2003 in architecture

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The year 2003 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

July 1 – Taipei 101 is topped out to become the tallest building in the world.
December 20 – Triumph-Palace apartment building in Moscow becomes the highest building in Europe.
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- Daniel Libeskind's design, entitled Memory Foundations, is accepted for the World Trade Center site in New York.
- Demolition of the Department of the Environment Building (completed 1971) at Marsham Street, Westminster, London. A new five storey glass-faced Home Office building is being erected in its place.
- Nathaniel Kahn's film, My Architect: A Son's Journey, is nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.^[1]

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]."^[2]
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.

^ "NY Times: My Architect". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
^ Friedlander, Blaine (20 January 2003). "Cornell to open nation's first dedicated wrestling center, named for alumni Stephen Friedman and trustee Barbara Benioff Friedman". Cornell University. The Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2018. Friedman Wrestling Center, the first arena in the nation built solely for the sport
^ Knibbs, Steve (2011-12-21). "A final look at GCHQ's top secret Oakley site in Cheltenham". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
^ "Most Kamačnik" [Kamačnik Bridge] (in Croatian). Konstruktor. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
^ "Park Pobedy, 165th Station of the Moscow metro". news.metro.ru.
^ Davis, Ashleigh (2013-08-25). "Black Rubber Beach House by Simon Conder Associates". de zeen. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
^ "Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients". Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ "Stirling Prize 2003". Arquitectura Viva. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2024.