2000 in architecture

The year 2000 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * June 22 – The Architect company Snøhetta wins the international Architect competition for Oslo's New National Opera House.
 * Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
 * Greenwich Millennium Village in London designed by Ralph Erskine.

Buildings opened

 * February 19 – Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City, USA, designed by Polshek Partnership Architects.
 * March 8 – Peckham Library in London, UK, designed by Alsop and Störmer. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.
 * May 12 – Tate Modern in London, a conversion of Bankside Power Station by Herzog & de Meuron.
 * October 12 – The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England, designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold.
 * August – Centro Brasileiro Britânico in São Paulo, designed by Marc Rabin.
 * August 19 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, reconstructed to Konstantin Thon's 1832 design, is dedicated.
 * October 25 – Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial unveiled in Vienna, designed by Rachel Whiteread.
 * November 13 – Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in Valencia, Spain, with façade designed by Santiago Calatrava.
 * date unknown
 * Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
 * Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, designed by Helmut Jahn.
 * Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, California, USA, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
 * Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, USA, designed by Frank Gehry.
 * Sibelius Hall in Lahti, Finland, designed by Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka.

Buildings completed

 * May 14 – Al Faisaliyah Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by Foster and Partners, the first building to be completed in a competition between two Saudi princes; the Kingdom Centre is completed in 2002.
 * Bankers Hall West in Calgary, Alberta, designed by Cohos Evamy.
 * Montevetro (apartments), Battersea Reach, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Ricardo Legorreta
 * Architecture Firm Award – Gensler
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – Sofitel New York Hotel
 * Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Alexandre Chemetoff
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Richard Rogers
 * Pritzker Prize – Rem Koolhaas
 * Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Philippe Gazeau
 * RAIA Gold Medal – John Morphett
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frank Gehry
 * Stirling Prize – Alsop & Störmer, Peckham Library
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Daniel Patrick Moynihan
 * Twenty-five Year Award – The Smith House
 * Vincent Scully Prize – Jane Jacobs

Deaths

 * January 18 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect in the Nazi Resistance movement (born 1897)
 * February 19 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist and architect (born 1928)
 * July 3 – Enric Miralles, Spanish architect (born 1955)
 * July 29 – Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (born 1917)