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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>1 March - <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Kharkiv_(2022)/ga0G4rBJ">Russian shelling</a> of <a href="/facts/Freedom_Square_(Kharkiv)/A8e7HmIl">Freedom Square in Kharkiv</a> severely damages the Regional State Administration Building and more <a href="/facts/State_Register_of_Immovable_Landmarks_of_Ukraine/zNJJoJou">heritage listed</a> buildings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>16 March - <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Mariupol/y0f8x3Ay">Shelling in Mariupol</a> destroys <a href="/facts/Donetsk_Regional_Drama_Theatre/HlJxe0Ur">Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>8 October - <a href="/facts/Crimean_Bridge/HA65tqVB">Crimean Bridge</a> between Crimea and Russia, <a href="/facts/List_of_longest_bridges/arxz3coI">the longest bridge in Europe</a>, the road section of the bridge collapsed due to <a href="/facts/2022_Crimean_Bridge_explosion/PTkzBTkH">explosion</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2022</p> Spain <ul><li><a href="/facts/Biblioteca_Gabriel_Garc%25C3%25ADa_M%25C3%25A1rquez/m3CNd3hU">Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez</a> in Barcelona, designed by Suma Arquitectura, is formally inaugurated on 28 May.</li></ul> Taiwan <ul><li><a href="/facts/Taipei_Performing_Arts_Center/oU5TYrgE">Taipei Performing Arts Center</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Rem_Koolhaas/jawTra5B">Rem Koolhaas</a> and David Gianotten at <a href="/facts/Office_for_Metropolitan_Architecture/YVE06xeS">Office for Metropolitan Architecture</a>, opens officially on 7 August.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> Turkey <ul><li><a href="/facts/1915_%25C3%2587anakkale_Bridge/6KUyteHh">1915 Çanakkale Bridge</a>, the <a href="/facts/List_of_longest_suspension_bridge_spans/Dvu1yTED">longest suspension bridge in the world</a>, is completed.</li></ul> United Arab Emirates <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Museum_of_the_Future/MkdalWLA">Museum of the Future</a> designed by Killa Design architecture studio and engineered by <a href="/facts/Buro_Happold/3hma5V6f">Buro Happold</a> opened to public on 22 February in <a href="/facts/Dubai/v44jdkJK">Dubai</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> India <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Statue_of_Belief/6zfyBNhB">Statue of Belief</a> (Vishwas Swaroopam), depicting <a href="/facts/Shiva/SaHL5XBS">Shiva</a> opens on 29 October in <a href="/facts/Rajasthan/rC0MvrRD">Rajasthan</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Angela_Brooks/blk9EdyL">Angela Brooks</a> and <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Scarpa/WbFCg6jR">Lawrence Scarpa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Driehaus_Architecture_Prize/Kf6vmxWc">Driehaus Architecture Prize</a> for <a href="/facts/New_Classical_Architecture/4Y8hUWN1">New Classical Architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Rob_Krier/VEL8xswq">Rob Krier</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Architecture Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Di%25C3%25A9b%25C3%25A9do_Francis_K%25C3%25A9r%25C3%25A9/1Dvb14Rp">Diébédo Francis Kéré</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/B._V._Doshi/42Dr29Lb">B. V. Doshi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Sean_Godsell/YdR6R1RF">Sean Godsell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stirling_Prize/0DujsKWm">Stirling Prize</a> – The New Library, <a href="/facts/Magdalene_College%2c_Cambridge/VupzzJPF">Magdalene College, Cambridge</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> Upcoming <ul><li><a href="/facts/European_Union_Prize_for_Contemporary_Architecture/8jRmlRrw">European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture</a> (<a href="/facts/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Prize/8jRmlRrw">Mies van der Rohe Prize</a>) – (announced end April)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aga_Khan_Award_for_Architecture/Prclt8gH">Aga Khan Award for Architecture</a> – (announced autumn)</li></ul> <h2 id="exhibitions">Exhibitions</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Architecture museums</p> <ul><li>6 Feb - 2 July: <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Modern_Art/75lxKjfj">MoMA</a> New York: "The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985", curated by Martino Stierli and Anoma Pieris.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> - <a href="/facts/Eberhard_Zeidler_(architect)/wF38gYku">Eberhard Zeidler</a>, 95, German-born Canadian architect (<a href="/facts/Eaton_Centre/Fpf3gNS4">Eaton Centre</a>) (b. <a href="/facts/1926_in_architecture/eJdo9WQu">1926</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> - <a href="/facts/Ricardo_Bofill/yXpWFYho">Ricardo Bofill</a>, 82, Spanish architect (b. <a href="/facts/1939_in_architecture/6VUSEl4P">1939</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_17/KWQqx7wR">March 17</a> - <a href="/facts/Christopher_Alexander/Hrd2muer">Christopher Alexander</a>, 85, Austrian born British-American architect and design theorist (b. <a href="/facts/1936_in_architecture/NIBUHscS">1936</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_24/4wPpsvg0">March 24</a> - <a href="/facts/John_Andrews_(architect)/TGqrEX8F">John Andrews</a>, 88, Australian architect (b. <a href="/facts/1933_in_architecture/FqfAjRwY">1933</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_9/tAz2L8EU">August 9</a> - <a href="/facts/Miles_Warren/2J8qNl5o">Miles Warren</a>, 93, New Zealand architect (b. <a href="/facts/1929_in_architecture/b2QsmlDK">1929</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_16/W7hpMxEU">August 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Girouard/jtFWFu7P">Mark Girouard</a>, 90, English architectural writer and historian (b. <a href="/facts/1931_in_architecture/Y0wHtLuX">1931</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Rauch_(architect)/M0MyIVUB">John Rauch</a>, 91, American architect (b. <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_23/VpTagc46">August 23</a> - <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Vivas/bX96e0wP">José Vivas</a>, 94, Venezuelan architect (b. <a href="/facts/1928_in_architecture/Ypo073A6">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_9/ehh04KhX">September 9</a> - <a href="/facts/James_Polshek/Rt0kGMSV">James Polshek</a>, 92, American architect (<a href="/facts/Clinton_Presidential_Center/kLfc0HPw">Clinton Presidential Center</a>, the <a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Museum/IFLKyrQK">Brooklyn Museum</a>) (b. <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_17/1rhf5uML">September 17</a> - <a href="/facts/Vlado_Miluni%25C4%2587/qI3I3fwV">Vlado Milunić</a>, 81, Croatian-Czech architect (<a href="/facts/Dancing_House/j3xRzx6t">Dancing House</a>) (b. <a href="/facts/1941_in_architecture/RS01sXdR">1941</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_14/m78KG8kX">October 14</a> - <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589tienne_Gaboury/UkB1Sg3h">Étienne Gaboury</a>, 92, Canadian architect (Royal Canadian Mint- Winnipeg, <a href="/facts/Saint_Boniface_Cathedral/PTAx4p0k">Saint Boniface Cathedral</a>, <a href="/facts/Esplanade_Riel/445mgu5h">Esplanade Riel</a>) (b. <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> - <a href="/facts/Blanche_Lemco_van_Ginkel/beWUtway">Blanche Lemco van Ginkel</a>, 98, British-born Canadian architect and city planner (<a href="/facts/Expo_67/3Mjq5hEJ">Expo 67</a>) (b. <a href="/facts/1923_in_architecture/Q7NC0cNv">1923</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_10/uMgkqWhb">November 10</a> - <a href="/facts/Agust%25C3%25ADn_Hern%25C3%25A1ndez_Navarro/jM3d7g7P">Agustín Hernández Navarro</a>, 98, Mexican architect (b. <a href="/facts/1924_in_architecture/PylXtU9t">1924</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_29/WUbU0yzu">December 29</a> - <a href="/facts/Arata_Isozaki/403uty1J">Arata Isozaki</a>, 91, Japanese architect (<a href="/facts/Kitakyushu_Municipal_Museum_of_Art/zLcrfI4K">Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art</a>, <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art%2c_Los_Angeles/zyVLUHeR">MOCA</a>, <a href="/facts/Nagi_Museum_Of_Contemporary_Art/lN2pk7Nx">Nagi Museum Of Contemporary Art</a>), <a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> winner (2019) (b. <a href="/facts/1931_in_architecture/Y0wHtLuX">1931</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Timeline_of_architecture/1H89pkeA">Timeline of architecture</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ravenscroft, T (2022) Ukraine invasion leading to "barbaric destruction of architectural heritage", dezeen 10 March <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-invasion-barbaric-destruction-architectural-heritage/" target="_blank">https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-invasion-barbaric-destruction-architectural-heritage/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Tondo, L. & Kishiw, I. (2022) "Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians", in The Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/mariupol-ukraine-russia-seized-hospital" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/mariupol-ukraine-russia-seized-hospital</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Three killed as huge explosion causes key Crimea-Russia road bridge to collapse – as it happened". the Guardian. 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-11-15. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/08/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-fire-engulfs-part-of-kerch-bridge-between-crimea-and-russia" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/08/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-fire-engulfs-part-of-kerch-bridge-between-crimea-and-russia</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nepilova, Hannah (2022-08-09). "New Taipei Performing Arts Center opens in Taiwan". Classical Music. BBC. Retrieved 2022-08-17. <a href="https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/new-taipei-performing-arts-center-opens-in-taiwan/" target="_blank">https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/new-taipei-performing-arts-center-opens-in-taiwan/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Dubai's Museum of the Future is Now Open". 25 February 2022. <a href="https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-museum-of-the-future-opens-in-dubai" target="_blank">https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-museum-of-the-future-opens-in-dubai</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Riba Stirling Prize: Cambridge University library wins top architecture award". BBC News. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63244673" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63244673</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>MoMA: "The Project of Independence", retrieved 17 March 2022 <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5439" target="_blank">https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5439</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Vale John Andrews AO". Australian Institute of Architects. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2023-04-18. <a href="https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/vale-john-andrews-ao" target="_blank">https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/vale-john-andrews-ao</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Mark Girouard, author of classic works on architecture and social history including Life in the English Country House – Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2022-08-17. (subscription required) <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/08/17/mark-girouard-author-classic-works-architecture-social-history/" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/08/17/mark-girouard-author-classic-works-architecture-social-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Miles, Gary (August 24, 2022). "John K. Rauch, celebrated architect and cofounder of Venturi & Rauch, has died at 91". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 23, 2023. <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/john-rauch-obituary-architect-philadelphia-20220823.html" target="_blank">https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/john-rauch-obituary-architect-philadelphia-20220823.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>