2020 in architecture
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Events related to architecture in 2020:
Building
[change | change source]- Suzhou Zhongnan Center, Suzhou, 729 meters (to be completed)
Events
[change | change source]- August 3: Genoa-Saint George Bridge in Italy is opened for use. It replaced Ponte Morandi that fell apart in 2018.
- August 31: Akon (rapper and entrepreneur) and Alioune Sarr (Senegalese Minister of Tourism) lay the foundation stone for Akon City in Senegal.[1]
Awards
[change | change source]- March 3: Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara won the Pritzker Prize.
Deaths
[change | change source]- February 21 - Yona Friedman
- March 15 - Vittorio Gregotti
- March 26 - Michael Sorkin
- April 20 - Libero Cecchini
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Akon lance "Akon City", une ville futuriste digne du Wakanda au Sénégal". Le HuffPost (in French). 2020-09-01. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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