- 2002 in architecture
The year 2002 in architecture involved some significant events.
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May 24 -Falkirk Wheel , a rotating boat lift, connecting theForth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, nearFalkirk ,Scotland , is opened by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Golden Jubilee.
*July 5 - TheImperial War Museum North inManchester , designed byDaniel Libeskind , opens.
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** TheBear Sterns office building, a 47-storyskyscraper at383 Madison Avenue inNew York City , designed byDavid Childs , opens.
**BedZED inBeddington ,London , designed byBill Dunster is completed.
** City Hall inLondon , designed by Norman Foster, is opened.
**Federation Square inMelbourne ,Australia is completed.
**Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth inTexas , designed byTadao Ando .
** TheCathedral of Our Lady of the Angels inLos Angeles, California , designed byJosé Rafael Moneo , is opened.Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Tadao Ando .
*Architecture Firm Award -Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates .
*Emporis Skyscraper Award -Kingdom Centre .
*Grand Prix de l'urbanisme -Bruno Fortier .
*Pritzker Prize -Glenn Murcutt .
*Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent -Pierre du Besset andDominique Lyon forTroyes Library .
*RIAS Award for Architecture -Malcolm Fraser Architects forDance Base , Edinburgh.
*RAIA Gold Medal -Brit Andresen .
*Royal Gold Medal -Archigram .
*Stirling Prize -Wilkinson Eyre Architects ,Gateshead Millennium Bridge .
*Vincent Scully Prize -Robert Venturi andDenise Scott-Brown .Births
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Deaths
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Benjamin C. Thompson (born1918 )ee also
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Timeline of architecture
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