2025 in architecture
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This article covers 2025 in architecture.
Events
- January 7 onwards - Several architecturally significant buildings are destroyed in the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.[1][2]
- March 16 - The 1906 Wilhelminatoren in Valkenburg suddenly and unexpectedly collapses. Nobody is hurt. It raises concerns about maintenance of national monuments in the Netherlands.[3]
- November 3 - The medieval Torre dei Conti in Rome partially collapses while under conservation with one fatality.[4]
Buildings and structures
Australia
- Powerhouse Parramatta, expected in Sydney[5]
Cambodia
- Techo International Airport, in Phnom Penh, opened 9 September 2025[5]
Hong Kong
- Kai Tak Sports Park, opened 1 March 2025[6]
Italy
- Milan Olympic Village was completed in June 2025.[7]
Japan
- Naoshima New Museum of Art, opened 31 May 2025[8]
- Tottori Prefectural Museum, in Tottori: opened 30 March 2025[9]
Netherlands
United States
- Doris Duke Theatre, in Becket, Massachusetts: expected to reopen after renovations on 9 July 2025[5]
- Universal Epic Universe, in Orlando, Florida: opened 22 May 2025[10]
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Deborah Berke[11]
- Pritzker Prize – Liu Jiakun[12]
- Stirling Prize – Witherford Watson Mann for Appleby Blue Almshouse, Southwark, London[13]
Deaths
- January 3 - Hiroshi Hara, 88, Japanese architect (Kyōto Station, Umeda Sky Building, Sapporo Dome) (born 1936)
- February 2 - Luce Eekman, French architect (born 1933)[14]
- February 4 (announced) - Adrian Snodgrass, Australian architect (born 1931)[15]
- February 9 - David E. Sellers, American architect (born 1938)[16]
- February 15 - M. Paul Friedberg, American landscape architect (born 1931)[17]
- February 18 - Howard Burns, British architectural historian (born 1939)[18]
- March 2 - Bruno Dias Souza, Indian architect (born 1925)[19]
- March 6 - Ricardo Scofidio, American architect (High Line, MoMA) (born 1935)[20]
- March 23 - Barbara Neski, American architect (born 1928)[21]
- March 26 - David Childs, American architect (One World Trade Center) (born 1941)[22]
- March 26 - Tamás Wachsler, Hungarian architect and politician (born 1965)[23]
- March 29 - Harrison Fagg, American architect (born 1931)[24]
- March 29 - Shelly Kappe, American architectural historian (born 1928)[25]
- April 10 - Christoph Kohl, Italian-German architect and urban planner (Brandevoort) (born 1961)[26]
- April 16 - Artak Ghulyan, Armenian architect (born 1958)[27]
- April 20 - Kristin Feireiss, German architectural and design curator, writer, and editor (born 1942)[28]
- April 22 - Zurab Tsereteli, Russian-Georgian sculptor (Birth of the New World, To the Struggle Against World Terrorism), painter, and architect (born 1934)[29]
- April 29 - Robert Campbell, American architect and architecture critic (The Boston Globe) (born 1937)[30]
- May 28 - Heliodoro Dols, 91, Spanish architect (Shrine of Torreciudad) (born 1933)[31]
- May 30 - Alenka Kham Pičman, 93, Slovenian architect (born 1932)[32]
- June 6 - Graham Gund, 84, American architect (born 1940)[33]
- June 17- Léon Krier, 79, Luxemborgish architect (born 1946)[34]
- July 29 - Helmut Swiczinsky, 81, Austrian architect (Coop Himmelb(l)au) (born 1944)[35]
- September 14 - Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, 85, English architect (125 Park Road, Oxford Ice Rink, National Space Centre) (born 1939)[36]
- September 28 - Sir Terry Farrell, 87, British architect and urban designer (MI6 Building, KK100) (born 1938)[37]
- November 27 - Robert A. M. Stern, 86, American architect (15 Central Park West, 220 Central Park South) (born 1939).[38]
- December 5 - Frank Gehry, 96, Canadian-American architect (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Gehry Residence, Louis Vuitton Foundation) (Pritzker Prize winner 1989) (born 1929).[39]
References
- ↑ Jessica Gelt (29 January 2014). "The architecturally significant houses destroyed in L.A.'s fires". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Sam Lubell (9 January 2014). "As Flames Consume Architectural Gems, a Hit to 'Old California'". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Wilhelminatoren collapse in Valkenburg". Euro Weekly News. 2025-03-16. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ Giuffrida, Angela (3 November 2025). "Rome: worker trapped and one injured after part of medieval tower collapses". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "10 highly anticipated projects to look forward to in 2025". worldarchitecture.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ Liu, Jamie. "All systems go after last test event at Kai Tak Sports Park". The Standard. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026".
- ↑ "Naoshima New Museum of Art Opens on Saturday, May 31, 2025". Benesse Art Site Naoshima. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "開館時間・料金・友の会" (in Japanese). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ "Theme parks preview, 2025: Epic arrival, Disney debuts, fresh additions". Orlando Sentinel. 2024-12-31. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ "Deborah Berke, FAIA - 2025 AIA Gold Medal Award Winner". AIA. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ Wainwright, Oliver (4 March 2025). "'I aspire to be like water': the exquisite buildings of Liu Jiakun, winner of architecture's top prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ Youngs, Ian (16 October 2025). "Housing designed to combat loneliness wins top architecture award". BBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ↑ "Luce EEKMAN née EEKMAN - Avis de décès - Paris 13E Arrondissement". www.simplifia.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "Architecte de formation, l'auteur Adrian Snodgrass est mort". ActuaLitté.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ "The Valley Reporter - David E. Sellers". www.valleyreporter.com. 2025-02-13. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Holmes, Damian (2025-02-17). "Remembering M. Paul Friedberg 1931-2025". World Landscape Architecture. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ↑ Scimemi, Maddalena (4 March 2025). "Howard Burns (1939–2025)". Il Giornale dell'Architettura (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ Bharne, Vinayak (8 March 2025). "Architect Bruno Dias Souza: A Mentee's Memoir". Herald Goa. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ "Tribute: Ricardo Scofidio (1935–2025)". Architectural Record. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ "Barbara Neski Obituary (2025) - New York City, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com.
- ↑ Dunlap, David W. (27 March 2025). "David M. Childs, Skyline-Shaping Architect, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Meghalt Wachsler Tamás, a Fidesz volt országgyűlési képviselője". telex. March 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Harrison Fagg Obituary (1931 - 2025) - Billings, MT - Billings Gazette". Legacy.com.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Shelly Kappe (1928–2025) - SCI-Arc". www.sciarc.edu.
- ↑ Rödel, Yoko (April 16, 2025). "Architekt Christoph Kohl überraschend verstorben: Er wollte für die Menschen bauen". Berliner Zeitung.
- ↑ "Կյանքից հեռացել է ՀՀ վաստակավոր ճարտարապետ Արտակ Ղուլյանը".
- ↑ "Kristin Feireiss, Founder of the Aedes Architecture Forum, Passes Away at 82". ArchDaily. April 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91". AP News. April 22, 2025.
- ↑ "In Memory of Robert Campbell, FAIA (1937-2025)". Boston Society for Architecture.
- ↑ Aragón, Heraldo de (May 28, 2025). "Muere en Zaragoza el arquitecto que construyó Torreciudad". heraldo.es.
- ↑ "Umrla je slikarka in arhitektka Alenka Kham Pičman". www.delo.si.
- ↑ Greenberger, Alex (June 13, 2025). "Graham Gund, Architect Who Amassed a Significant Art Collection, Dies at 84".
- ↑ Roche, Daniel Jonas (June 20, 2025). "Léon Krier dies at 79".
- ↑ "Coop Himmelb(l)au co-founder Helmut Swiczinsky dies at 81".
- ↑ Lowe, Tom. "Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85". Building Design.
- ↑ Bakare, Lanre (September 29, 2025). "'Nonconformist' architect of MI6 building Terry Farrell dies aged 87". The Guardian.
- ↑ Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
- ↑ Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 (subscription required)