page_title: 2017 in architecture
section_title: Buildings and structures
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in architecture / Buildings and structures
caption_attribution_description: Santander, Spain
context_page_description: The year 2017 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: 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
  China
  Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, the second tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world, is completed
  December 2 – Sea World Culture and Arts Center in Shekou, designed by Fumihiko Maki, opened
  Germany
  January 11 – Elbphilharmonie, a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, 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
  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
  February 14 – Nucleus, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, opened
  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
  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
  June 29 – New entrance, courtyard and gallery for Victoria and Albert Museum in London designed by Amanda Levete's AL A
  Summer – Black House (private home), Great Chart, Kent, designed by Andy Ramus (AR Design Studio), completed
  October 18 – Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College, Oxford, designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, opened
  October 24 – Bloomberg London European headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners, opened; awarded 2018 Stirling Prize
  October 28 – Lombard Wharf (residential tower), Battersea, London, designed by Patel Taylor, completed
  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
  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
  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
  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
  United States
  Spring - The John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates opens
  April – Apple Park in Cupertino, California, designed by Norman Foster, opens
  October 20 – Engineering Research Center, Brown University, designed by KieranTimberlake, opens
  November – Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., designed by David Greenbaum, opens
caption: Centro Botín in Santander, Spain
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