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2016 in architecture

The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures
, Australia , Chile , China , Bordeaux, France in Jakarta, Indonesia in Lisbon, Portugal ;Australia • International Convention Centre Sydney opened. • October – 1 William Street, the tallest building in Brisbane (2016–2019), designed by Woods Bagot, is completed. ;Chile • October 19 – The Baháʼí House of Worship in Santiago, designed by Siamak Hariri, opened. ;China • Dacheng Muslim Cultural Center, by He Jingtang opens. • December 29 – Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world (2016–present), opened. ;France • May 31 – Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, opened. ;Germany • BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January. • Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion. • October 23 – Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin is completed. ;Greece • Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano is completed. ;Indonesia • Gama Tower, the tallest building in Jakarta (2016–present), Indonesia, is opened. ;Italy • BNL BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, designed by 5+1AA (Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo), is completed. ;Malta • April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated. ;Peru • Paracas Museum (Museo de Sitio de Paracas) on Paracas Peninsula, by designed by Barclay & Crousse, is built. ;Poland • May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland (2016-present), is completed. ;Portugal • October 5 – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, designed by Amanda Levete of AL A. ;South Korea • December 22 – Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea (2016–present), is completed. ;Sri Lanka • September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003). ;Thailand • August 29 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok. ;Turkey • August 26 – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge the second tallest suspension bridge in the world opened. ;United Arab Emirates • August 31 – Dubai Opera opened. ;United Kingdom • April 27 – Hastings Pier reconstruction, designed by Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, opened (Stirling Prize winner 2017). • May 21 – Command of the Oceans at Chatham Historic Dockyard, designed by Baynes and Mitchell Architects, opened. • August 4 – British Airways i360 observation tower, Brighton, designed by Marks Barfield, opened. • September • Art and Design Building, Bedales School, Steep, Hampshire, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. • City Campus, City of Glasgow College, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects. • Ineos headquarters building at Grangemouth, Scotland, designed by Michael Laird Architects, completed. • Barrett's Grove (apartments), Stoke Newington, London, designed by Groupwork and Amin Taha. • October – Photography studio for Juergen Teller, London, designed by 6a Architects. • October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, opened. • November 24 – Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum, opened. • December 8 – Winton Gallery at Science Museum, London, designed by Zaha Hadid. in Washington, D.C., USA • Goldsmith Street public housing (passive houses) in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches and Cathy Hawley. • House for Rowan Atkinson near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Berman Guedes Stretton and Roger Stretton. • September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened. • March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.