Timeline of Architecture - 2000s

2000s

• 2009 – CityCenter opens on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. This project is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States.
• 2008 – "Water Cube", "Bird's Nest", South Railway Station, and other buildings in Beijing, completed for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• 2007 – Construction begins on the New Academic Center at Westminster School (Connecticut).
• 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower, on the site of the former World Trade Center.
• 2005 – Casa da Música opens in Porto, Portugal, designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
• 2004 – 30 St Mary Axe (also known as "the Gherkin" and the Swiss Re Building), designed by Norman Foster, completed in the City of London.
• 2003 – Taipei 101 completed. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and the worlds tallest building from 2003–2007.
• 2002 – Simmons Hall dormitory, designed by architect Steven Holl, completed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 2001 – Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Libeskind opens to the public.
• 2000 – The Emirates Towers are both completed in Dubai.