2015 in architecture

The year 2015 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * July – The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid.
 * November 4–6 – The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore.

World heritage

 * 5 July – The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site.

Buildings completed/opened

 * Antarctica
 * March – Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, designed by Estúdio 41, scheduled to commence operation.
 * Australia
 * January 21 – Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania.
 * MPavilion (pop-up structure), Melbourne, designed by Amanda Levete's AL A.


 * Brazil
 * December 17 – Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is opened.


 * China
 * September 6 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world (2015–present), is completed.
 * Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza in Xiamen, designed by Gensler, is topped out.


 * Croatia
 * Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb is completed. The main building, Building B, which has 25 floors and is 315 feet tall is the tallest residential building in Croatia.


 * France
 * January 14 – Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened.


 * Germany
 * March 18 – European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt.
 * May 9 – Propsteikirche, Leipzig, designed by Schulz und Schulz, consecrated.
 * October 23 – German Football Museum in Dortmund opened.


 * Indonesia
 * Gama Tower in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia (2015–present), is completed.


 * Italy
 * Australian Pavilion for Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, built.


 * Malta
 * May 4 – Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano.


 * Netherlands
 * Nov 19 - Arnhem Centraal Railway Station, Arnhem, designed by UNStudio. Construction started in 2006.


 * Peru
 * UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología), Lima, designed by Grafton Architects with Shell Arquitectos.


 * Poland
 * National Forum of Music in Wrocław.


 * Russia
 * Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion.


 * Singapore
 * March 10 – Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened.
 * November 24 – National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening.


 * United Kingdom
 * January – Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects.
 * February 14 – Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA).
 * May 21 – HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo.
 * May 26 – Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid.
 * June – Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed.
 * August – City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students.
 * September 30 – Christchurch Bridge, Reading, England, designed by Design Engine Architects, completed.
 * October 8 – Newport Street Gallery in south London, a conversion of 1913 theatrical workshops into a free public art gallery by Caruso St John architects.
 * October – New building for the University of Oxford's Ruskin School of Art in Bullingdon Road by Spratley Studios.
 * November 30 – Blavatnik School of Government in the University of Oxford, England, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, begins to function.
 * Clergy Court (new cloister) at Blackburn Cathedral in the north of England, designed by Purcell, projected for completion.
 * Outhouse, a house in the Forest of Dean, by Loyn & Co architects.
 * A House for Essex, Wrabness, designed by Charles Holland of FAT with Grayson Perry.


 * United States
 * May 1 – New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano.
 * September 20 – The Broad (contemporary art museum) in Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
 * December 23 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world (2015–2020) is completed.


 * Zimbabwe
 * January – Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo.

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie
 * Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects
 * Carbuncle Cup – 20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie')
 * Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States
 * Emporis Skyscraper Award – Shanghai Tower designed by Jun Xia
 * European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga
 * Lawrence Israel Prize – Tony Chi
 * Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault
 * Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous)
 * RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O'Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland
 * RIBA Stirling Prize – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
 * Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger
 * Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House

Exhibitions

 * April 24 – August 2 – "Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association" at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island.
 * May 1 until October 31 – Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.

Deaths

 * January 16 – Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect
 * January 18 – Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect
 * February 9 – Jon Jerde, 75, American architect
 * March 9 – Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer
 * March 12 – Michael Graves, 80, American architect
 * April 28 – Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect
 * March 19 – Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect
 * May 11 – Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner
 * May 16 – Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect
 * May 31 – Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect
 * June 12 – James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect
 * June 26 – Donald Wexler, 89, American architect
 * June 28 – Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect
 * November 7 – Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist
 * December 11 – Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect
 * December 19 – Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect