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2013 Mar 17 |
Japanese architect Toyo Ito (71) won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Links: Japan, Architect 
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2014 Jan |
In Indonesia construction began on the Pertamina Energy Tower, a 99-story, 530 metres (1,740 ft) skyscraper in Jakarta. Designed and planned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) it will be the tallest building in Indonesia upon completion in 2020. Links: Indonesia, Architect
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2014 Mar 21 |
In South Korea the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a curvy futuristic $450 million building meant to remake Seoul into a global design capital, opened to the public after years of debate about its impact on a historic city precinct. It was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. Links: South Korea, Architect
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2015 May 1 |
In NYC the new $422 million Whitney Museum, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, opened. Links: USA, NYC, Architect, Museum
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2016 Jan 13 |
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the prestigious 2016 Pritzker Prize, earning praise for "powerful" designs that address key social and economic challenges of the 21st century. Links: Chile, Architect
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2016 Feb 3 |
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid was awarded Britain's Royal Gold Medal, becoming the first individual woman to win the award. Known for works including the Guangzhou Opera House in China and the London Aquatics Centre. Links: Iraq, Britain, Architect
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2017 Mar 1 |
Tom Pritzker, chairman and president of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation, announced that Catalonia-based architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta have won the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Links: Spain, USA, Architect
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2017 Mar 16 |
The European Parliament rejected a call to ban Arctic oil and gas exploration, in a symbolic vote seen as a barometer for future moves by Brussels to regulate to protect the region. Links: Oil, EU, Architect
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2017 May |
North Korean architect Choe Song Chon died. His work included the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the biggest in the world. Links: North Korea, Architect
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2017 Jun 5 |
Architect William Krisel (92) died in Beverly Hills. In the 1950s and 1960s he and business partner Dan Palmer designed some 40,000 cheap but elegant tract homes in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. Links: USA, California, Architect
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2017 Aug 15 |
Gunnar Birkerts (92), Latvia-born modernist architect, died at his home in Needham, Mass. His work included the national library in Latvia, the country’s symbolic Castle of Light. Links: USA, Latvia, Massachusetts, Architect
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2017 Dec 29 |
Architect John Portman (b.1924) died in Atlanta. He had revolutionized hotel designs with soaring futuristic atriums. His work included the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, the Peachtree Center in Atlanta and the Renaissance Center in Detroit. His work also transformed Asian skylines from Shanghai to Mumbai. Links: GeorgiaUS, USA, Architect
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2017 |
Wendy Laser authored “You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.” Links: Architect, Books, Biography
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2017 |
Tom Dyckhoff authored “The Age of Spectacle: Adventures in Architecture and the 21st Century City.” Links: Architect, Books
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2018 Mar 7 |
Tom Pritzker of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation announced that architect and educator Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first Indian to win architecture's highest honor in its 40-year history. Links: India, Chicago, Architect
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2018 Jun 11 |
In NYC a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the 1,079 foot 3 World Trade Center. The $2.7 billion, 80-story office building was designed by architect Richard Rogers. Links: USA, NYC, Architect
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2018 Nov 8 |
In northern California the new $300 million City Center Bishop Ranch shopping mall, designed by Renzo Piano, opened. Links: USA, California, Architect, Retail
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2019 Mar 1 |
Acclaimed Irish-born architect Kevin Roche (96) died at his home in Connecticut. He left his mark on world-class buildings from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the city's Museum of Jewish Heritage to airports in New York and Washington. Links: USA, Architect, Connecticut
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2019 Mar 5 |
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, credited with bringing together the East and West in his innovative designs, was awarded this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as the highest honor in the field. Links: Japan, Architect
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2019 Mar |
In Norway the 85.4-meter-tall Mjostarnet building, officially the world's tallest timber building, was completed. Links: Norway, Architect
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2019 May 16 |
Architect I.M. Pei (b.1917) who died at the age of 102 at his home in New York City. His work included the giant glass pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, complete in 1989, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Links: USA, NYC, Architect
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2019 Jul 19 |
Cesar Pelli (92), internationally known architect based in Connecticut, died in New Haven. His firm's work included the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco and the three-block-long transit center next to it. The firm's work also included the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Canary Wharf in London. Links: USA, Architect, Connecticut
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2021 Mar 16 |
The Pritzker Architecture Prize, the field's highest honor, was awarded to the Paris-based duo of Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal for “prioritizing the enrichment of human life," especially in the context of public housing. Links: France, Architect
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2021 May 8 |
Helmut Jahn (81), a German-born architect, died in a traffic accident near the horse farm where he lived, in St. Charles, Ill. He designed buildings around the world but was most influential in his adopted hometown, Chicago, where he conceived of an extravagant downtown home to state government and the United Airlines terminal at O’Hare International Airport. Links: USA, Illinois, Architect
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2021 May 10 |
San Francisco architect Art Gensler (b.1935) died at his home in Mill Valley. His design firm's credits included the Shanghai Tower, the world's 2nd tallest building. Links: USA, SF, Architect, SF Bay Area
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2021 May 23 |
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (92), an architect known for a muscular style called Brazilian Brutalism, died at a hospital in São Paulo. Mr. Mendes da Rocha was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2006, architecture’s highest honor. He was only the second Brazilian to win the prize, after the Rio-born Oscar Niemeyer, who collaborated on the United Nations building in New York City and won in 1988. Links: Brazil, Architect
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2021 Jun 9 |
German architect Gottfried Boehm (101) died. He was famous for his concrete brutalist-style church buildings. Links: Germany, Architect
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2022 Mar 16 |
It was reported that Burkina Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, has become the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. Links: Burkina Faso, Architect
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2022 Mar 29 |
Kevin Lippert (63), founder and publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press, died in Ghent, NY. Links: USA, New York, Architect
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2022 Aug 3 |
Italy's tax police said they have seized assets worth over 141 million euros ($144 million) from an architect who designed a luxury estate on the Black Sea in Russia. A source said the assets belonged to Lanfranco Cirillo, who designed a grand estate on the Black Sea in Russia that became known as "Putin's palace". Links: Italy, Russia, Architect
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2022 Sep 9 |
Architect James Stewart Polshek (92) die at his home in NYC. His work included the William J. Clinton Library and Museum in Little Rock, Ark. Links: USA, NYC, Architect
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