page_title: 2016 in architecture
section_title: Buildings and structures
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in architecture / Buildings and structures
caption_attribution_description: The very impressive Cite du Vin in Bordeaux
context_page_description: The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: Australia
  International Convention Centre Sydney opened.
  October – 1 William Street, the tallest building in Brisbane (2016–2019), designed by Woods Bagot, is completed.
  Chile
  October 19 – The Baháʼí House of Worship in Santiago, designed by Siamak Hariri, opened.
  China
  Dacheng Muslim Cultural Center, by He Jingtang opens.
  December 29 – Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world, opened.
  France
  May 31 – Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, opened.
  Germany
  BND Headquarters (Federal Intelligence Service) in Berlin projected for completion in January.
  Dom-Römer Project for old town reconstruction in Frankfurt projected for completion.
  October 23 – Parochialkirche church tower reconstruction in Berlin is completed.
  Indonesia
  Gama Tower, the tallest building in Jakarta, Indonesia, is completed.
  Italy
  BNL BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, designed by 5+1AA (Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo), is completed.
  Malta
  April 28 – The reconstructed Wignacourt Arch is inaugurated.
  Peru
  Paracas Museum (Museo de Sitio de Paracas) on Paracas Peninsula, by designed by Barclay & Crousse, is built.
  Poland
  May 12 – Warsaw Spire, the second tallest building in Warsaw and Poland is completed.
  Portugal
  October 5 – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon, designed by Amanda Levete of AL A.
  South Korea
  December 22 – Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in Seoul and South Korea, is completed.
  Sri Lanka
  September – Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara projected for completion to a design by Geoffrey Bawa (d. 2003).
  Thailand
  August 29 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok.
  Turkey
  August 26 – Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge the second tallest suspension bridge in the world opened.
  United Arab Emirates
  August 31 – Dubai Opera opened.
  United Kingdom
  April 27 – Hastings Pier reconstruction, designed by Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, opened (Stirling Prize winner 2017).
  May 21 – Command of the Oceans at Chatham Historic Dockyard, designed by Baynes and Mitchell Architects, opened.
  June 17 – Tate Modern Switch House (art gallery extension, subsequently named Blavatnik Building) on London Bankside, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened.
  August 4 – British Airways i360 observation tower, Brighton, designed by Marks Barfield, opened.
  September
  Art and Design Building, Bedales School, Steep, Hampshire, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.
  City Campus, City of Glasgow College, Scotland, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects.
  Ineos headquarters building at Grangemouth, Scotland, designed by Michael Laird Architects, completed.
  Barrett's Grove (apartments), Stoke Newington, London, designed by Groupwork and Amin Taha.
  October – Photography studio for Juergen Teller, London, designed by 6a Architects.
  October 20 – Victoria Gate shopping arcade, Leeds, designed by Acme Space, opened.
  November 24 – Holland Green (apartment blocks) in the London Borough of Kensington, designed by Reinier de Graaf of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and interior refurbishment of the adjacent 1962 Commonwealth Institute building by John Pawson as new premises for the Design Museum, opened.
  December 8 – Winton Gallery at Science Museum, London, designed by Zaha Hadid.
  Goldsmith Street public housing (passive houses) in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches and Cathy Hawley.
  House for Rowan Atkinson near Ipsden, Oxfordshire, designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Berman Guedes Stretton and Roger Stretton.
  Incurvo (private house) near Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, designed by Adrian James Architects.
  United States
  May 26 — Klarman Hall at Cornell University, designed by Koetter Kim & Associates
  September 24 – National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., designed by David Adjaye opened.
  March 4 – World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City opened.
caption: Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, France
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