2023 in architecture

The year 2023 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * July 23 – The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa is severely damaged in a Russian missile attack on the city.
 * September 1 – Muyiwa Oki takes office as the youngest and first black president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Buildings and structures

 * China
 * Zhongshuge bookstore in Huai'an, designed by X+ Living Architectural Design


 * Egypt
 * Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, projected for completion


 * Malaysia
 * Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest structure and the second-tallest building in the world, designed by Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL, officially opened on 10 January 2024.


 * Poland
 * Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, projected for completion


 * Saudi Arabia
 * Red Sea International Airport designed by Foster + Partners, projected for completion


 * United Kingdom
 * Factory International (Aviva Studios) arts venue in Manchester, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA; lead architect Ellen van Loon) opened officially on 18 October (previews from June)


 * United States
 * Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York, projected for completion
 * The Richard Gilder Center for Science at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City designed by Studio Gang opened to the public on May 4
 * Vici Properties finishes construction of the sphere, the largest sphere in the world in Las Vegas, Nevada

Awards

 * AIA Gold Medal – Carol Ross Barney
 * Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Ben Pentreath
 * Pritzker Architecture Prize – David Chipperfield
 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal –
 * RIBA House of the Year – Green House, Tottenham, London, designed by Hayhurst & Co
 * Stirling Prize – Mæ for John Morden Centre, Blackheath, London

Exhibitions

 * Venice Biennale of Architecture: 20 May – 26 November
 * Copenhagen Architecture Festival x FILM: 1 – 11 June

Deaths

 * January 1 – Ron Labinski, 85, American stadium architect (b. 1937)
 * January 6 – William S.W. Lim, 90, Singaporean architect (b. 1932)
 * January 12 – Vittorio Garatti, 95, Italian architect (b. 1927)
 * January 24 – Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, 95, Indian architect, Pritzker Prize winner (2018) (b. 1927)
 * January 31 – Graham Winteringham, 99, English architect (Crescent Theatre) (b. 1923) (death announced on this date)
 * February 13 – Robert Geddes, 99, American architect, dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture (1965–1982) (b. 1923)
 * February 17 – Peter Muller, 95, Australian architect (b. 1927)
 * March 2 – Rafael Viñoly, 78, Uruguayan-born architect (b. 1944)
 * May 30 – Paolo Portoghesi, 91, Italian architect (Mosque of Rome) (b. 1931)
 * June 17 – Sir Michael Hopkins, 88, English architect (Portcullis House) (b. 1935)
 * July 17 – Bruno Flierl, 96, German architect (b. 1927)
 * August 7 – Jean-Louis Cohen, French architect and architectural historian (b. 1949)
 * August 13 – Thierry Despont, 75, French architect and interior designer (b. 1948)
 * September 12 – Roser Amadó, 79, Spanish architect (La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou) (b. 1944)
 * September 15 – Claude Cormier, 63, Canadian landscape architect (b. 1960)
 * October 1 – Beverly Willis, American architect (San Francisco Ballet Building) (b. 1928)
 * October 3 – Harriet Pattison, American landscape architect (b. 1928)
 * October 17 – George Baird, 84, Canadian architect (Cloud Gardens, Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory) (b. 1939)
 * October 21 – N. John Habraken, 94, Dutch architect, educator, and theorist of user participation in housing (b. 1928)
 * November 20 - Rob Krier, 85, Luxembourgish sculptor, architect, and urban designer (b. 1938)