2016 in architecture
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The year 2016 in architecture is expected to involve some significant events and new buildings.
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Buildings
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- Australia
- International Convention Centre Sydney projected for completion.
- China
- Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world, projected for completion.
- Germany
- BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
- Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
- Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin projected for completion.
- India
- World One, supertall skyscraper in Mumbai projected for completion. It will become the tallest building in India and the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.
- Malta
- April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.
- Poland
- Warsaw Spire will become the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland upon completion.
- South Korea
- Seoul's Lotte World Tower is projected for completion, becoming the tallest building in South Korea.
- United Arab Emirates
- Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi projected for completion.
- United Kingdom
- June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opening scheduled.[1]
- Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum (opening November 24).[2]
- United States
- National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye, projected for completion.
- March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
- Lawrence Israel Prize - SHoP Architects
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Alejandro Aravena
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Zaha Hadid
Deaths
- February 1 - Paul Pholeros, Australian architect (b. 1953)
- February 16 - Bořek Šípek , Czech architect and designer (b. 1949)
- February 27 - Claude Parent, French architect (b. 1923)
- March 31 - Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi born British architect (b. 1950)
- May 16 - Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (b. 1920)
