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===Buildings opened=== [[File:"l 'oceanographic " a valence - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[L'Oceanogràfic]] in [[Valencia]], Spain]] [[File:Walt Disney Concert Hall Building Los Angeles United States Architecture Photography (149226095).jpeg|thumb|[[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]."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Friedlander|first1=Blaine|title=Cornell to open nation's first dedicated wrestling center, named for alumni Stephen Friedman and trustee Barbara Benioff Friedman|url=http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2003/01/cornell-open-nations-first-dedicated-wrestling-center|accessdate=27 October 2018|agency=The Cornell Chronicle|quote="Friedman Wrestling Center, the first arena in the nation built solely for the sport"|publisher=Cornell University|date=20 January 2003}}</ref> * [[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 Building, Birmingham|Selfridges store]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], designed by Czech-born [[:Category:British architects|British architect]] [[Jan Kaplický]] of [[Future Systems]]. * September – [[Maggie's Centres|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]].
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