Buildings •
February 5 –
Madrid-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 4 –
Busch Stadium, designed by
Populous (formerly HOK sport), opened as the new home of the
St. Louis Cardinals. •
May 4 –
Hearst Tower employees move into the
Norman Foster designed,
diagrid building near
Columbus Circle, in New York City. •
May 5 –
Aurora Tower opened to the public as
the tallest building in
Brisbane, Australia (until 2012). •
May 19 –
Mercedes-Benz Museum,
Stuttgart, Germany, designed by
UNStudio, opened. •
May 23 –
7 World Trade Center officially opens the
new building designed by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at noon, with a free concert. •
May 26 –
Berlin Hauptbahnhof (
Berlin Main Station) opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the
Hamburg architecture firm
Gerkan, Marg and Partners. •
June 14 –
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts grand opening in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by
Canadian Diamond and Schmitt Architects. •
June 16 –
The National Library of Belarus opened in
Minsk,
Belarus in the shape of a
rhombicuboctahedron. •
June 20 –
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris, designed by
Jean Nouvel, inaugurated. •
June 26 –
Savill 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 27 –
Vesteda 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 1 •
Queensland 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 unknown –
America's Cup Building inaugurated in
Valencia, Spain, designed by
British architect David Chipperfield. ==Buildings completed==