Editing 2007 in architecture

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The year '''2007 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
*[[May 30]] – The [[Saitta House]] at [[Dyker Heights]], [[Brooklyn]], New York built in [[1899 in architecture|1899]] is added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>“[http://www.dykerheightscivicassociation.com/saittareport.pdf Saitta House – Report Part 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216233832/http://www.dykerheightscivicassociation.com/saittareport.pdf|date=December 16, 2008}} ''DykerHeightsCivicAssociation.com''</ref>
*June 26 – The [[Museum of the History of Polish Jews]] [[groundbreaking ]] ceremony is held in [[Warsaw]]. The building is completed in [[2013 in architecture|2013]].
*[[July 21]] – Construction of [[Burj Khalifa]] surpasses the height of [[Taipei 101]] (510 m) to become the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|tallest building in the world]] at 818m.

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:2018 National Art Center, Tokyo 2.jpg|thumb|[[The National Art Center, Tokyo]], Japan]]
[[File:National Monument, Islamabad, Pakistan by ZILL NIAZI.jpg|thumb|[[Pakistan Monument]] in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan]]
[[File:Bmwwelt2.jpg|thumb|[[BMW Welt]] in [[Munich]], Germany]]
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2007}}

===Buildings opened===
*[[January 20]] – [[Olympic Sculpture Park]], Seattle, WA., USA, designed by [[Weiss/Manfredi]].
*[[January 21]] – [[The National Art Center, Tokyo]], designed by [[Kisho Kurokawa]].
*[[February 28]] – [[San Francisco Federal Building]], by [[Morphosis]].
*[[March 8]] – [[Limoges Concert Hall]], France, by [[Bernard Tschumi|Bernard Tschumi Architects]].
*[[March 9]] – New [[Wembley Stadium]], London ([[Wembley Stadium (1924)|original stadium]] demolished in 2002).
*[[March 23]] – [[Pakistan Monument]], [[Islamabad]], designed by Arif Masoud.
*[[April 25]] – [[IAC (company)|IAC/InterActiveCorp]] headquarters opens in New York, by [[Gehry Partners]].
*[[May 27]] – St Bede's Church, [[Basingstoke]], England (Roman Catholic), designed by Maguire and Murray.
*[[June 2]] – [[:File:ROMCrystal3.jpg|Michael Lee-Chin Crystal]] at [[Royal Ontario Museum]], [[Toronto]], designed by [[Daniel Libeskind]].
*[[June 9]] – [[Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art#Bloch Building Addition|Bloch Building, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art addition]], Kansas City, Mo. by [[Steven Holl|Steven Holl Architects]].
*June – [[:File:Pawilon Wyspiański 2000, Kraków.JPG|Pawilon Wyspiański 2000]], [[Kraków]], Poland, by Krzysztof Ingarden.
*June–July – [[East Beach Cafe]], [[Littlehampton]], England, by [[Thomas Heatherwick]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2007/06/06/Sophie-Murray-on-opening-the-East-Beach-Cafe-in-Littlehampton|title=Sophie Murray on opening the East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton|website=bighospitality.co.uk}}</ref>
* August – [[La Vicaria Arch Bridge]] in Spain.
*[[August 9]] – [[:File:Roland Levinsky building.jpg|Roland Levinsky Building]] at the [[University of Plymouth]], Devon, England, by [[Henning Larsen]].
*[[September 16]] – [[Hull Paragon Interchange]] (railway station reconstruction), [[Kingston upon Hull]], England, designed by [[WilkinsonEyre]].
*October – [[Museum of Contemporary Art Denver]], by [[David Adjaye]].
*[[October 12]] – [[Armed Forces Memorial]], [[National Memorial Arboretum]], Staffordshire, England, by [[Liam O'Connor (architect)|Liam O'Connor]] Architects and Planning Consultants.
*[[October 17]] – [[BMW Welt]] ("BMW World") exhibition facility in [[Munich]], Germany, by [[Coop Himmelb(l)au]].
*[[November 3]] – [[Digital Beijing Building]] in China, by Pei Zhu.
*[[December 1]] – [[The New Museum of Contemporary Art]], New York, by [[SANAA]].
*[[December 10]] – Inauguration of [[Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles]]' major reconstruction as a transportation interchange in France.

==Buildings completed==
[[File:Fiftytwodegrees 1.jpg|thumb|The [[FiftyTwoDegrees]] in [[Nijmegen]], Netherlands]]
*[[Manchester Civil Justice Centre]] by [[Denton Corker Marshall]].
*[[Beetham Tower, Manchester]] by [[Ian Simpson (architect)|Ian Simpson]].
*[[Calgary Courts Centre]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
*[[Kolumba]] (diocesan art museum) in [[Cologne]], Germany, designed by [[Peter Zumthor]].
*[[Tama Art University Library]], [[Hachiōji]] campus in Tokyo, designed by [[Toyo Ito]].
*[[:File:Wachendorf-Feldkapelle-Bruder-Klaus.jpg|Wachendorf-Feldkapelle-Bruder-Klaus]], Germany, designed by Peter Zumthor.
*[[FiftyTwoDegrees]] in [[Nijmegen]], designed by [[Mecanoo]].
*[[:File:FLW Fontana Boathouse 8545.jpg|Fontana Boathouse]], [[West Side Rowing Club]], [[Buffalo, New York]], based on a 1905 plan by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].
*[[:File:Kingspan Lighthouse1.jpg|The Lighthouse]], [[Watford]], Britain's first zero-carbon house, designed by [[Sheppard Robson]].
*[[Albury Library Museum]], designed by [[Ashton Raggatt McDougall]] in Albury, New South Wales, Australia.

==Exhibitions==
* [[Arch Moscow]]

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[Edward Larrabee Barnes]]
* [[Architecture Firm Award]] – [[Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects]]
* [[BNA Building of the Year]] ([[:nl:BNA Gebouw van het Jaar|nl]]) - [[Vesteda Toren|Vesteda Tower]]
* [[Driehaus Architecture Prize]]&nbsp;– [[Jaquelin T. Robertson]]<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=April 3, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Emporis Skyscraper Award]] – [[Het Strijkijzer]]
* [[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] ([[Mies van der Rohe Prize]]) – [[Mansilla+Tuñón|Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos]] for [[Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León|Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León]]
* [[Grand Prix de l'urbanisme]] – [[Yves Lion]]
* [[Mies van der Rohe Prize]] – [[Mansilla+Tuñón|Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos]] for the [[MUSAC]] in [[León, Spain|León]], Spain
*[[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award]] – [[Herzog & de Meuron]]
* [[Pritzker Prize]] – [[Richard Rogers]]
* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Enrico Taglietti]]
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Herzog & de Meuron]]
* [[Stirling Prize]] – [[David Chipperfield Architects]] for the [[Museum of Modern Literature]] in [[Marbach am Neckar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/06/david-chipperfield-wins-stirling-prize/ |title=David Chipperfield wins Stirling Prize |last=Fairs |first=Marcus |date=6 October 2007 |website=Dezeen.com |access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Zaha Hadid]]
* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] – [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]]
* [[Vincent Scully Prize]] – [[Witold Rybczynski]]

==Deaths==
*[[May 14]] – Sir [[Colin St John Wilson]], English architect (born [[1922 in architecture|1922]])
*[[June 26]] – [[Lucien Hervé]], French architectural photographer (born [[1910 in architecture|1910]])
*[[June 20]] – [[Margaret Helfand]], American architect and urban planner based in Manhattan (born [[1947 in architecture|1947]]; colon cancer)
*[[August 11]] – [[Wolf Hilbertz]], German-born futurist architect, inventor and marine scientist (born [[1938_in_architecture#Births|1938]])
*[[September 30]] – [[Oswald Mathias Ungers]], German rationalist architect and architectural theorist (born [[1926 in architecture|1926]])
*[[October 12]] – [[Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa]], Japanese architect and co-founder of the Metabolist Movement (born [[1934 in architecture|1934]])
*[[October 21]] – [[Jorge Arango]], Colombian-born American minimalist architect (born [[1917 in architecture|1917]])

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

==References==
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