2001 in Architecture - Buildings

Buildings

• March 17 – Eden Project opens to the public in St Austell, Cornwall, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
• April – Magna Science Adventure Centre opens to the public in Rotherham, Yorkshire, designed by Wilkinson Eyre. It wins this year's Stirling Prize.
• May 4 – Milwaukee Art Museum opens the Quadracci Pavilion, the first completed American project by Santiago Calatrava.
• June 28 – Gehry Tower (designed by Frank Gehry) opens in Hanover, Germany.
• June 30 – National Space Centre opens in Leicester, England, by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
• September 17 – Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne, England, designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre and structural engineers Gifford, opens to the public. It wins the 2002 Stirling Prize.
• October 30 – Redevelopment of Gasometer, Vienna, by Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Manfred Wehdorn and Wilhelm Holzbauer is completed.
• November 15 – Palms Casino Resort opens in Paradise, Nevada, designed by The Jerde Partnership.
• November 21 – Cologne Tower inaugurated; designed by Kohl & Kohl and Jean Nouvel.
• December 11 – American Folk Art Museum in New York City inaugurated; designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.
• 88 Wood Street office building completed in the City of London by Richard Rogers
• Menara Telekom building opened in Kuala Lumpur.
• One Wall Centre opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by architects Perkins+Will Canada.
• Tower 2000 is completed as the first building in the Moscow International Business Centre.
• Work on the Nidaros Cathedral, in Trondheim, Norway, is officially completed.
• Exhibition building at Scotland's National Museum of Rural Life completed by Page\Park Architects.