The year 2020 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

List of years in architecture (table)
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Events

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Buildings and structures

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Crown Sydney
 
Vancouver House
Australia
Belgium
  • Alex guesthouse (private garden building), Berlare, designed by Atelier Vens Vanbelle, completed.[2]
Canada
Germany
Hong Kong
  • M+ museum scheduled for completion.[3]
India
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
  • Stone Garden (apartments), Beirut, designed by Lina Gotmeh, completed.[6]
Mexico
Norway
  • Powerhouse Telemark, "energy positive" project in Porsgrunn designed by Snøhetta.[3]
People's Republic of China
Sweden
  • Norra Tornen, a pair of residential buildings in Stockholm designed by OMA, is completed
Taiwan
  • Tainan Spring (adaptive reuse), Tainan, designed by MVRDV, completed.[9]
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom

Awards

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Exhibitions

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pidd, Helen (2020-11-16). "Manchester prepares for fall of its 'Berlin Wall'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  2. ^ "Alex Guesthouse / atelier vens vanbelle". ArchDaily. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The most anticipated buildings set to shape the world in 2020 CNN Style, Dec 31, 2019
  4. ^ "Kuma-designed pop culture museum opens early in Saitama | the Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis".
  5. ^ "Japan's New Kadokawa Culture Museum is Housed in an Angular, Granite Structure Designed by Kengo Kuma". 21 July 2020.
  6. ^ "'stone garden' tower expresses the archaeological language of beirut". designboom. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  7. ^ Tendrá Nuevo León el primer edificio ‘Cero Energía’ de México Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine El Mañana (Mexico), 12 Jan 2020
  8. ^ Lang, Fabienne (2020-06-08). "World's Highest Horizontal Skyscraper at 250 Meters Opens in China". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  9. ^ "Tainan Spring / MVRDV". ArchDaily. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  10. ^ "100 Liverpool Street". Hopkins Architects. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  11. ^ "Hackney New Primary Sch & 333 Kingsland Rd London 2015–2020". Henley Halebrown. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  12. ^ Jenkinson, Orlando (2021-09-16). "Kingston University opens new 'Town House' building". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  13. ^ "New stroke research centre opens in Oxford". NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  14. ^ Wilson, Rob (2021-04-12). "Reiach and Hall completes Falkirk campus for Forth Valley College". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  15. ^ "Leaf Awards – 14th October 2021, London". Leafawards.arena-international.com. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  16. ^ Wainwright, Oliver (4 March 2020). "Irish women win Pritzker prize, architecture's highest honour". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  17. ^ Block, India (2019-10-02). "Grafton Architects wins 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal". de zeen. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  18. ^ "RIBA guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak". architecture.com.
  19. ^ Richard Waite (30 September 2020). "RIBA cancels 2020 Stirling Prize". architectsjournal.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Eric Owen Moss Architects takes home the AIA's 2020 Twenty-Five Year Award". 8 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Rem Koolhaas and AMO Explore Radical Change in the World's Nonurban Territories in the Guggenheim Exhibition Countryside, the Future".
  22. ^ "Yona Friedman, French Architect and Urban Planner Passes Away at 96". ArchDaily. February 21, 2020.
  23. ^ "Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92". The Guardian. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Legendary French Minimalist Designer Christian Liaigre Dies at 77". Interior Design. 4 September 2020.