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Overview of the events of 2006 in architecture
The year 2006 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings
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April 4 –
Busch Stadium, designed by
Populous (formerly HOK sport), opened as the new home of the
St. Louis Cardinals.
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May 4 –
Hearst Tower employees move into the
Norman Foster designed,
diagrid building near
Columbus Circle, in New York City.
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May 5 –
Aurora Tower opened to the public as
the tallest building in
Brisbane, Australia (until 2012).
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May 19 –
Mercedes-Benz Museum,
Stuttgart, Germany, designed by
UNStudio, opened.
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May 23 –
7 World Trade Center officially opens the
new building designed by
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at noon, with a free concert.
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May 26 –
Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the
Hamburg architecture firm
Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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June 14 –
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts grand opening in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by
Canadian
Diamond and Schmitt Architects.
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June 16 –
The National Library of Belarus opened in
Minsk,
Belarus in the shape of a
rhombicuboctahedron.
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June 20 –
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris, designed by
Jean Nouvel, inaugurated.
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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.
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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.
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July 22 –
Emirates Stadium, designed by
Populous, opened in the
London Borough of Islington for the
Arsenal Football Club.
- Summer –
House of Sweden (the Swedish embassy) completed in Washington, D.C., designed by
Swedish architects
Gert Wingårdh and
Tomas Hansen.
- September –
Museum of Modern Literature (Literaturmuseum der Moderne or LiMo) opened in
Marbach, Germany, by
British architect
David Chipperfield.
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September 2 –
Bishan Community Library opened in
Singapore.
- October –
Janelia Farm Research Campus completed in
Loudoun County, Virginia, by
Rafael Viñoly.
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October 5 –
The Arsht Center opens in
Downtown Miami, Florida as the third largest performing arts center in the United States.
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October 11 –
Eureka Tower a 297.3 metres (975 ft) residential skyscraper, designed by
Fender Katsalidis Architects, opens in
Melbourne, Australia.
Buildings completed
- date unknown
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Accordia housing development in
Cambridge, UK, phase 1 construction, designed by
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with
Maccreanor Lavington and
Alison Brooks Architects (
Stirling Prize 2008).
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Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France, completed by
José Oubrerie to a church design by
Le Corbusier (died
1965) begun in
1971.
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CNOOC Building in
Beijing, designed by American architects
Kohn Pedersen Fox.
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KUMU (KUnstiMUuseum),
Tallinn,
Estonia, designed by
Finnish architect
Pekka Vapaavuori.
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Halmstad Library,
Halmstad, Sweden, designed by
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
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The New York Times Building in New York City, designed by
Renzo Piano and
Fox & Fowle.
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