The year 2024 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Events
edit- January – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished within a week of Kim Jong Un calling for it.[1]
- August – Removal of non-structural columns in a refurbishment of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery reveals a note from the building's sponsor John, Lord Sainsbury (d. 2022) indicating that he disagreed with the building's original architects (Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, 1991) over their inclusion in the first place.[2]
- November 29 – Interior restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after the 2019 fire is first revealed publicly.[3]
Buildings and structures
edit- Albania
- Mixed-use skyscrapers in Tirana:
- The Book Building, designed by 51N4E, completed.[4]
- Downtown One, designed by MVRDV, official opening scheduled.[5]
- Eyes of Tirana, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, completion expected.[6]
- Vertical Forest Tirana, designed by Stefano Boeri, expected completion in third quarter of 2024.[7][8]
- 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.[9]
Awards
edit- Aga Khan Award for Architecture –
- AIA Gold Medal – David Lake and Ted Flat
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture –
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig (Gustav Düsing and Büro Max Hacke)[10]
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Riken Yamamoto[11]
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Lesley Lokko[12]
- Stirling Prize – Elizabeth line, London[13]
Exhibitions
edit- September 30 until March 16, 2025 – "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[14]
Deaths
edit- October 2 - Christopher Charles Benninger, 82, American-born Indian architect and urban planner (born 1942)
- November 4 - Victor A. Lundy, 101, American modernist architect (Warm Mineral Springs Motel) (born 1923)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "통일부 "북한, 평양서 '조국통일 기념탑' 철거"" [Ministry of Unification: "North Korea demolishes 'National Unification Monument' in Pyongyang"]. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). 2024-01-24. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Harold, Pia (2024-08-28). "National Gallery pillar-hating letter was 'a compromise'". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ Schofield, Hugh (2024-11-28). "Macron praises 'impossible' Notre-Dame restoration". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Projekti Book Building". Albanian Construction Portal. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "MVRDV - Downtown One Tirana". www.mvrdv.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ "Eyes of Tirana". Zanetti. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albania". Dezeen. March 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Tirana Vertical Forest". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "World's second-largest building opens; constructed by Samsung C&T". 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Study Pavilion on the campus of TU Braunschweig". EUmies Awards. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Ulaby, Neda (2024-03-05). "Riken Yamamoto, who designs dignity and elegance into daily life, wins Pritzker Prize". npr. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Lesley Lokko: Royal Gold Medal 2024 recipient". Royal Institute of British Architects. 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Rackham, Annabel; Youngs, Ian (17 October 2024). "London's Elizabeth line wins top architecture prize". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The Met to Present the First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Influential Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 October 2024.