2015 in architecture

• July – The Japanese government announces it is abandoning the original plans for a new National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo) for the 2020 Summer Olympics based on a design by Zaha Hadid. • November 4–6 – The eighth annual World Architecture Festival is held in Singapore. World heritage • 5 July – The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel in Hamburg (including Chilehaus, an exceptional example of Brick Expressionism), are listed as a World Heritage Site. ==Buildings and structures==

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , China in Zagreb, Croatia in Frankfurt, Germany in Valletta, Malta Buildings completed/opened ;Antarctica • March – Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, designed by Estúdio 41, scheduled to commence operation. ;Australia • January 21 – Brooke Street Pier, Hobart, Tasmania. • MPavilion (pop-up structure), Melbourne, designed by Amanda Levete's AL A. ;Brazil • December 17 – Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is opened. ;China • September 6 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world (2015–present), is completed. • Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza in Xiamen, designed by Gensler, is topped out. ;Croatia • Strojarska Business Center in Zagreb is completed. The main building, Building B, which has 25 floors and is 315 feet tall is the tallest residential building in Croatia. ;France • January 14 – Philharmonie de Paris, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened. ;Germany • March 18 – European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt. • May 9 – Propsteikirche, Leipzig, designed by Schulz und Schulz, consecrated. • October 23 – German Football Museum in Dortmund opened. ;Indonesia • Gama Tower in Jakarta, the tallest building in Indonesia (2015–present), is topped off. ;Italy • Australian Pavilion for Venice Biennale of Architecture 2016, designed by Denton Corker Marshall, built. ;Malta • May 4 – Parliament House, Valletta, designed by Renzo Piano. ;Netherlands • Nov 19 - Arnhem Centraal Railway Station, Arnhem, designed by UNStudio. Construction started in 2006. ;Peru • UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología), Lima, designed by Grafton Architects with Shell Arquitectos. ;Poland • National Forum of Music in Wrocław. ;Russia • Federation Tower, in Moscow, the tallest building in Europe, projected for completion. ;Singapore • March 10 – Learning Hub at Nanyang Technological University, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opened. • November 24 – National Gallery Singapore, designed by Studio Milou Architecture, projected for opening. ;United Kingdom • January – Darbishire Place social housing for the Peabody Trust in London, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects. • February 14 – Extension to Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, designed by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA). • May 21 – HOME, an arts venue in Manchester, designed by Mecanoo. • May 26 – Investcorp Building at Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford, designed by Zaha Hadid. • June – Trafalgar Place housing development in south London by dRMM Architects completed. • August – City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus, designed by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects, opens to students. ;United States • May 1 – New Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, designed by Renzo Piano. • September 20 – The Broad (contemporary art museum) in Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. • December 23 – 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world (2015–2020) is completed. ;Zimbabwe • January – Tokwe Mukorsi Dam, Masvingo. ==Awards==

, by Barozzi Veiga • AIA Gold Medal – Moshe Safdie • Architecture Firm Award AIA – Ehrlich Architects • Carbuncle Cup – 20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie') • Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical Architecture – David M. Schwarz, United States • Emporis Skyscraper Award – Shanghai Tower designed by Jun Xia • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Prize) – Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by Barozzi Veiga • Lawrence Israel Prize – Tony Chi • Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Dominique Perrault • Pritzker Architecture Prize – Frei Otto, Germany (posthumous) • RAIA Gold Medal – Peter Stutchbury • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – O'Donnell & Tuomey, Ireland • RIBA Stirling Prize – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Burntwood School • Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – Herman Hertzberger • Twenty-five Year Award by AIA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Broadgate Exchange House ==Exhibitions==

• April 24 – August 2 – "Drawing Ambience: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association" at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island. • May 1 until October 31 – Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy. ==Deaths==

• January 16 – Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect • January 18 – Verma Panton, 78, Jamaican architect • February 9 – Jon Jerde, 75, American architect • March 9 – Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer • March 12 – Michael Graves, 80, American architect • April 28 – Einar Thorsteinn, 73. Icelandic architect • March 19 – Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect • May 11 – Derek Walker, 85, English architect and urban planner • May 16 – Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect • May 31 – Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 60, French architect • June 12 – James Gowan, 92, Scottish-born architect • June 26 – Donald Wexler, 89, American architect • June 28 – Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect • November 7 – Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist • December 11 – Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect • December 19 – Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian born New Zealand architect ==See also==

• month day – name, Australian architect (died 19xx) --> ==References==