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The year 2002 in architecture involved some significant events.

Structures

City Hall in London

• May 24 - Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, near Falkirk, Scotland, is opened by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Golden Jubilee.
• July 5 - The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, designed by Daniel Libeskind, opens.
• specific date not listed:
  • The Bear Sterns office building, a 47-story skyscraper at 383 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed by David Childs, opens.
  • BedZED in Beddington, London, designed by Bill Dunster is completed.
  • City Hall in London, designed by Norman Foster, is opened.
  • Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia is completed.
  • Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas, designed by Tadao Ando.
  • The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, designed by José Rafael Moneo, is opened.

Awards

Falkirk Wheel

• 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 and Dominique Lyon for Troyes Library.
• RIAS Award for Architecture - Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance Base, Edinburgh.
• RAIA Gold Medal - Brit Andresen.
• Royal Gold Medal - Archigram.
• Stirling Prize - Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
• Vincent Scully Prize - Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown.

Births

Deaths

• Benjamin C. Thompson (born 1918)

See also

• Timeline of architecture