Overview of the events of 2017 in architecture
The year 2017 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Belgium
Brazil
China
Germany
South Africa
Spain
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Early – West Court, Jesus College, Cambridge , designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, first phase completed
February – Berkshire House (private home) near Caversham, Reading , designed by Gregory Phillips Architects , completed[3]
March – Leatare Quad at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford , designed by John Simpson Architects , completed
March 18 – Cohen Quad for Exeter College, Oxford , designed by Alison Brooks Architects , opened[4]
May – Sibson Building , University of Kent , Canterbury , designed by Penoyre & Prasad , opened
May 16 – Big Data Institute, University of Oxford , designed by Make Architects , opened
June – NGS Macmillan Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, designed by The Manser Practice, opened[5]
June 29 – New entrance, courtyard and gallery for Victoria and Albert Museum in London designed by Amanda Levete 's AL A [6]
Summer – Black House (private home), Great Chart , Kent, designed by Andy Ramus (AR Design Studio), completed
October 18 – Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College, Oxford , designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, opened[7]
October 24 – Bloomberg London European headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners , opened; awarded 2018 Stirling Prize [8]
October 28 – Lombard Wharf (residential tower), Battersea , London, designed by Patel Taylor , completed[9]
November 1 – New (sunken) library, The Queen's College, Oxford , designed by Rick Mather Architects, opened
December 13 – New Embassy of the United States , London, designed by KieranTimberlake , opened to public
Baltimore Tower in London Docklands designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Caring Wood (private home), Leeds, Kent , designed by James Macdonald Wright of Macdonald Wright Architects and Niall Maxwell, completed[10]
Redesdale (private home), Boars Hill , Oxford, designed by Khoury Architects, completed
No. 37 (private home), Belfast , Northern Ireland, designed by Family Architects
Vex House, Stoke Newington , London, designed by Chance De Silva[11]
Two Fifty One, a mixed-use development in Elephant and Castle , London, designed by Allies and Morrison , completed
Bushey Cemetery for United Synagogue, designed by Waugh Thistleton, completed[12]
United States
Events
Awards
Deaths
January 5 – Leonardo Benevolo , Italian architectural historian (b. 1923)[18]
March 5 – Leonard Manasseh , British architect (b. 1916)
March 7 – Slavko Brezovski , Macedonian architect (b. 1922)
March 10 – Christopher Gray , American journalist and architectural historian (b. 1950)
March 17 – Hugh Hardy , American architect (b. 1932)
April 1 – Antonio Lamela , Spanish architect (b. 1926)
May 2 – Diane Lewis , American architect, author and academic (b. 1951)
July 1 – Richard Gilbert Scott , English architect (b. 1923)[19]
July 4 – Bryan Avery , English architect (b. 1944)
August 15 – Gunnar Birkerts , 92, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
September 1 – Gin D. Wong , 94, Chinese-born American architect (b. 1922)
September 9 – Otto Meitinger , 90, German architect and preservationist (b. 1929)
September 15 – Albert Speer Jr. , 83, German architect (b. 1934)
September 28 – Vann Molyvann , 90, Cambodian architect (b. 1926)
October 5 – Dan Hanganu , 78, Romanian born Canadian architect (b. 1939)
October 29 – Manfredi Nicoletti , 89, Italian architect (b.1930)
November 30 – Vincent Scully , 97,r American architectural historian (b. 1920)
December 29 – John C. Portman Jr. , American architect (Peachtree Center ) (b. 1924)
References
^ "Children Village" . RIBA. 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .
^ Wainwright, Oliver (June 24, 2017). "' I wanted the building to fly': Piano's seafront art gallery opens in Santander" . The Guardian . London. pp. 26–7. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
^ "Berkshire House, Reading" . RIBAJ . Royal Institute of British Architects. May 17, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018 .
^ "Exeter College holds formal opening of Cohen Quad" . Oxford: Exeter College. March 20, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018 .
^ "NGS Macmillan Unit" . RIBA Architecture.com . 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018 .
^ Lusiardi, Federica (April 27, 2016). "The renovated V&A by Amanda Levete Architects" . inexhibit . Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
^ Hughes, Pete (October 18, 2017). "Malaysian Sultan and Duchess of Cornwall open new building at Oxford University" . The Oxford Times . Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
^ "Bloomberg HQ in London wins Riba architecture prize" . BBC News . October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ "Lombard Wharf / Patel Taylor" . ArchDaily . October 28, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
^ Moore, Rowan (June 11, 2017). "Shout it from the rooftops" . The Observer . London. p. 28 (New Review). Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
^ Moore, Rowan (May 14, 2017). "Vex review – London's grooviest house" . The Observer . London. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .
^ Moore, Rowan (January 7, 2018). "Bushey Jewish Cemetery review – a place of dignity and ease" . The Observer . London. Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ Stacey, Kevin (October 20, 2017). "Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors" . Brown University. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
^ "Brown University, Engineering Research Center" . BuroHappold Engineering . Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
^ Hill, John (January 9, 2016). "Time's up for the Brutalist Fogarty building in downtown Providence" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved July 1, 2018 .
^ Bogdan, Jennifer (May 9, 2017). "Stalled demolition of Fogarty Building in Providence expected to resume Saturday" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved July 1, 2018 .
^ Borg, Linda (May 13, 2017). "Last wall of Fogarty Building falls in Providence" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved July 1, 2018 .
^ Bucci, Stefano (January 6, 2017). "Morto Leonardo Benevolo, l'urbanista che ridisegnò le periferie" . Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
^ Stamp, Gavin (July 15, 2017). "Richard Gilbert Scott" . The Guardian (53150). London. p. 38. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .