page_title: 2011 in architecture
section_title: Buildings completed
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings completed
caption_attribution_description: Español: Metropol Parasol - Sevilla
context_page_description: The year 2011 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: January
  City of Westminster College, Paddington Green Campus, London, designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects.
  Heron Tower in the City of London, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
  February
  8 Spruce Street, a skyscraper in New York City, USA, designed by Frank Gehry.
  Sunset Chapel, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, designed by BNKR Arquitectura.
  March 29 – London Olympic Stadium, designed by Populous.
  April – Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain, designed by Jürgen Mayer.
  July 6 – Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Panama and Latin America.
  July 27 – London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid.
  September
  CMA CGM Tower in Marseille, designed by Zaha Hadid.
  Aberdeen University New Library in Scotland, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects.
  October 20 — Milstein Hall at Cornell University, designed by Rem Koolhaas
  October 28 – ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond, erected at Olympic Park, London.
  November
  Canada Water Library in London Docklands, designed by Piers Gough of CZWG.
  Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo, New York, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
  dates unknown
  N M Rothschild & Sons' New Court banking headquarters in the City of London, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA, completed.
  Brockholes Visitor Centre, a floating wooden nature reserve centre designed by Adam Khan of Arca, opens near Preston, Lancashire, England.
  Eighth Avenue Place East in Calgary, Alberta
  Maggie's Centres, drop-in cancer care centres in Great Britain
  Maggie's Gartnavel, Glasgow, designed by Rem Koolhaas's OMA.
  Maggie's Nottingham, designed by Piers Gough and Paul Smith.
  Maggie's South West Wales, Swansea, designed by Kisho Kurokawa (opens December 9).
  Temporary Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Peter Zumthor.
  Folly for a Flyover, a 'pop-up' temporary arts centre in East London, England, designed by Assemble.
  New Hospital Pavilion, University of Chicago Medical Center, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
  University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
  The Crystal, Copenhagen, Denmark (part of Nykredit headquarters), designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
  Kravis Center, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, designed by Rafael Viñoly, projected for completion.
caption: Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain
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