2017 in architecture

Belgium

May 25 – NATO headquarters in Haren, Brussels, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, dedicated

Brazil

January – The Children's Village at the Canuanã School, Formoso do Araguaia, Tocantins, designed by Rosenbaum + Aleph Zero (Gustavo Utrabo and Pedro Duschenes), completed^[5]

China

October – Tianjin Binhai Library, designed by MVRDV, opened^[6]
December 2 – Sea World Culture and Arts Center in Shekou, designed by Fumihiko Maki, opened
Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world, is completed

France

April 22 – La Seine Musicale concert venue in Paris, design co-ordinated by Jean Nouvel, inaugurated

Germany

January 11 – Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened
October 31 – Reconstruction of the baroque Garrison Church tower in Potsdam projected for completion on the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day

South Africa

September 22 – Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, converted from a grain silo by Thomas Heatherwick, opened

Spain

Early – Món Casteller. The Human Towers Experience in Valls (Province of Tarragona): museum dedicated to Intangible Heritage of UNESCO: the castell
June 23 – Centro Botín de Arte y Cultura in Santander, designed by Renzo Piano, opens to the public^[7]

United Arab Emirates

November 11 – Louvre Abu Dhabi, an art museum in Abu Dhabi designed by Jean Nouvel, opened

United Kingdom

Early – West Court, Jesus College, Cambridge, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects, first phase completed
February – Berkshire House (private home) near Caversham, Reading, designed by Gregory Phillips Architects, completed^[8]
February 14 – Nucleus, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, opened^[9]^[10]
March – Leatare Quad at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, designed by John Simpson Architects, completed
March 18 – Cohen Quad for Exeter College, Oxford, designed by Alison Brooks Architects, opened^[11]
May – Sibson Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, designed by Penoyre & Prasad, opened
May 16 – Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, designed by Make Architects, opened
June – NGS Macmillan Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, designed by The Manser Practice, opened^[12]
June 29 – New entrance, courtyard and gallery for Victoria and Albert Museum in London designed by Amanda Levete's AL A^[13]
Summer – Black House (private home), Great Chart, Kent, designed by Andy Ramus (AR Design Studio), completed
September 27 – GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory, University of Nottingham, designed by Fairhursts Design Group, opened^[14]
October 18 – Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College, Oxford, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, opened^[15]
October 24 – Bloomberg London European headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners, opened; awarded 2018 Stirling Prize^[16]
October 28 – Lombard Wharf (residential tower), Battersea, London, designed by Patel Taylor, completed^[17]
November 1 – New (sunken) library, The Queen's College, Oxford, designed by Rick Mather Architects, opened
December 13 – New Embassy of the United States, London, designed by KieranTimberlake, opened to public
15 Clerkenwell Close, London, designed by Amin Taha for himself, completed^[18]
Baltimore Tower in London Docklands designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Caring Wood (private home), Leeds, Kent, designed by James Macdonald Wright of Macdonald Wright Architects and Niall Maxwell, completed^[19]
Redesdale (private home), Boars Hill, Oxford, designed by Khoury Architects, completed
No. 37 (private home), Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by Family Architects
Vex House, Stoke Newington, London, designed by Chance De Silva^[20]
Two Fifty One, a mixed-use development in Elephant and Castle, London, designed by Allies and Morrison, completed
Bushey Cemetery for United Synagogue, designed by Waugh Thistleton, completed^[21]

United States

Spring - The John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates opens^[22]
April – Apple Park in Cupertino, California, designed by Norman Foster, opens
October 20 – Engineering Research Center, Brown University, designed by KieranTimberlake, opens^[23]^[24]
November – Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., designed by David Greenbaum, opens

January 5 – Leonardo Benevolo, Italian architectural historian (b. 1923)^[27]
March 5 – Leonard Manasseh, British architect (b. 1916)
March 7 – Slavko Brezovski, Macedonian architect (b. 1922)
March 10 – Christopher Gray, American journalist and architectural historian (b. 1950)
March 17 – Hugh Hardy, American architect (b. 1932)
April 1 – Antonio Lamela, Spanish architect (b. 1926)
May 2 – Diane Lewis, American architect, author and academic (b. 1951)
July 1 – Richard Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1923)^[28]
July 4 – Bryan Avery, English architect (b. 1944)
August 15 – Gunnar Birkerts, 92, Latvian-born American architect (b. 1925)
September 1 – Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect (b. 1922)
September 9 – Otto Meitinger, 90, German architect and preservationist (b. 1929)
September 15 – Albert Speer Jr., 83, German architect (b. 1934)
September 28 – Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect (b. 1926)
October 5 – Dan Hanganu, 78, Romanian born Canadian architect (b. 1939)
October 29 – Manfredi Nicoletti, 89, Italian architect (b.1930)
November 30 – Vincent Scully, 97,r American architectural historian (b. 1920)
December 29 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect (Peachtree Center) (b. 1924)

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