2014 in architecture

The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * June 8–November 23 – Venice Biennale of Architecture curated by Rem Koolhaas
 * October 1–3 – The seventh World Architecture Festival in Singapore
 * November 4 – Construction of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire is abandoned

Antarctica

 * February 12 – Jang Bogo Station opens.

Australia

 * date unknown – Infinity Tower, the tallest building in Brisbane, is completed (until 2016).
 * November 11 – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, University of Technology, Sydney, designed by Frank Gehry, is completed.

Canada

 * September 18 – Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, opens.
 * September 19 – Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designed by Antoine Predock, opens.
 * December 13 – Halifax Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, designed by Fowler Bauld and schmidt hammer lassen architects, opens.

France

 * October 28 – Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Germany

 * February – Taunusturm in Frankfurt opens.

Iran

 * October – Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, designed by Leila Araghian, opens.

Italy

 * October 17 – Bosco Verticale in Milan, by Stefano Boeri opens.

Latvia

 * August 29 – New National Library of Latvia building in Riga, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, opens.

Netherlands

 * March 13 - The new Rotterdam Central Station building, by Benthem Crouwel Architekten opens.

Panama

 * October 2 – Biomuseo in Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.

Philippines

 * July 21 – Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor domed-arena, in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, is completed.

Poland

 * Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga, is completed.

Romania

 * Summer – The Maryam Mosque, a mosque for Romanian converts to Islam in Rediu, is completed.

Taiwan

 * November 23 – National Taichung Theater, by Toyo Ito with Cecil Balmond, is opened.

United Arab Emirates

 * Marina 101, supertall skyscraper in Dubai, projected for completion. If completed before World One will become the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.

United Kingdom

 * July – Buildings in London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed:
 * 122 Leadenhall Street in the City.
 * World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, British Museum.
 * August – 20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by Rafael Viñoly, completed.
 * September 16 – The News Building (London), designed by Renzo Piano, officially opened and named.
 * September 29 – Weston Library, a major reconstruction of the University of Oxford's New Bodleian Library by WilkinsonEyre, opens to readers.
 * December 9 – University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened.
 * London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey.
 * Burntwood School, Wandsworth, London, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, completed; awarded 2015 Stirling Prize.
 * Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, designed by Haworth Tompkins, completed and awarded Stirling Prize.
 * Maggie's palliative care centres opened in
 * Lanarkshire, designed by Reiach and Hall (September).
 * Oxford, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).

United States

 * October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University is dedicated, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects.
 * October 9 – Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design, opens at Stanford University.
 * October 10 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential buildings in the world is topped out.
 * November 3 – One World Trade Center in New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Daniel Libeskind, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opens.
 * One57, one of the tallest buildings in New York City became the tallest mixed-use (residential and hotel) skyscraper in the city.

Exhibitions

 * October 25 until February 22, 2015 - Diller & Scofidio + Renfro Musings on a Glass Box at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris, France.
 * December 3 (ends May 2015) – "One Way: Peter Marino" at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.

Awards

 * AIA Architecture Firm Award – Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
 * AIA Gold Medal – Julia Morgan
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – Wangjing SOHO designed by Zaha Hadid
 * Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical architecture – Pier Carlo Bontempi
 * Lawrence Israel Prize – LOT-EK
 * LEAF Award, Overall Winner – Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Steven Holl
 * Pritzker Architecture Prize – Shigeru Ban
 * Reed Award for classical architecture commitment – Ruan Yisan
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Phil Harris and Adrian Welke
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Joseph Rykwert
 * Stirling Prize – Haworth Tompkins for Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Toyo Ito
 * Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Harry Weese for Washington Metro
 * UIA Gold Medal – Ieoh Ming Pei
 * Vincent Scully Prize from National Building Museum – Charlie Rose

Deaths

 * January 10 – Kathryn Findlay, British-born architect working in Japan (b. 1953)
 * February 25 – Heikki Siren, Finnish architect (b. 1918)
 * March 20 – William Toomath, (b. 1925), New Zealand architect
 * March 28
 * Robin Gibson, Australian architect (b. 1930)
 * Avraham Yaski, Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)
 * April 24 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934)
 * April 28 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, author and city planner (b. 1951)
 * July 11 – Randall Stout, 56, American architect (b. 1958)
 * July 26 – Sir Richard MacCormac, British architect (b. 1938)
 * August 18 – Kurt Meyer, Swiss-born architect working in the United States and Nepal (b. 1922)
 * August 22 – Sir Philip Dowson, British architect (b. 1924)
 * September 6 – Édith Girard, French architect (b. 1949)
 * September 27
 * Taylor Hardwick, American architect (b. 1925)
 * Antti Lovag, Hungarian architect (Palais Bulles) (b. 1920)
 * December 24 – Ricardo Porro, Cuban architect who worked in France (b. 1925)