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Overview of the events of 2003 in architecture
The year 2003 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
L'Oceanogràfic in
Valencia , Spain
Walt Disney Concert Hall in
Los Angeles, California , USA
January 26 — Friedman Wrestling Center at
Cornell University opens, designed by
CannonDesign . Friedman is said to be "the first arena in the nation built solely for [wrestling]."
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February 8 – New
Salt Lake City Public Library (
Utah ), USA, designed by
Moshe Safdie and VCBO Architecture.
February 14 –
L'Oceanogràfic
marine park in
Valencia, Spain , designed by
Félix Candela ,
Alberto Domingo and Carlos Lázaro.
March 30 –
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge across the
Charles River in
Boston , Massachusetts, USA, a
cable-stayed bridge designed by
Christian Menn ,
Theodore Zoli (from
HNTB ), W. Denney Pate (from FIGG) and Ruchu Hsu with Parsons Brinckerhoff, is opened northbound (southbound December 20).
May –
Fashion and Textile Museum in the London borough of
Bermondsey , a warehouse conversion by
Ricardo Legorreta .
May 10 –
Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand, designed by the Buchan Group.
July 8 –
Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Novo Museu) reopens in
Curitiba ,
Brazil , originally designed by
Oscar Niemeyer .
September 4 –
Selfridges store in
Birmingham ,
England , designed by Czech-born
British architect
Jan Kaplický of
Future Systems .
September –
Maggie's Centre ,
Dundee ,
Scotland , a drop-in cancer care centre;
Frank Gehry 's first work in the
United Kingdom .
October 23 –
Walt Disney Concert Hall , designed by
Frank Gehry , in
Los Angeles, California , USA.
December 30 –
Estádio Municipal de Braga ,
Portugal , designed by
Eduardo Souto de Moura .
Buildings completed
Auditorio de Tenerife in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife ,
Canary Islands , Spain
The
Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) , England
Auditorio de Tenerife in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife ,
Canary Islands ,
Spain , designed by
Santiago Calatrava
Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) , England, designed by
Edward Cullinan Architects.
Corrour Lodge, Inverness-shire,
Scotland , designed by Moshe Safdie.
The Doughnut (
Government Communications Headquarters ), near
Cheltenham , England.
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Eleanor Roosevelt College ,
University of California, San Diego , designed by Moshe Safdie.
Kamačnik Bridge , Gorski Kotar, Croatia, designed by
Zlatko Šavor and built by
Konstruktor .
[4]
Kista Science Tower , Stockholm, Sweden.
Schaulager ,
Münchenstein ,
Switzerland , designed by
Herzog & de Meuron .
Pantages Tower ,
Toronto ,
Ontario ,
Canada , designed by Moshe Safdie and Core Architects.
Park Pobedy station in the Moscow Metro system.
[5]
Zeughaus Wing of
Deutsches Historisches Museum , designed by
I. M. Pei , opens in
Berlin .
Peabody Essex Museum new wing, designed by
Moshe Safdie , opens in
Salem, Massachusetts .
Latino Cultural Center in
Dallas , Texas, designed by
Ricardo Legorreta .
Taipei
Treasure Hill designed by
Marco Casagrande .
Keller Estate Winery in
Petaluma, California , designed by Ricardo Legorreta.
Oare Pavilion in
Wiltshire , England, designed by I. M. Pei.
Black rubber house ,
Dungeness beach , Kent, England, designed by Simon Conder Associates.
[6]
Pie house in
Deerfield, Illinois .
Torre Mayor ,
the tallest building in Mexico (2003–present) .
Awards
The
Selfridges Building in the
Bull Ring in
Birmingham , which wins
Future Systems seven architecture awards
Deaths
See also
References