• Source: 2002 in architecture

The year 2002 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.




Events


Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen established in Brussels.




Buildings and structures






= Buildings opened

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May 21 – Portico and extensions to the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, London, designed by John Simpson, are opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as part of her Golden Jubilee.
May 24 – The Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, near Falkirk, Scotland, is opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as part of her Golden Jubilee.
July – London City Hall on the south bank of the River Thames, designed by Norman Foster.
July 5 – The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, UK, designed by Daniel Libeskind.
July 13 – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, converted from the Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead in North East England, UK.
September 2 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, designed by José Rafael Moneo, is consecrated in Los Angeles, California, USA.
September 22 - Vassenden Church, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway, designed by Per W. Skarstein, is consecrated.
October 16 – Bibliotheca Alexandrina inaugurated in Alexandria, Egypt, from the competition winning entry by Snøhetta.
October 26 – Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia.,
December 14 – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas, USA, designed by Tadao Ando.
date unknown
383 Madison Avenue opens in New York City, USA, designed by David Childs and used as the Bear Stearns office building.
Laban dance centre, designed by Herzog & de Meuron (Stirling Prize 2003), in Deptford, London, UK.
The Deep aquarium, designed by Sir Terry Farrell, in Hull, UK.




= Buildings completed

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specific date not listed:
Kingdom Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by Ellerbe Becket and Omrania and Associates.
Peter B. Lewis Building, designed by Frank Gehry for Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED), designed by Bill Dunster, in Beddington, London, UK.
"Dirty House", designed by David Adjaye, in the London Borough of Hackney, UK.
Hampden Gurney Church of England Primary School, designed by Building Design Partnership, in Marylebone, London, UK.
Weald and Downland Gridshell, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects, in Southern England, UK.
Extension to Horniman Museum, London, designed by Allies and Morrison.
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Zamboanga, designed by designed by Abarro and Associates, in the Philippines.
Restoration and extension of Church of the Good Shepherd, Pakila, designed by Juha Leiviskä and Vilhelm Helander, in Helsinki, Finland.




Awards


American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal – Frank Gehry
AIA Gold Medal – Tadao Ando
Architecture Firm Award – Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
Emporis Skyscraper Award – Kingdom Centre
Grand Prix de l'urbanisme – Bruno Fortier
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate – Norman Foster
Pritzker Prize – Glenn Murcutt
Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent – Pierre du Besset and Dominique Lyon for Troyes Library
RIAS Award for Architecture – Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance Base, Edinburgh
RAIA Gold Medal – Brit Andresen
RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Archigram
Stirling Prize – Wilkinson Eyre Architects & Gifford for Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture – James Turrell
Twenty-five Year Award – Fundació Joan Miró
UIA Gold Medal – Renzo Piano
Vincent Scully Prize – Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown




Deaths


August 21 – Benjamin C. Thompson, US architect (born 1918)
September 13 – Richard Foster, US Modernist architect
October 27 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (born 1922)




See also


Timeline of architecture




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