2004 in architecture

The year 2004 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * January 28 – Transformation AGO: The Art Gallery of Ontario announces that Frank Gehry has designed a renovation and expansion of the gallery. Supposedly in the shape of an ice skate, the change is met with opposition by frequent benefactor Kenneth Thomson.
 * March 24 – Demolition of the Brutalist Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, England (1966) begins.
 * June – Plans for The Cloud, a "Fourth Grace" at Liverpool Pier Head in England by Will Alsop, are abandoned.

Buildings

 * March 16 – Ray and Maria Stata Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened.
 * April 8 – ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (art museum) in Aarhus, Denmark, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is opened.
 * April 28 – 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London (the Swiss Re building), designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
 * May 1 – Europa Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania, the tallest building in the Baltic States (2004–present), is opened.
 * May 8 – Forum Building, by Herzog & de Meuron, inaugurated in Barcelona during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
 * May 23 – Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus, is opened to the public.
 * July 16 – BP Pedestrian Bridge in Millennium Park in the Chicago Loop, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened.
 * September – Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, designed by Will Alsop of Alsop Architects, is completed.
 * October – Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue in New York City, designed by Rafael Viñoly, is opened.
 * October 9 – Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, by Enric Miralles, opened.
 * October 14 – Lewis Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork, Ireland, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey, is opened.
 * November 18 – Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, by James Polshek, is opened.
 * November 20 – Expansion and renovation of New York's Museum of Modern Art designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.
 * November 28 – Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales, designed by Jonathan Adams of Percy Thomas Partnership, is opened.
 * December 14 – Millau Viaduct, by Norman Foster, at Millau, France is opened.
 * December 17 –.
 * December 31 – Taipei 101 is opened in Taiwan, and remains one of the tallest buildings in the world.
 * Netherlands Embassy in Berlin opened, designed by Rem Koolhaas.
 * IT University of Copenhagen opens its new building in Ørestad, Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen.
 * The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China is topped out in a ceremony.
 * 30 Hudson Street, New Jersey, USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower), Jersey City's tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
 * Reconstruction of Nový Dvůr Monastery, Czech Republic, by John Pawson is completed.
 * Reconstruction of Kingswood School, Dulwich, London, by De Rijke Marsh Morgan is completed.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Samuel Mockbee (awarded posthumously).
 * Architecture Firm Award – Lake Flato Architects.
 * Driehaus Prize – Demetri Porphyrios
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – Taipei 101.
 * Grand prix national de l'architecture – Patrick Berger.
 * Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Christian de Portzamparc.
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Oscar Niemeyer.
 * Pritzker Prize – Zaha Hadid.
 * Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France – Shigeru Ban.
 * Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Antoinette Robain and Claire Guieysse, for the Centre National de la Danse de Pantin.
 * RIAS Award for Architecture – Elder and Cannon Architects for St. Aloysius' College's Clavius Building, Glasgow.
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Gregory Burgess.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Rem Koolhaas.
 * Stirling Prize – 30 St Mary Axe, London by Foster and Partners.
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Peter Walker.
 * Vincent Scully Prize – Aga Khan.
 * Twenty-five Year Award – East Building, National Gallery of Art

Deaths

 * May 27 – Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, German American architect (born 1943)
 * August 30 - E. Fay Jones, American architect (born 1921)
 * September 12 – Max Abramovitz, American architect (born 1908)
 * September 22 — Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (born 1915)