2004 in architecture

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See also: 2003 in architecture, other events of 2004, 2005 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

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.

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.

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

Births

Deaths

• September 12 - Max Abramovitz (born 1908)fr:2004 en architecture