2004 in architecture
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Buildings
- 30 Hudson Street, New Jersey, USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower), Jersey City's tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
- April 28 - 30 St Mary Axe, London (the Swiss Re building), designed by Norman Foster is completed.
- May 8 - Forum Building, by Herzog & de Meuron, inaugurated in Barcelona during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures
- October 9 - Scottish Parliament Building by Enric Miralles opened.
- November 20 - Expansion and renovation of New York's Museum of Modern Art designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.
- December 14 - Millau Viaduct, by Norman Foster, at Millau, France is opened.
- December 31 - Taipei 101, which holds three out of the four records for tallest building in the world, is opened.
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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.
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Awards
- AIA Gold Medal - Samuel Mockbee (awarded posthumously in 2003)
- Grand prix national de l'architecture - Patrick Berger
- Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Christian de Portzamparc
- Pritzker Prize - Zaha Hadid
- Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France - Shigeru Ban
- Stirling Prize - 30 St Mary Axe, London by Foster and Partners
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Births
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