The year 2024 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Events
edit- January – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished within a week of Kim Jong Un calling for it.[1]
- August – Removal of non-structural columns in a refurbishment of the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery reveals a note from the building's sponsor John, Lord Sainsbury (d. 2022) indicating that he disagreed with the building's original architects (Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, 1991) over their inclusion in the first place.[2]
Buildings and structures
edit- Albania
- Mixed-use skyscrapers in Tirana:
- The Book Building, designed by 51N4E, completed.[3]
- Downtown One, designed by MVRDV, official opening scheduled.[4]
- Eyes of Tirana, designed by Henning Larsen Architects, completion expected.[5]
- Vertical Forest Tirana, designed by Stefano Boeri, expected completion in third quarter of 2024.[6][7]
- Malaysia
- Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest structure and the second-tallest building in the world, designed by Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL, officially opened on 10 January 2024.[8]
Awards
editExhibitions
edit- September 30 until March 16, 2025
- "Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[10]
Deaths
edit- October 2 - Christopher Charles Benninger, 82, American-born Indian architect and urban planner (born 1942)
- November 4 - Victor A. Lundy, 101, American modernist architect (Warm Mineral Springs Motel) (born 1923)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "통일부 "북한, 평양서 '조국통일 기념탑' 철거"" [Ministry of Unification: "North Korea demolishes 'National Unification Monument' in Pyongyang"]. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). 2024-01-24. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Harold, Pia (2024-08-28). "National Gallery pillar-hating letter was 'a compromise'". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Projekti Book Building". Albanian Construction Portal. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "MVRDV - Downtown One Tirana". www.mvrdv.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ "Eyes of Tirana". Zanetti. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albania". Dezeen. March 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Tirana Vertical Forest". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "World's second-largest building opens; constructed by Samsung C&T". 2024-02-13.
- ^ Rackham, Annabel; Youngs, Ian (17 October 2024). "London's Elizabeth line wins top architecture prize". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The Met to Present the First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Influential Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 October 2024.