2022 in architecture
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Overview of the events of 2022 in architecture
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The year 2022 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
[edit ]- 1 March - Russian shelling of Freedom Square in Kharkiv severely damages the Regional State Administration Building and more heritage listed buildings.[1]
- 16 March - Shelling in Mariupol destroys Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre.[2]
- 8 October - Crimean Bridge between Crimea and Russia, the longest bridge in Europe, the road section of the bridge collapsed due to explosion.[3]
Buildings and structures
[edit ]- India
- The Statue of Belief (Vishwas Swaroopam), depicting Shiva opens on 29 October in Rajasthan.
- Spain
- Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona, designed by Suma Arquitectura, is formally inaugurated on 28 May.
- Taiwan
- Taipei Performing Arts Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten at Office for Metropolitan Architecture, opens officially on 7 August.[4]
- Turkey
- 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, is completed.
- United Arab Emirates
- The Museum of the Future designed by Killa Design architecture studio and engineered by Buro Happold opened to public on 22 February in Dubai.[5]
- United States
- The Mies Building for the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington is completed based largely on a 1952 design by Mies van der Rohe.[6]
Awards
[edit ]- AIA Gold Medal – Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa
- Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Rob Krier
- Pritzker Architecture Prize – Diébédo Francis Kéré
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – B. V. Doshi
- RAIA Gold Medal – Sean Godsell
- Stirling Prize – The New Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge [7]
- Upcoming
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – (announced end April)
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture – (announced autumn)
Exhibitions
[edit ]See also: Category:Architecture museums
- 6 Feb - 2 July: MoMA New York: "The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985", curated by Martino Stierli and Anoma Pieris.[8]
Deaths
[edit ]- January 11 - Eberhard Zeidler, 95, German-born Canadian architect (Eaton Centre) (b. 1926)
- January 14 - Ricardo Bofill, 82, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
- March 17 - Christopher Alexander, 85, Austrian born British-American architect and design theorist (b. 1936)
- March 24 - John Andrews, 88, Australian architect (b. 1933)[9]
- August 9 - Miles Warren, 93, New Zealand architect (b. 1929)
- August 16
- Mark Girouard, 90, English architectural writer and historian (b. 1931)[10]
- John Rauch, 91, American architect (b. 1930)[11]
- August 23 - José Vivas, 94, Venezuelan architect (b. 1928)
- September 9 - James Polshek, 92, American architect (Clinton Presidential Center, the Brooklyn Museum) (b. 1930)
- September 17 - Vlado Milunić, 81, Croatian-Czech architect (Dancing House) (b. 1941)
- October 14 - Étienne Gaboury, 92, Canadian architect (Royal Canadian Mint- Winnipeg, Saint Boniface Cathedral, Esplanade Riel) (b. 1930)
- October 20 - Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, 98, British-born Canadian architect and city planner (Expo 67) (b. 1923)
- November 10 - Agustín Hernández Navarro, 98, Mexican architect (b. 1924)
- December 29 - Arata Isozaki, 91, Japanese architect (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, MOCA, Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art), Pritzker Prize winner (2019) (b. 1931)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Ravenscroft, T (2022) Ukraine invasion leading to "barbaric destruction of architectural heritage", dezeen 10 March
- ^ Tondo, L. & Kishiw, I. (2022) "Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians", in The Guardian.
- ^ "Three killed as huge explosion causes key Crimea-Russia road bridge to collapse – as it happened". the Guardian. 2022年10月08日. Retrieved 2022年11月15日.
- ^ Nepilova, Hannah (2022年08月09日). "New Taipei Performing Arts Center opens in Taiwan". Classical Music. BBC. Retrieved 2022年08月17日.
- ^ "Dubai's Museum of the Future is Now Open". 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Indiana University Inaugurates Long-Lost Project Designed by Mies van der Rohe". ArchDaily. 2022年02月25日. Archived from the original on 2025年07月20日. Retrieved 2025年07月10日.
- ^ "Riba Stirling Prize: Cambridge University library wins top architecture award". BBC News. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ MoMA: "The Project of Independence", retrieved 17 March 2022
- ^ "Vale John Andrews AO". Australian Institute of Architects. 2022年03月28日. Retrieved 2023年04月18日.
- ^ "Mark Girouard, author of classic works on architecture and social history including Life in the English Country House – Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2022年08月17日. (subscription required)
- ^ Miles, Gary (August 24, 2022). "John K. Rauch, celebrated architect and cofounder of Venturi & Rauch, has died at 91". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved February 23, 2023.