2005 in architecture

The year 2005 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * May 17 – The renovation and restoration of Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology commences with the smashing of the first of the large glass walls, a privilege auctioned on eBay for over $2,500.
 * May 20 – The United States Postal Service honors twelve "Masterworks of Modern Architecture" on first class postage stamps.
 * October 6–10 – Demolition of the last of the Xanadu Houses.

Buildings opened

 * January 15 – Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen.
 * March 5 – The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, designed by Hascher et Jehle.
 * April 6 – New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
 * April 14 – Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA.
 * April 17 – Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
 * April 28 – The Wynn Las Vegas, designed by Jon Jerde.
 * May 10 – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, designed by Peter Eisenman.
 * May 11 – Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University, Thailand, designed by Architects 49.
 * May 30 – Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
 * June – Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, designed by Renzo Piano.
 * August 27 – The Turning Torso in Malmö, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia (2005–present).
 * September – Idea Store Whitechapel, London, UK designed by David Adjaye Associates.
 * October 8 –Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava.
 * October 15 – New de Young Museum in San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
 * October 17–18 – National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, UK, designed by Wilkinson Eyre.
 * October 30 – The reconstructed Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, is consecrated.
 * specific date not listed
 * Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed.
 * 2 Marsham Street in London, designed by Terry Farrell, is first occupied by the British government department, the Home Office, for whom it was built.
 * Maggie's Centre at Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, a drop-in cancer care centre designed by Page\Park Architects.

Buildings completed

 * date unknown
 * The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China.
 * Chelsea Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
 * Q1 Tower in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, the tallest building in Australia (2005–present).
 * Mirador apartment building in Madrid, Spain, designed by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó.
 * Tromsø Library and City Archives in Norway, designed by Kjell Beite.
 * Jaume Fuster Library in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Josep Llinás.
 * Santa Caterina Market roof in Barcelona, designed by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue.
 * Antvorskov Church, Slagelse, Denmark, designed by Regnbuen Arkitekter.
 * St. Henry's Chapel, Turku, Finland, designed by Matti Sanaksenaho.
 * Private residences
 * Casa Poli, Concepción, Chile, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen.
 * Casa Tóló, Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira.
 * Haus Bold, Bad Waldsee, Germany, designed by Thomas Bendel.
 * Light House, Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Santiago Calatrava.
 * Architecture Firm Award – Murphy/Jahn.
 * AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut by Louis Kahn.
 * Driehaus Architecture Prize – Quinlan Terry
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava.
 * European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Rem Koolhaas for Netherlands Embassy Berlin
 * Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bernard Reichen.
 * LEAF Award, Grand Prix – Henning Larsen Architects for the IT University of Copenhagen
 * Mies van der Rohe Prize – Rem Koolhaas for the Dutch Embassy (Berlin)
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Yoshio Taniguchi
 * Pritzker Prize – Thom Mayne, of Morphosis.
 * Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source.
 * RAIA Gold Medal – James Birrell.
 * RIAS Award for Architecture – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT/RMJM.
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frei Otto.
 * Stirling Prize – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT/RMJM.
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Shigeru Ban.
 * Vincent Scully Prize – The Prince of Wales (now Charles III).
 * Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art
 * UIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando.

Deaths

 * January 6 – A. Hays Town, prominent American residential architect based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (born 1903)
 * January 23 – Richard Feilden OBE, leading UK architect based in Bath (born 1950)
 * January 25 – Philip Johnson, influential American architect, first Pritzker Prize honoree (born 1906)
 * March 16 – Ralph Erskine, British architect, designer of the Byker Wall (born 1914)
 * March 22 – Kenzo Tange, leading Japanese architect, winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize (born 1913)
 * June 4 – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (born 1919
 * June 30 – Robert Y. Fleming, American architect (born 1925)
 * December 15 – James Ingo Freed, American architect (born 1930)