2018 in architecture
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The year 2018 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
- January 9 – The Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath, Germany, is demolished.
- June 15 – The second major fire in four years breaks out at Glasgow School of Art.[1]
- August 14 – The Ponte Morandi, a road viaduct in Genoa, collapses, resulting in 43 deaths and numerous injuries.[2]
Buildings and structures
- China
- Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened October 23.
- Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin, the third tallest building in China, designed by P & T Group and ECADI, projected for completion.
- Denmark
- Fjordenhus, Kirk Kapital headquarters, on Vejle Fjord, designed by Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann, completed.[3]
- Finland
- Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, opened December 5.
- France
- Sir John Monash Centre in Villers-Bretonneux officially opened April 24.[4]
- Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened October 23.
- Ireland
- Pálás cinema, Galway, designed by Tom de Paor, opened February 23.[5]
- Malaysia
- Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur, the third tallest building in Malaysia, projected for completion.
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- Norway
- Ureddplassen public toilet, designed by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter + Landskapsfabrikken, opened.[6]
- Russia
- Crimean Bridge between Crimea and Russia, the longest bridge in Europe, the road section of the bridge opened May 16.
- Lakhta Center, in St. Petersburg, the tallest building in Europe, commissioning begins June 27.
- Spain
- Sweden
- Norra Tornen (Northern Towers) eastern residential tower, Stockholm, designed by OMA, completed.
- Taiwan
- Weiwuying (National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts), Kaohsiung, designed by Mecanoo, opened October 13.[8]
- Turkey
- Troy Museum, designed by Yalın Mimarlık, opened October 10.
- Istanbul Airport with the future world’s largest terminal, officially opened October 29.
- Ukraine
- Chernobyl New Safe Confinement completed.
- United Kingdom
- Broomlands Primary School in Kelso, Scottish Borders, designed by Stallan-Brand, opened January 9.[9]
- Storey's Field Community Centre and Nursery for the University of Cambridge at Eddington, designed by Stuart McKnight of MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects), completed c. March.[10]
- Beecroft Building for the University of Oxford Department of Physics, designed by Hawkins\Brown, officially opened September 17.[11]
- The Hubert Perrodo Building at St Peter's College, Oxford, by Design Engine Architects, officially opened March 13.[12]
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) and Max Fordham, opened to public June 11.
- V&A Museum of Design Dundee in Dundee, Scotland, designed by Kengo Kuma, opened September 15.
- Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross Central in London, conversion of industrial premises to retail development by Thomas Heatherwick, opened October 26.[13]
- Gloucester Bus Station, designed by Building Design Partnership, opened October 26–28.
- The Macallan distillery, Craigellachie, Moray, Scotland, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, new building opened.
- Nevill Holt Opera within 17th century stable block, designed by Witherford Watson Mann, opened June 14.[14]
- Mapleton Crescent, Wandsworth (high-rise prefabricated apartments), designed by Metropolitan Workshop.[15]
- Wittering House, Finsbury Park, home for self by Charles Bettes of GPad London, completed.
- House in the Garden, Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford, completed.
- United States
- Amazon Spheres in Seattle, designed by NBBJ, opened January 30.
- Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond, Virginia designed by Steven Holl opened April 21.[16][17]
- Stir restaurant at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (architectural interior) designed by Frank Gehry opened October 12.[18]
- 3 World Trade Center in New York City, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, opened June 11.
- Vietnam
Exhibitions
- 26 May until 25 November - The 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Italy
- 15 July until 13 January 2019 - "Towards a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia 1948-1980" at MOMA in New York City.[19][20]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – James Stewart Polshek
- Architecture Firm Award AIA – Snow Kreilich Architects
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Marc Breitman & Nada Breitman-Jakov
- Emporis Skyscraper Award – MGM Cotai
- Lawrence Israel Prize - Annabelle Selldorf[21]
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Balkrishna Doshi
- RAIA Gold Medal – Alexander Tzannes
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Neave Brown
- Stirling Prize – Foster and Partners for Bloomberg London[22]
- Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Sir David Adjaye
- Vincent Scully Prize – Inga Saffron and Robert Campbell
