2011 in architecture

The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * February 6 – Cambodian officials claim that "a wing" of the Preah Vihear Temple (11th century) has collapsed due to an alleged Thai bombardment in the Cambodian–Thai border dispute.
 * May – Broadcaster BBC North begins its move into Bridge House, Dock House and Quay House, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, England.
 * June 15 – St Paul's Cathedral in London completes its 15-year £40 million restoration project of cleaning and repair, among the largest such projects ever undertaken in the United Kingdom.
 * November – The fourth World Architecture Festival is held in Barcelona.
 * November 3–11 – Typhoon Haiyan causes widespread destruction in Southeast Asia. Among buildings seriously damaged is Guiuan Church in the Philippines.

Buildings opened

 * January 11 – Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, designed by HOK.
 * January 21 – Museum of Old and New Art, on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, designed by Nonda Katsalidis.
 * January 25 – New World Center, home of the New World Symphony Orchestra, at Miami Beach, Florida, designed by Frank Gehry.
 * February 10 — The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
 * February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, designed by Fernando Romero.
 * March 1 – Media City Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, England, designed by Gifford and Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
 * April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, in Margate, Kent, England, designed by David Chipperfield.
 * May 1 – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin.
 * May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, West Yorkshire, England, designed by David Chipperfield.
 * May 31 – Ponte della Musica-Armando Trovajoli across the Tiber in Rome, Italy, designed by BuroHappold Engineering and Powell-Williams Architects.
 * June – Windmill Hill archive centre, Waddesdon, England, designed by Stephen Marshall.
 * June 16 – Gothenburg Mosque, Sweden.
 * June 20 – Riverside Museum, the new development of the Glasgow Museum of Transport in Scotland, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
 * June 25 – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
 * July 19 – New Museum of Liverpool, at Liverpool Pier Head, England, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold.
 * August 27 – Rustavi Sioni, church in Rustavi, Georgia, designed by Besarion Menabde, Nikoloz Abashidze and Nikolos Dadiani (consecration date).
 * September – firstsite new art gallery, Colchester, England, designed by Rafael Viñoly.
 * September 11 – National September 11 Memorial, Reflecting Absence, on the World Trade Center site in New York City, USA, designed by architect Michael Arad with landscape architect Peter Walker (dedication date).
 * September 13 – Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, Stratford, London.
 * October 12 – Royal Opera House Muscat opens in Muscat, Oman.
 * October 20 — The Human Ecology Building at Cornell University is dedicated. Designed by Gruzen-Samton Architects (IBI Group).
 * December 21 – Capital Gate skyscraper hotel and office building, in Abu Dhabi.

Buildings completed

 * January
 * City of Westminster College, Paddington Green Campus, London, designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects.
 * Heron Tower in the City of London, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
 * February
 * 8 Spruce Street, a skyscraper in New York City, USA, designed by Frank Gehry.
 * Sunset Chapel, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, designed by BNKR Arquitectura.
 * March 29 – London Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous.
 * April – Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain, designed by Jürgen Mayer.
 * July 6 – Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Panama and Latin America.
 * July 27 – London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid.
 * September
 * CMA CGM Tower in Marseille, designed by Zaha Hadid.
 * Aberdeen University New Library in Scotland, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects.
 * October 20 — Milstein Hall at Cornell University, designed by Rem Koolhaas
 * October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond, erected at Olympic Park, London.
 * November
 * Canada Water Library in London Docklands, designed by Piers Gough of CZWG.
 * Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo, New York, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
 * dates unknown
 * N M Rothschild & Sons' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed.
 * Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire, England.
 * Eighth Avenue Place East in Calgary, Alberta
 * Maggie's Centres, drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain
 * Maggie's Gartnavel, Glasgow, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA.
 * Maggie's Nottingham, designed by Piers Gough and Paul Smith.
 * Maggie's South West Wales, Swansea, designed by Kisho Kurokawa (opens December 9).
 * Temporary Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Peter Zumthor.
 * Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London, England, designed by Assemble.
 * New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
 * University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
 * The Crystal, Copenhagen, Denmark (part of Nykredit headquarters), designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
 * Kravis Center, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki
 * Architecture Firm Award – BNIM Architects
 * Carbuncle Cup – MediaCityUK
 * Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Robert A. M. Stern
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – 8 Spruce Street New York City designed by Frank Gehry
 * European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – David Chipperfield
 * Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Michel Desvigne
 * Lawrence Israel Prize – David Rockwell
 * LEAF Award, Overall Winner – OBR Open Building Research
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Ricardo Legorreta
 * Pritzker Architecture Prize – Eduardo Souto de Moura
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Graeme Gunn
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – David Chipperfield
 * Stirling Prize – Zaha Hadid (for the second year running)
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Maya Lin
 * International Union of Architects UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira
 * AIA Twenty-five Year Award – John Hancock Tower designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
 * UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira
 * Vincent Scully Prize – William K. Reilly

Deaths

 * June 6
 * Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (born 1949)
 * Amnon Niv, Israeli architect and urban designer (born 1930)
 * September 17 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect (born 1921)
 * September 27 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (born 1935)
 * October 2 – Efraín Recinos, Guatemalan architect (born 1928)
 * October 5 – Enver Faja, Albanian architect (born 1934)
 * October 24 – Bruno Weber, Swiss architect (born 1931)
 * November 25 – Karel Hubacek, Czech architect (born 1924)
 * December 12 – Gene Summers, American architect (born 1928)
 * December 26 – Kiyonori Kikutake, Japanese architect, co-founder of the Metabolist group. (born 1928)
 * December 27 – Anne Tyng, American architect (born 1920)
 * December 30 – Ricardo Legorreta, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medalist (born 1931)