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The year 2000 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

June 22 – The Architect company Snøhetta wins the international Architect competition for Oslo's New National Opera House.^[1]
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Greenwich Millennium Village in London designed by Ralph Erskine.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

February 19 – Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City, USA, designed by Polshek Partnership Architects.
March 8 – Peckham Library in London, UK, designed by Alsop and Störmer. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.
May 12 – Tate Modern in London, a conversion of Bankside Power Station by Herzog & de Meuron.
October 12 – The Lowry theatre and gallery centre in Salford, England, designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold.
August – Centro Brasileiro Britânico in São Paulo, designed by Marc Rabin.
August 19 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, reconstructed to Konstantin Thon's 1832 design, is dedicated.
October 25 – Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial unveiled in Vienna, designed by Rachel Whiteread.
November 13 – Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe in Valencia, Spain, with façade designed by Santiago Calatrava.
December 6 – Queen Elizabeth II Great Court in the British Museum, London, UK.^[2]
date unknown
- Emirates Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, designed by Helmut Jahn.
- Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, California, USA, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis.
- Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, USA, designed by Frank Gehry.
- Sibelius Hall in Lahti, Finland, designed by Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka.

Buildings completed

May 14 – Al Faisaliyah Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by Foster and Partners, the first building to be completed in a competition between two Saudi princes; the Kingdom Centre is completed in 2002.
Bankers Hall West in Calgary, Alberta, designed by Cohos Evamy.
Montevetro (apartments), Battersea Reach, London, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership.

Awards

AIA Gold Medal – Ricardo Legorreta
Architecture Firm Award – Gensler
Emporis Skyscraper Award – Sofitel New York Hotel
Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Alexandre Chemetoff
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Richard Rogers
Pritzker Prize – Rem Koolhaas
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Philippe Gazeau
RAIA Gold Medal – John Morphett
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frank Gehry
Stirling Prize – Alsop & Störmer for Peckham Library, London^[3]
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Twenty-five Year Award – The Smith House
Vincent Scully Prize – Jane Jacobs

Deaths

January 18 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect in the Nazi Resistance movement (born 1897)^[4]
February 19 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist and architect (born 1928)
July 3 – Enric Miralles, Spanish architect (born 1955)
July 29 – Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (born 1917)

References

^ Statsbygg's brochure about the Oslo's Opera Archived February 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, page 8/12
^ "Great Court". British Museum. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
^ Glancey, Jonathan (November 6, 2000). "Prize fools". The Guardian. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
^ "Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky: 'Sie haben gedacht, ich würde verhungern'". dieStandard.at (in German). January 18, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

[1] Statsbygg's brochure about the Oslo's Opera Archived February 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, page 8/12

[2] "Great Court". British Museum. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

[3] Glancey, Jonathan (November 6, 2000). "Prize fools". The Guardian. Retrieved October 19, 2024.

[4] "Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky: 'Sie haben gedacht, ich würde verhungern'". dieStandard.at (in German). January 18, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

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 The year '''2000 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
+==Events==
-==Buildings opened==
+*June 22 – The Architect company [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]] wins the international Architect competition for Oslo's [[New National Opera House (Oslo)|New National Opera House]].<ref>[http://www.statsbygg.no/FilSystem/files/opera/publikasjoner/NorwegianOperaEnglishBrochure.pdf Statsbygg's brochure about the Oslo's Opera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227142944/http://www.statsbygg.no/FilSystem/files/opera/publikasjoner/NorwegianOperaEnglishBrochure.pdf |date=February 27, 2008 }}, ''page 8/12''</ref>
-[[Image:EMPPano11.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View of [[EMP Museum]]]]
+*[[Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc]] is inscribed on the UNESCO [[World Heritage List]].
+*[[Greenwich Millennium Village]] in London designed by [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]].
+==Buildings and structures==
+{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2000}}
+===Buildings opened===
+[[File:The Lowry main entrance.jpg|thumb|[[The Lowry]] theatre and gallery centre in [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford, England]]]]
+[[Image:EMPPano11.jpg|thumb|right|[[Museum of Pop Culture]] in Seattle]]
 *[[February 19]] – [[Rose Center for Earth and Space]] in New York City, USA, designed by [[Polshek Partnership Architects]].
 *[[March 8]] – [[Peckham Library]] in London, UK, designed by [[Will Alsop|Alsop and Störmer]]. It wins this year's [[Stirling Prize]].
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 *[[August 19]] – [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in [[Moscow]], Russia, reconstructed to [[Konstantin Thon]]'s [[1832 in architecture|1832]] design, is dedicated.
 *[[October 25]] – [[Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial]] unveiled in [[Vienna]], designed by [[Rachel Whiteread]].
+*[[November 13]] – [[Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe]] in [[Valencia]], Spain, with façade designed by [[Santiago Calatrava]].
+*[[December 6]] – [[Queen Elizabeth II Great Court]] in the [[British Museum]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/architecture/great-court|title=Great Court|website=British Museum|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
 *''date unknown''
 **[[Emirates Towers]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates.
 **[[Sony Center]], [[Potsdamer Platz]] in [[Berlin]], Germany, designed by [[Helmut Jahn]].
 **[[Diamond Ranch High School]] in [[Pomona, California]], USA, designed by [[Thom Mayne]] of Morphosis.
-**[[Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame|Experience Music Project]] in [[Seattle]], USA, designed by [[Frank Gehry]].
+**[[Museum of Pop Culture]] in [[Seattle]], USA, designed by [[Frank Gehry]].
 **[[Sibelius Hall]] in [[Lahti]], Finland, designed by Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka.
-==Buildings completed==
+===Buildings completed===
-*[[Al Faisaliyah Center]] in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia is the first building to be completed in the competition between two Saudi princes. The [[Kingdom Center]] is completed several months later.
+*[[May 14]] – [[Al Faisaliyah Center]] in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia, designed by [[Foster and Partners]], the first building to be completed in a competition between two Saudi princes; the [[Kingdom Centre]] is completed in [[2002 in architecture|2002]].
-*[[Bankers Hall]] West in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
+*[[Bankers Hall]] West in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], designed by [[Cohos Evamy]].
+*[[:File:Montevetro Oct 2010.jpg|Montevetro]] (apartments), [[Battersea]] Reach, London, designed by [[Richard Rogers Partnership]].
-==Events==
-*June 22 – The Architect company [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]] wins the international Architect competition for Oslo's [[New National Opera House (Oslo)|New National Opera House]].<ref>[http://www.statsbygg.no/FilSystem/files/opera/publikasjoner/NorwegianOperaEnglishBrochure.pdf Statsbygg's brochure about the Oslo's Opera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227142944/http://www.statsbygg.no/FilSystem/files/opera/publikasjoner/NorwegianOperaEnglishBrochure.pdf |date=February 27, 2008 }}, ''page 8/12''</ref>
-*[[Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc]] was inscribed on the UNESCO [[World Heritage List]].
-*[[Greenwich Millennium Village]] in London designed by [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]].
 ==Awards==
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 *[[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Philippe Gazeau]]
 *[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[John Morphett (architect)|John Morphett]]
-*[[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Frank Gehry]]
+*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Frank Gehry]]
-*[[Stirling Prize]] – [[Will Alsop|Alsop & Störmer]], [[Peckham Library]]
+*[[Stirling Prize]] – [[Will Alsop|Alsop & Störmer]] for [[Peckham Library]], London<ref>{{cite news |last=Glancey |first=Jonathan |date=6 November 2000 |title=Prize fools |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/nov/06/artsfeatures.stirlingprize |work=The Guardian |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
 *[[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]]
 *[[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[The Smith House]]
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 *[[July 3]] – [[Enric Miralles]], Spanish architect (born 1955)
 *[[July 29]] – [[Eladio Dieste]], Uruguayan engineer and architect (born 1917)
+==See also==
+*[[Timeline of architecture]]
 ==References==