Editing 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.
* ''date unknown''
** [[Daniel Libeskind]]'s design, entitled [[Memory Foundations]], is accepted for the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] site in [[New York City|New York]].
** Demolition of the [[Marsham Towers|Department of the Environment Building]] (completed [[1971 in architecture|1971]]) at Marsham Street, [[City of Westminster|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 [[76th Academy Awards nominees and winners|2003]] [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/283285/My-Architect/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604110453/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/283285/My-Architect/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-04 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2008 |title=NY Times: My Architect |accessdate=2008-11-23}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2003}}
===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]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España, 2012-12-15, DD 02.jpg|thumb|[[Auditorio de Tenerife]] in [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], Spain]]
[[File:Betty Gordon Moore Lib Cambridge.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-16290383|title=A final look at GCHQ's top secret Oakley site in Cheltenham|first=Steve|last=Knibbs|date=2011-12-21|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2013-12-17}}</ref>
* [[Eleanor Roosevelt College]], [[University of California, San Diego]], designed by Moshe Safdie.
* [[Anshun Bridge]] replica in [[Chengdu]], China, completed in August.
* [[Kamačnik Bridge]], Gorski Kotar, Croatia, designed by [[Zlatko Šavor]] and built by [[Konstruktor]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Konstruktor]]|url=http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/62/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/7/Default.aspx|language=Croatian|title=Most Kamačnik|trans-title=Kamačnik Bridge|accessdate=2010-10-12|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234930/http://www.konstruktor-split.hr/reference/tabid/905/agentType/View/PropertyID/62/sortBy/Published/PropertyTypeID/7/Default.aspx|archivedate=2011-07-27}}</ref>
* [[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 (Moscow Metro)|Park Pobedy station]] in the Moscow Metro system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.metro.ru/mtt0603.html|title=Park Pobedy, 165th Station of the Moscow metro|work=news.metro.ru}}</ref>
* [[:File:Treppenturm, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 150118, ako.jpg|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.
* [[:File:Black rubber cottage, Dungeness - geograph.org.uk - 1416427.jpg|Black rubber house]], [[Dungeness (headland)|Dungeness beach]], Kent, England, designed by Simon Conder Associates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Black Rubber Beach House by Simon Conder Associates|first=Ashleigh|last=Davis|date=2013-08-25|work=de zeen|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/08/25/black-rubber-beach-house-by-simon-conder-associates/|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>
* [[Pie house]] in [[Deerfield, Illinois]].
* [[Torre Mayor]], [[List of tallest buildings in Mexico|the tallest building in Mexico (2003–present)]].

==Awards==
[[File:Selfridges, Birmingham UK (6778243520).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Selfridges Building, Birmingham|Selfridges Building]] in the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bull Ring]] in [[Birmingham]], which wins [[Future Systems]] seven architecture awards]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[The Miller Hull Partnership]]
* [[Alvar Aalto Medal]] – [[Rogelio Salmona]]
* [[Driehaus Architecture Prize|Driehaus Prize]]&nbsp;– [[Léon Krier]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients|url=http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/|publisher=Notre Dame School of Architecture|accessdate=5 April 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130403083406/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/|archive-date=2013-04-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Emporis Skyscraper Award]] – [[30 St Mary Axe]]
* [[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) – [[Zaha Hadid]] for [[Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North]]
* [[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Michel Corajoud]]
* [[Mies van der Rohe Prize]] – [[Zaha Hadid]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[Rem Koolhaas]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Jørn Utzon]]
* [[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Yves Lion]] and [[Claire Piguet]], [[French Embassy in Beirut]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Peter Corrigan]]
* [[RIAS Award for Architecture]] – [[Sutherland Hussey Architects]] for [[An Turas Ferry Shelter]], Tiree
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Rafael Moneo]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[Herzog & de Meuron]] for [[Laban (college)|Laban]], [[Deptford]], London<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arquitecturaviva.com/articles/premio-stirling-2004-2 |title=Stirling Prize 2003 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 April 2004 |website=Arquitectura Viva |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects|Tod Williams and Billie Tsien]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Design Research (store)|Design Research Headquarters Building]]

==Deaths==
* [[March 3]] – [[Peter Smithson]], English architect (born [[1923 in architecture|1923]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Sam Scorer]], English architect (born 1923)
* [[April 10]] – [[Abraham Zabludovsky (architect)|Abraham Zabludovsky]], Polish-born Mexican architect (born [[1924 in architecture|1924]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Philip Powell (architect)|Sir Philip Powell]], English architect (born [[1921 in architecture|1921]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Geoffrey Bawa]], Sri Lankan architect (born [[1919 in architecture|1919]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Cedric Price]], English architect (born [[1934 in architecture|1934]])

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

==References==
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