2023 in architecture
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The year 2023 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
- July 23 – The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa is severely damaged in a Russian missile attack on the city.[1]
- September 1 – Muyiwa Oki takes office as the youngest and first black president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[2]
Buildings and structures
- China
- Egypt
- Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, projected for completion[4]
- 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.[5]
- Saudi Arabia
- Red Sea International Airport designed by Foster + Partners, projected for completion[6]
- 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)[7]
- United States
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York, projected for completion[4]
- The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City designed by Studio Gang opened to the public on May 4[8][9]
- Vici Properties finishes construction of the sphere, the largest sphere in the world in Las Vegas, Nevada[10]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Carol Ross Barney
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Ben Pentreath
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – David Chipperfield[11]
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Yasmeen Lari
- RAIA Gold Medal – Kirstin Thompson
- RIBA House of the Year – Green House, Tottenham, London, designed by Hayhurst & Co[12]
- Stirling Prize – Mæ for John Morden Centre, Blackheath, London[13]
Exhibitions
- Venice Biennale of Architecture: 20 May – 26 November
- Copenhagen Architecture Festival x FILM: 1 – 11 June