Editing 2004 in architecture

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The year '''2004 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* January 28 – [[Transformation AGO]]: The [[Art Gallery of Ontario]] announces that [[Frank Gehry]] has designed a renovation and expansion of the gallery. Supposedly in the shape of an [[ice skate]], the change is met with opposition by frequent benefactor [[Kenneth Thomson]].
* March 24 – Demolition of the [[Brutalist]] [[Tricorn Centre]] in [[Portsmouth]], England ([[1966 in architecture|1966]]) begins.
* June – Plans for The Cloud, a "[[Fourth Grace]]" at [[Liverpool]] [[Pier Head]] in England by [[Will Alsop]], are abandoned.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ward|first=David|title=Liverpool scraps plans for Cloud: Spiralling cost and design change end ambitious waterfront project|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/cityofculture2008/story/0,,1265310,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=2004-07-20}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2004}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Ray and Maria Stata Center (MIT).JPG|thumb|[[Ray and Maria Stata Center]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], USA]]
[[File:SPCB - Public entrance at the Scottish Parliament.jpg|thumb|The [[Scottish Parliament Building]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland]]
[[File:Tyneview.jpg|thumb|[[The Sage Gateshead]] in [[Gateshead]], England]]
* March 16 – [[Ray and Maria Stata Center]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Cambridge, designed by [[Frank Gehry]], is opened.
* April 8 – [[ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum]] (art museum) in [[Aarhus]], Denmark, designed by [[Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects]], is opened.
* April 28 – [[30 St Mary Axe]] in the City of London (the Swiss Re building), designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], is completed.
* May 1 – [[Europa Tower]] in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]], the tallest building in the [[Baltic States]] (2004–present), is opened.
* May 8 – [[Forum Building]], by [[Herzog & de Meuron]], inaugurated in [[Barcelona]] during the opening ceremony of the [[2004 Universal Forum of Cultures]].
* May 23 – [[Seattle Central Library]], designed by [[Rem Koolhaas]] and [[Joshua Prince-Ramus]], is opened to the public.
* July 16 – [[BP Pedestrian Bridge]] in [[Millennium Park]] in the [[Chicago Loop]], designed by [[Frank Gehry]], is opened.
* September – [[:File:Toronto - ON - Ontario College of Art & Design.jpg|Sharp Centre for Design]], [[Ontario College of Art & Design]], [[Toronto]], designed by [[Will Alsop]] of Alsop Architects, is completed.
* October – [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]] performance venue in [[New York City]], designed by [[Rafael Viñoly]], is opened.
* October 9 – [[Scottish Parliament Building]] in [[Edinburgh]], by [[Enric Miralles]], opened.
* October 14 – [[Lewis Glucksman Gallery]] at [[University College Cork]], Ireland, designed by [[O'Donnell & Tuomey]], is opened.
* November 18 – [[Clinton Presidential Center]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], by [[James Polshek]], is opened.
* November 20 – Expansion and renovation of New York's [[Museum of Modern Art]] designed by [[Yoshio Taniguchi]].
* November 28 – [[Wales Millennium Centre]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], designed by [[Jonathan Adams (architect)|Jonathan Adams]] of [[Percy Thomas Partnership]], is opened.
* December 14 – [[Millau Viaduct]], by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], at [[Millau]], France is opened.
* December 17 – [[The Sage Gateshead]], a concert hall designed by [[Foster and Partners]], opens in [[North East England]].
* December 31 – [[Taipei 101]] is opened in [[Taiwan]], and remains one of the tallest buildings in the world.
* Netherlands Embassy in [[Berlin]] opened, designed by [[Rem Koolhaas]].
* [[IT University of Copenhagen]] opens its new building in [[Ørestad]], Denmark, designed by [[Henning Larsen]].
* The [[Chongqing World Trade Center]] in [[Chongqing]], China is topped out in a ceremony.
* [[Goldman Sachs Tower (30 Hudson Street)|30 Hudson Street]], [[New Jersey]], USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower), [[Jersey City]]'s tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
* Reconstruction of [[Nový Dvůr Monastery]], Czech Republic, by [[John Pawson]] is completed.
* Reconstruction of Kingswood School, Dulwich, London, by De Rijke Marsh Morgan is completed.

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Samuel Mockbee]] (awarded posthumously)
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Lake Flato Architects]]
* [[Driehaus Architecture Prize|Driehaus Prize]]&nbsp;– [[Demetri Porphyrios]]<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=2014-04-05|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]] – [[Taipei 101]]
* [[Grand prix national de l'architecture]] – [[Patrick Berger (architect)|Patrick Berger]]
* [[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Christian de Portzamparc]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award]] – [[Oscar Niemeyer]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Zaha Hadid]]
* [[Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France]] – [[Shigeru Ban]]
* [[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]] – [[Antoinette Robain]] and [[Claire Guieysse]], for the [[Centre National de la Danse]] de Pantin
* [[RIAS Award for Architecture]] – [[Elder and Cannon Architects]] for [[St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow|St. Aloysius' College]]'s Clavius Building, Glasgow
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Gregory Burgess]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Rem Koolhaas]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[30 St Mary Axe]], London by [[Foster and Partners]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=16 October 2004 |title=Building prize for 'icon Gherkin' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3750102.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Peter Walker (landscape architect)|Peter Walker]]
* [[Vincent Scully Prize]] – [[Aga Khan]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[National Gallery of Art#Buildings|East Building, National Gallery of Art]]

==Deaths==
* May 27 – [[Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp]], German American architect (born [[1943 in architecture|1943]])
* August 30 - [[E. Fay Jones]], American architect (born [[1921 in architecture|1921]])
* September 12 – [[Max Abramovitz]], American architect (born [[1908 in architecture|1908]])
* September 22 — [[Edward Larrabee Barnes]], American architect (born [[1915 in architecture|1915]])

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

==References==
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