page_title: 2004 in architecture
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 2004 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: MIT campus
context_page_description: The year 2004 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: March 16 – Ray and Maria Stata Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened.
  April 8 – ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (art museum) in Aarhus, Denmark, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is opened.
  April 28 – 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London (the Swiss Re building), designed by Norman Foster, is completed.
  May 1 – Europa Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania, the tallest building in the Baltic States (2004–present), is opened.
  May 8 – Forum Building, by Herzog & de Meuron, inaugurated in Barcelona during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
  May 23 – Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is opened to the public.
  July 16 – BP Pedestrian Bridge in Millennium Park in the Chicago Loop, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened.
  September – Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, designed by Will Alsop of Alsop Architects, is completed.
  October – Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue in New York City, designed by Rafael Viñoly, is opened.
  October 9 – Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, by Enric Miralles, opened.
  October 14 – Lewis Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork, Ireland, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey, is opened.
  November 18 – Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, by James Polshek, is opened.
  November 20 – Expansion and renovation of New York's Museum of Modern Art designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.
  November 28 – Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales, designed by Jonathan Adams of Percy Thomas Partnership, is opened.
  December 14 – Millau Viaduct, by Norman Foster, at Millau, France is opened.
  December 17 – .
  December 31 – Taipei 101 is opened in Taiwan, and remains one of the tallest buildings in the world.
  Netherlands Embassy in Berlin opened, designed by Rem Koolhaas.
  IT University of Copenhagen opens its new building in Ørestad, Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen.
  The Chongqing World Trade Center in Chongqing, China is topped out in a ceremony.
  30 Hudson Street, New Jersey, USA (the Goldman Sachs Tower), Jersey City's tallest building at 238 metres, is completed.
  Reconstruction of Nový Dvůr Monastery, Czech Republic, by John Pawson is completed.
  Reconstruction of Kingswood School, Dulwich, London, by De Rijke Marsh Morgan is completed.
caption: Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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