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2006 in architecture

The year 2006 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events
January 9 – Fire destroys Chicago's 1891 Pilgrim Baptist Church, designed by Louis Sullivan. • January 31 – Ground breaks on Waterview Tower, and the 89-story Shangri-La Hotel in Chicago. • March 15Cirrus apartment building topped off in Helsinki, becoming the tallest building in Finland (until 2014). • April 10 – Groundbreaking ceremony for the High Line elevated greenway in New York City. • April 27 – Construction work begins on the Freedom Tower, a replacement for the World Trade Center. • July 8 – The government of Abu Dhabi and Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation signs a memorandum of understanding for the building of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. • September 21 – Construction work begins on the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management campus, designed by David Adjaye. ==Buildings and structures==
Buildings and structures
BuildingsFebruary 5Madrid-Barajas Airport Terminal 4 inaugurated, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers. • March 1 – The Senedd, the National Assembly building in Cardiff, Wales, by architect Richard Rogers, is opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. in Stuttgart, Germany • April 4Busch Stadium, designed by Populous (formerly HOK sport), opened as the new home of the St. Louis Cardinals. • May 4Hearst Tower employees move into the Norman Foster designed, diagrid building near Columbus Circle, in New York City. • May 5Aurora Tower opened to the public as the tallest building in Brisbane, Australia (until 2012). • May 19Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, designed by UNStudio, opened. • May 237 World Trade Center officially opens the new building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at noon, with a free concert. • May 26Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the Hamburg architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners. • June 14Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts grand opening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Canadian Diamond and Schmitt Architects. • June 16The National Library of Belarus opened in Minsk, Belarus in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron. • June 20Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, inaugurated. • June 26Savill Building opens at the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, Surrey, with a gridshell roof designed by Glen Howells Architects. • July – Red Ribbon (bench), designed by Turenscape as part of Tanghe River Park, Qinhuangdao, China, opens. • July 1 – Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, designed by Foster and Partners opens as part of The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture refurbishment in Washington, D.C. • October 27Vesteda Tower a residential tower, designed by Jo Coenen, opens in Eindhoven, Netherlands. • November – Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, a drop-in cancer care centre; Zaha Hadid's first built work in the United Kingdom. • December 1Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, designed by Architectus, opens in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. • Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse officially opened in Eugene, Oregon, designed by Morphosis. • date unknownAmerica's Cup Building inaugurated in Valencia, Spain, designed by British architect David Chipperfield. ==Buildings completed==
Buildings completed
January 1610 Holloway Circus is completed in Birmingham, UK, designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners. • October 9Beetham Tower in Manchester, UK, designed by architect Ian Simpson, who himself resides in the top penthouse. • December 10Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston completed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. • December – Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia. • date unknownAccordia housing development in Cambridge, UK, phase 1 construction, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects (Stirling Prize 2008). • Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France, completed by José Oubrerie to a church design by Le Corbusier (died 1965) begun in 1971. • CNOOC Building in Beijing, designed by American architects Kohn Pedersen Fox. • KUMU (KUnstiMUuseum), Tallinn, Estonia, designed by Finnish architect Pekka Vapaavuori. • Halmstad Library, Halmstad, Sweden, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. • The New York Times Building in New York City, designed by Renzo Piano and Fox & Fowle. ==Awards==
Deaths
March 9Harry Seidler, Austrian-born Australian architect (born 1923) • April 25Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies (born 1916) • May 10Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer (born 1917) • July 5Hugh Stubbins, US architect (born 1912) ==See also==
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