2005 in architecture

• May 17 – The renovation and restoration of Mies van der Rohe's Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology commences with the smashing of the first of the large glass walls, a privilege auctioned on eBay for over $2,500. • May 20 – The United States Postal Service honors twelve "Masterworks of Modern Architecture" on first class postage stamps. • October 6–10 – Demolition of the last of the Xanadu Houses. ==Buildings and structures==

, Denmark , Germany in Bern, Switzerland Buildings opened • January 15 – Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen. • March 5 – The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, designed by Hascher et Jehle. • April 6 – New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. • April 14 – Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA. • April 17 – Expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. • April 28 – The Wynn Las Vegas, designed by Jon Jerde. • May 10 – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, designed by Peter Eisenman. • May 11 – Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University, Thailand, designed by Architects 49. • May 30 – Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. • June – Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, designed by Renzo Piano. • July 22 – Tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds, England. • August 27 – The Turning Torso in Malmö, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia (2005–present). • September – Idea Store Whitechapel, London, UK designed by David Adjaye Associates. • October 8 – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava. • October 15 – New de Young Museum in San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. • October 17–18 – National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, UK, designed by Wilkinson Eyre. • October 30 – The reconstructed Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, is consecrated. • specific date not listed • Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan, New York, United States is completed. • 2 Marsham Street in London, designed by Terry Farrell, is first occupied by the British government department, the Home Office, for whom it was built. • Maggie's Centre at Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, a drop-in cancer care centre designed by Page\Park Architects. Buildings completed , Spain • date unknown • The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China. • Chelsea Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. • Q1 Tower in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, the tallest building in Australia (2005–present). • Mirador apartment building in Madrid, Spain, designed by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó. • Tromsø Library and City Archives in Norway, designed by Kjell Beite. • Jaume Fuster Library in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Josep Llinás. • Alton Library, Alton, Hampshire, England, designed by Hampshire County Architects. • Santa Caterina Market roof in Barcelona, designed by Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue. • Antvorskov Church, Slagelse, Denmark, designed by Regnbuen Arkitekter. • St. Henry's Chapel, Turku, Finland, designed by Matti Sanaksenaho. • Private residences • Casa Poli, Concepción, Chile, designed by Pezo von Ellrichshausen. • Copper House 2, Talca, Chile, designed by Smiljan Radić Clarke. • Pite House, Papudo, Chile, designed by Smiljan Radić Clarke. • Casa Tóló, Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira. • Haus Bold, Bad Waldsee, Germany, designed by Thomas Bendel. • Light House, Notting Hill, London, designed by Gianni Botsford. ==Awards==

• AIA Gold Medal – Santiago Calatrava • Architecture Firm Award – Murphy/Jahn • AIA Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut by Louis Kahn • Driehaus Architecture Prize – Quinlan Terry • Emporis Skyscraper Award – Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Rem Koolhaas for Netherlands Embassy Berlin • Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bernard Reichen • LEAF Award, Grand Prix – Henning Larsen Architects for the IT University of Copenhagen • Mies van der Rohe Prize – Rem Koolhaas for the Dutch Embassy (Berlin) • Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Yoshio Taniguchi • Pritzker Prize – Thom Mayne, of Morphosis • Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source • RAIA Gold Medal – James Birrell • RIAS Award for Architecture – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT & RMJM • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frei Otto • Stirling Prize – Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, designed by EMBT & RMJM • Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Shigeru Ban • Vincent Scully Prize – The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) • Twenty-five Year Award – Yale Center for British Art • UIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando ==Deaths==

• January 6 – A. Hays Town, prominent American residential architect based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (born 1903) • January 23 – Richard Feilden OBE, leading UK architect based in Bath (born 1950) • January 25 – Philip Johnson, influential American architect, first Pritzker Prize honoree (born 1906) • March 16 – Ralph Erskine, British architect, designer of the Byker Wall (born 1914) • March 22 – Kenzo Tange, leading Japanese architect, winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize (born 1913) • June 4 – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (born 1919 • June 30 – Robert Y. Fleming, American architect (born 1925) • December 15 – James Ingo Freed, American architect (born 1930) ==See also==