2013).
  • University of Limerick Medical School in Ireland designed by Grafton Architects.
  • Sarajevo City Center.
  • The Wilson art gallery and museum extension and refurbishment in Cheltenham, England, designed by BGS Architects.

Awards

• AIA Architecture Firm Award – Vincent James Associates Architects
• AIA Gold Medal – Steven Holl
• Carbuncle Cup – Cutty Sark Renovation
• Alvar Aalto Medal – Paulo David
• Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Michael Graves
• Emporis Skyscraper Award – Absolute World in Mississauga designed by Burka Architects and MAD Studio
• Lawrence Israel Prize – Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Sou Fujimoto Architects
• Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Henning Larsen
• Pritzker Architecture Prize – Wang Shu
• RAIA Gold Medal – Lawrence Nield
• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Herman Hertzberger
• Stirling Prize – Stanton Williams, for Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
• Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Rafael Moneo
• Twenty-five Year Award – Frank Gehry for Gehry Residence, Santa Monica
• Vincent Scully Prize – Paul Goldberger

Deaths

• January 4 – Rod Robbie, Canadian architect (born 1928)
• January 8 – John Madin, English architect (born 1924)
• February 6 – Norma Merrick Sklarek, African American architect (born 1926)
• March 21 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect (born 1907)
• June 4 – Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect (born 1925)
• June 15
  • Francis Bonaert, Belgian architect (born 1914) was a Belgian architect.
  • Günther Domenig, Austrian architect (born 1934)
• June 19 – Gerhard M. Kallmann, German-born American architect (born 1915)
• July 2 – Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and industrial designer (born 1929)
• August 20 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese architect and Prime Minister (born 1916)
• August 26 – Peter L. Shelton, American architect and interior designer (born 1945)
• October 6 – Ulrich Franzen (born 1921), German-born American architect
• October 26 – John M. Johansen, American architect (born 1916)
• October 30
  • Wayland Tunley, British architect associated with Milton Keynes (born 1937)
  • Lebbeus Woods, American architect and artist (born 1940)
• November 1 – Gae Aulenti), Italian architect, interior and lighting designer (born 1927
• November 4 – David Resnick, Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner (born 1924)
• December 5 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (born 1907)
• December 14 – Alan Colquhoun, British architect (born 1921)

See also

• Timeline of architecture