Editing 2000 in architecture

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

==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]] 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]].
*[[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, Greater Manchester|Salford]], England, designed by [[Michael Wilford]] and [[Buro Happold]].
*August – [[:pt:Centro Brasileiro Britânico|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 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>
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**[[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 in architecture|2002]].
*[[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]].

==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|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Richard Rogers]]
*[[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Rem Koolhaas]]
*[[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Philippe Gazeau]]
*[[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[John Morphett (architect)|John Morphett]]
*[[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Frank Gehry]]
*[[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]]
*[[Vincent Scully Prize]] – [[Jane Jacobs]]

==Deaths==
*[[January 18]] – [[Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky]], Austrian architect in the Nazi Resistance movement (born 1897)<ref>{{cite news|title=Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky: 'Sie haben gedacht, ich würde verhungern'|language=German|url=http://diestandard.at/1920037|accessdate=4 March 2013|newspaper=dieStandard.at|date=18 January 2005}}</ref>
*[[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)

==See also==
*[[Timeline of architecture]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:20th-century architecture]]
[[Category:2000 architecture]]