2011 in architecture

• February 6 – Cambodian officials claim that "a wing" of Preah Vihear (11th-century Hindu temple) has collapsed due to an alleged Thai bombardment in the 2008–2013 Cambodian–Thai border crisis. • May – Broadcaster BBC North begins its move into Bridge House, Dock House and Quay House, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, England. • June 15 – St Paul's Cathedral in London completes its 15-year £40 million restoration project of cleaning and repair, among the largest such projects ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. • November – The fourth World Architecture Festival is held in Barcelona. • November 3–11 – Typhoon Haiyan causes widespread destruction in Southeast Asia. Among buildings seriously damaged is Guiuan Church in the Philippines. ==Buildings and structures==

Buildings opened , St. Petersburg, Florida, United States in Mexico City, Mexico in Glasgow, Scotland • January 11 – Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, designed by HOK. • January 21 – Museum of Old and New Art, on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, designed by Nonda Katsalidis. • January 25 – New World Center, home of the New World Symphony Orchestra, at Miami Beach, Florida, designed by Frank Gehry. • February 10 — The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro • February 28 – Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, designed by Fernando Romero. • March 1 – Media City Footbridge across the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, England, designed by Gifford and Wilkinson Eyre Architects. • April 16 – Turner Contemporary art gallery, in Margate, Kent, England, designed by David Chipperfield. • May 1 – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin. • May 21 – The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, West Yorkshire, England, designed by David Chipperfield. • June 16 – Gothenburg Mosque, Sweden. • June 20 – Riverside Museum, the new development of the Glasgow Museum of Transport in Scotland, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. • June 25 – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. • July 19 – New Museum of Liverpool, at Liverpool Pier Head, England, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold. • August 27 – Rustavi Sioni, church in Rustavi, Georgia, designed by Besarion Menabde, Nikoloz Abashidze and Nikolos Dadiani (consecration date). • September – firstsite new art gallery, Colchester, England, designed by Rafael Viñoly. • December 21 – Capital Gate skyscraper hotel and office building, in Abu Dhabi. Buildings completed , England in Seville, Spain in Scotland at Olympic Park, London, England • January • City of Westminster College, Paddington Green Campus, London, designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects. • Heron Tower in the City of London, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. • February • 8 Spruce Street, a skyscraper in New York City, USA, designed by Frank Gehry. • Sunset Chapel, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, designed by BNKR Arquitectura. • March 29 – London Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous. • April – Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain, designed by Jürgen Mayer. • July 6 – Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Panama and Latin America. • July 27 – London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid. • September • CMA CGM Tower in Marseille, designed by Zaha Hadid. • Aberdeen University New Library in Scotland, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects. • October 20 — Milstein Hall at Cornell University, designed by Rem Koolhaas • October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond, erected at Olympic Park, London. • November • Canada Water Library in London Docklands, designed by Piers Gough of CZWG. • Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo, New York, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. • dates unknown • N M Rothschild & Sons' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed. • Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire, England. • Eighth Avenue Place East in Calgary, Alberta • Maggie's Centres, drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain • Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London, England, designed by Assemble. • New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion. • University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion. • The Crystal, Copenhagen, Denmark (part of Nykredit headquarters), designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. • Kravis Center, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion. ==Awards==

• AIA Gold Medal – Fumihiko Maki • Architecture Firm Award – BNIM Architects • Carbuncle Cup – MediaCityUK • Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – Robert A. M. Stern • Emporis Skyscraper Award – 8 Spruce Street New York City designed by Frank Gehry • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – David Chipperfield • Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Michel Desvigne • Lawrence Israel Prize – David Rockwell • LEAF Award, Overall Winner – OBR Open Building Research • Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award – Ricardo Legorreta • Pritzker Architecture Prize – Eduardo Souto de Moura • RAIA Gold Medal – Graeme Gunn • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – David Chipperfield • Stirling Prize – Zaha Hadid for Evelyn Grace Academy • Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Maya Lin • International Union of Architects UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira • AIA Twenty-five Year Award – John Hancock Tower designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners • UIA Gold Medal – Álvaro Siza Vieira • Vincent Scully Prize – William K. Reilly ==Births==

• June 6 • Stefan Kuryłowicz, Polish architect (born 1949) • Amnon Niv, Israeli architect and urban designer (born 1930) • September 17 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect (born 1921) • September 27 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (born 1935) • October 2 – Efraín Recinos, Guatemalan architect (born 1928) • October 5 – Enver Faja, Albanian architect (born 1934) • October 24 – Bruno Weber, Swiss architect (born 1931) • November 25 – Karel Hubacek, Czech architect (born 1924) • December 12 – Gene Summers, American architect (born 1928) • December 26 – Kiyonori Kikutake, Japanese architect, co-founder of the Metabolist group. (born 1928) • December 27 – Anne Tyng, American architect (born 1920) • December 30 – Ricardo Legorreta, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medalist (born 1931) ==See also==