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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a> – The renovation and restoration of <a href="/facts/Mies_van_der_Rohe/9vC2LK1S">Mies van der Rohe</a>'s <a href="/facts/S.R._Crown_Hall/yj7G4YvI">Crown Hall</a> at the <a href="/facts/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology/0ndIXaKQ">Illinois Institute of Technology</a> commences with the smashing of the first of the large glass walls, a privilege auctioned on <a href="/facts/EBay/bDswVAKB">eBay</a> for over $2,500.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> – The <a href="/facts/United_States_Postal_Service/1Je8qAHF">United States Postal Service</a> honors twelve "Masterworks of Modern Architecture" on first class postage stamps.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_6/kEsfCLXn">October 6</a>–10 – Demolition of the last of the <a href="/facts/Xanadu_Houses/qDmz6mb6">Xanadu Houses</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2005</p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_15/rSvlBENa">January 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Copenhagen_Opera_House/xKbtCrnE">Copenhagen Opera House</a>, Denmark, designed by <a href="/facts/Henning_Larsen/xs2ysX1D">Henning Larsen</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – The <a href="/facts/Kunstmuseum_Stuttgart/Ekg6Cwxz">Kunstmuseum Stuttgart</a>, Germany, designed by Hascher et Jehle.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in <a href="/facts/Milan/0xrtbPdt">Milan</a>, Italy, designed by <a href="/facts/Massimiliano_Fuksas/HPcdGX20">Massimiliano Fuksas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_14/zT7AmuDE">April 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Casa_da_M%C3%BAsica/kq6fwWm2">Casa da Música</a>, <a href="/facts/Porto/wk5eA3zH">Porto</a>, Portugal, designed by <a href="/facts/Rem_Koolhaas/jawTra5B">Rem Koolhaas</a>'s <a href="/facts/Office_for_Metropolitan_Architecture/YVE06xeS">OMA</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_17/6f3EB07w">April 17</a> – Expansion of the <a href="/facts/Walker_Art_Center/evtAI7zI">Walker Art Center</a> in <a href="/facts/Minneapolis,_Minnesota/gEsXsP3d">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Herzog_%26_de_Meuron/s9U5Dz06">Herzog & de Meuron</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_28/G2lJILA2">April 28</a> – The <a href="/facts/Wynn_Las_Vegas/NfpJmeQ6">Wynn Las Vegas</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Jon_Jerde/Ul2LFrK1">Jon Jerde</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_10/BkQqYRkX">May 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe/U6zsN50j">Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe</a> in Berlin, designed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Eisenman/CWTkkmck">Peter Eisenman</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_11/z19Kbh13">May 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Southeast_Asian_Ceramics_Museum/AP9Iq3Ux">Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum</a> at <a href="/facts/Bangkok_University/SE32orXy">Bangkok University</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, designed by Architects 49.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_30/yUrMLpME">May 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Allianz_Arena/lHJwmbT3">Allianz Arena</a> in <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a>, Germany, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.</li> <li>June – <a href="/facts/Zentrum_Paul_Klee/TajPanhI">Zentrum Paul Klee</a>, <a href="/facts/Bern/weUyCRsh">Bern</a>, <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Renzo_Piano/xnbg4XQn">Renzo Piano</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_22/ELjSgYau">July 22</a> – Tower of <a href="/facts/St_Edmundsbury_Cathedral/6l4v0eef">St Edmundsbury Cathedral</a> in <a href="/facts/Bury_St_Edmunds/mfI8pgg1">Bury St Edmunds</a>, England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – The <a href="/facts/Turning_Torso/43rqadmM">Turning Torso</a> in <a href="/facts/Malm%C3%B6/Ax5CCPu0">Malmö</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sweden/T60geDL9">the tallest building in Sweden</a> and <a href="/facts/Scandinavia/KpLQ40kl">Scandinavia</a> (2005–present).</li> <li>September – <a href="/facts/Whitechapel/bQQNaal9">Idea Store Whitechapel</a>, London, UK designed by <a href="/facts/David_Adjaye/qeIWEr3k">David Adjaye</a> Associates.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Palau_de_les_Arts_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa/rfq04nm7">Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía</a>, <a href="/facts/Valencia/D9L6z2HB">Valencia</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – New <a href="/facts/De_Young_Museum/BsHNsH6g">de Young Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco,_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a>, USA, designed by <a href="/facts/Herzog_%26_de_Meuron/s9U5Dz06">Herzog & de Meuron</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_17/WCRlMQyF">October 17</a>–18 – <a href="/facts/National_Waterfront_Museum/acCxpacQ">National Waterfront Museum</a>, <a href="/facts/Swansea/E3hh0Yko">Swansea</a>, UK, designed by <a href="/facts/Wilkinson_Eyre/3lKaDvBK">Wilkinson Eyre</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_30/h1XNvxBm">October 30</a> – The reconstructed <a href="/facts/Dresden_Frauenkirche/4xsoukuN">Dresden Frauenkirche</a>, in <a href="/facts/Dresden/nKVXxIgq">Dresden</a>, Germany, is consecrated.</li> <li><i>specific date not listed</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bloomberg_Tower/S6df8Wup">Bloomberg Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Manhattan/fF9JeXjh">Manhattan</a>, New York, United States is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/2_Marsham_Street/pN95hdCN">2 Marsham Street</a> in London, designed by <a href="/facts/Terry_Farrell_(architect)/UjNfWmWt">Terry Farrell</a>, is first occupied by the British government department, the <a href="/facts/Home_Office/qY31Kvhl">Home Office</a>, for whom it was built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maggie%27s_Centres/2PGX3J6u">Maggie's Centre</a> at <a href="/facts/Inverness/H8wk4p7x">Inverness</a> in the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Highlands/wJoWjcUe">Scottish Highlands</a>, a drop-in cancer care centre designed by <a href="/facts/Page%5CPark_Architects/n1nkp8ju">Page\Park Architects</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Chongqing_World_Trade_Center/04Nm8Yjq">Chongqing World Trade Center</a> in <a href="/facts/Chongqing/TdWVCCKY">Chongqing</a>, China.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chelsea_Tower/8We0Ceu5">Chelsea Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Dubai/v44jdkJK">Dubai</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Arab_Emirates/o1bEjgbR">United Arab Emirates</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Q1_(building)/PMmhUBmK">Q1 Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Surfers_Paradise,_Queensland/EdWs4eUv">Surfers Paradise, Queensland</a>, the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia/9Hbxv6qy">tallest building in Australia (2005–present)</a>.</li> <li>Mirador apartment building in <a href="/facts/Madrid/B63nL2DB">Madrid</a>, Spain, designed by <a href="/facts/MVRDV/aePl2RjJ">MVRDV</a> and Blanca Lleó.</li> <li>Tromsø Library and City Archives in Norway, designed by Kjell Beite.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/jaume-fuster-library/">Jaume Fuster Library</a> in <a href="/facts/Barcelona/8PWLdRbW">Barcelona</a>, Spain, designed by Josep Llinás.</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_markets_in_Barcelona/Fsu10Tzu">Santa Caterina Market</a> roof in Barcelona, designed by <a href="/facts/Enric_Miralles/ltFdBE5e">Enric Miralles</a> <a href="/facts/Benedetta_Tagliabue/LNggHQH9">Benedetta Tagliabue</a>.</li> <li>Antvorskov Church, <a href="/facts/Slagelse/4ScMEsvR">Slagelse</a>, Denmark, designed by Regnbuen Arkitekter.</li> <li>St. Henry's Chapel, <a href="/facts/Turku/Jcj8uWPY">Turku</a>, Finland, designed by Matti Sanaksenaho.</li> <li><i>Private residences</i> <ul><li>Casa Poli, <a href="/facts/Concepci%C3%B3n,_Chile/48HaSnPF">Concepción, Chile</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Sof%C3%ADa_von_Ellrichshausen/0WI1nySc">Pezo von Ellrichshausen</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Casa Tóló, Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal, designed by <a href="/facts/%C3%81lvaro_Siza_Vieira/cCaCUAJf">Álvaro Siza Vieira</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>Haus Bold, <a href="/facts/Bad_Waldsee/sQ7cA3GX">Bad Waldsee</a>, Germany, designed by Thomas Bendel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Light_House_(London)/RvD2CQYP">Light House</a>, <a href="/facts/Notting_Hill/Cp0XA6bn">Notting Hill</a>, London, designed by Gianni Botsford.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Architecture_Firm_Award/KmIuHYcy">Architecture Firm Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Helmut_Jahn/gv57kgAx">Murphy/Jahn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Architects/tEkC3mtc">AIA</a> <a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale</a> Center for British Art, <a href="/facts/New_Haven,_Connecticut/dRanslgz">New Haven, Connecticut</a> by <a href="/facts/Louis_Kahn/wza8FptA">Louis Kahn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Driehaus_Architecture_Prize/Kf6vmxWc">Driehaus Architecture Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Quinlan_Terry/4FecysRE">Quinlan Terry</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emporis_Skyscraper_Award/stLs4jSf">Emporis Skyscraper Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Turning_Torso/43rqadmM">Turning Torso</a> by <a href="/facts/Santiago_Calatrava/rzFQLCAj">Santiago Calatrava</a></li> <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>) – <a href="/facts/Rem_Koolhaas/jawTra5B">Rem Koolhaas</a> for <a href="/facts/Netherlands_Embassy_Berlin/QRy8baaf">Netherlands Embassy Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_l%27urbanisme/SwVIDag8">Grand Prix de l'urbanisme</a> – Bernard Reichen</li> <li><a href="/facts/LEAF_Award/vCIXSNDg">LEAF Award, Grand Prix</a> – <a href="/facts/Henning_Larsen_Architects/rpC4WlMJ">Henning Larsen Architects</a> for the <a href="/facts/IT_University_of_Copenhagen/6ulkmFUb">IT University of Copenhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Prize/8jRmlRrw">Mies van der Rohe Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Rem_Koolhaas/jawTra5B">Rem Koolhaas</a> for the Dutch Embassy (Berlin)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Praemium_Imperiale/AHmofYnr">Praemium Imperiale Architecture Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Yoshio_Taniguchi/FWbkYQV7">Yoshio Taniguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Thom_Mayne/Yv2BY7SC">Thom Mayne</a>, of <a href="/facts/Morphosis/XcUmNF4o">Morphosis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prix_de_l%27%C3%89querre_d%27Argent/VvCpkuqH">Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent</a> – Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Institute_of_Architects_Gold_Medal/wyxC5tKH">RAIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Birrell/6T2ahTbs">James Birrell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/RIAS_Award_for_Architecture/h74nglxU">RIAS Award for Architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Scottish_Parliament_building/69hxoN4Q">Scottish Parliament building</a>, <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Enric_Miralles/ltFdBE5e">EMBT</a> & <a href="/facts/RMJM/6jLgQago">RMJM</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/Frei_Otto/tsx5rgy9">Frei Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stirling_Prize/0DujsKWm">Stirling Prize</a> – <a href="/facts/Scottish_Parliament_building/69hxoN4Q">Scottish Parliament building</a>, <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Enric_Miralles/ltFdBE5e">EMBT</a> & <a href="/facts/RMJM/6jLgQago">RMJM</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Jefferson_Medal_in_Architecture/fMfykP74">Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture</a> – <a href="/facts/Shigeru_Ban/0N6y9mRn">Shigeru Ban</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vincent_Scully_Prize/4uIs94fD">Vincent Scully Prize</a> – The Prince of Wales (now <a href="/facts/Charles_III/w4hCfC9k">Charles III</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Twenty-five_Year_Award/2y9z2AoH">Twenty-five Year Award</a> – <a href="/facts/Yale_Center_for_British_Art/vS5DSlCA">Yale Center for British Art</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Architects/tRTNWcoP">UIA</a> <a href="/facts/International_Union_of_Architects/tRTNWcoP">Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Tadao_Ando/pFT4XCd8">Tadao Ando</a></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – <a href="/facts/A._Hays_Town/BswAyGfV">A. Hays Town</a>, prominent American residential architect based in <a href="/facts/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana/21SGK7VC">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a> (born <a href="/facts/1903_in_architecture/WVzTpr5X">1903</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Feilden/Gpyhhj5w">Richard Feilden</a> <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">OBE</a>, leading UK architect based in <a href="/facts/Bath,_Somerset/mHppKuoG">Bath</a> (born <a href="/facts/1950_in_architecture/bakEIFyc">1950</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Johnson/zW682weu">Philip Johnson</a>, influential American architect, first <a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> honoree (born <a href="/facts/1906_in_architecture/lgfIQr8B">1906</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_16/UN5MQNl6">March 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Ralph_Erskine_(architect)/lafGYdPg">Ralph Erskine</a>, British architect, designer of the <a href="/facts/Byker_Wall/1eYvtm5s">Byker Wall</a> (born <a href="/facts/1914_in_architecture/9P2VpBaL">1914</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_22/fSA3uKnK">March 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Kenzo_Tange/krUrGnJT">Kenzo Tange</a>, leading Japanese architect, winner of the <a href="/facts/1987_in_architecture/5Q8bPudU">1987</a> <a href="/facts/Pritzker_Prize/g7tzyDc2">Pritzker Prize</a> (born <a href="/facts/1913_in_architecture/JBvm0TSn">1913</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_4/PfrgETqB">June 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Giancarlo_De_Carlo/A3bpBTko">Giancarlo De Carlo</a>, Italian architect (born <a href="/facts/1919_in_architecture/Eaa8CFM2">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_30/jPfW3sLy">June 30</a> – Robert Y. Fleming, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1925_in_architecture/Kfq7dmDU">1925</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_15/JNJ0bo0L">December 15</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Ingo_Freed/vI5epkDp">James Ingo Freed</a>, American architect (born <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Architecture_timeline/1H89pkeA">Architecture Timeline</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2005-04-10). "Rem Koolhaas Learns Not to Overthink It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-27. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/arts/design/10ouro.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=casa%20da%20musica&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/arts/design/10ouro.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=casa%20da%20musica&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Walker Art Center Timeline" (PDF). Walker Art Center Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. <a href="http://media.walkerart.org/pdf/WAC.PR.Timelineupdate.pdf" target="_blank">http://media.walkerart.org/pdf/WAC.PR.Timelineupdate.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Casa Poli". plataforma arquitectura (in Spanish). 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2017-12-20. <a href="https://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-1335/casa-poli-pezo-von-ellrichshausen" target="_blank">https://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-1335/casa-poli-pezo-von-ellrichshausen</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Tóló House". wikiarquitectura. Retrieved 2017-12-20. <a href="https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/tolo-house/" target="_blank">https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/tolo-house/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"House Bold". Architonic. Retrieved 2017-12-20. <a href="https://www.architonic.com/en/project/thomas-bendel-architekt-house-bold/5101247" target="_blank">https://www.architonic.com/en/project/thomas-bendel-architekt-house-bold/5101247</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Glancey, Jonathan (2005-11-07). "Bright Fantastic". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-10-02. <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Glancey" target="_blank">/wiki/Jonathan_Glancey</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture – Recipients". Notre Dame School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2014-04-05. <a href="https://archive.today/20130403083406/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130403083406/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/recipients/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Kennedy, Maev (17 October 2005). "Scottish parliament wins Stirling prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2024. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/17/scotland.artsnews" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/17/scotland.artsnews</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>