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==Events==

* March 1 – The first phase of the [[Old Port of Marseille]] renewal is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.connexionfrance.com/lord-foster-redesign-marseille-vieux-port-city-centre-news-article.html|title=New-look port for Marseille|work=The Connexion|date=January 2011|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/new-port-pavilion-for-marseille|title=New port pavilion for Marseille|work=Maritime Journal|date=March 6, 2013|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

* March 28 – [[Paradise Center]], in [[Sofia]], the largest shopping mall in [[Bulgaria]].

* April 13 – The [[Rijksmuseum]] in Amsterdam reopens its doors after a 10-year restoration and renovation project.

* April 24 – The late-11th-century minaret of the [[Great Mosque of Aleppo]] is destroyed during [[Syrian civil war]] fighting.

* May 10 – [[One World Trade Center]] becomes [[List of tallest buildings in the United States|the tallest building in the United States]] and [[List of tallest buildings in the world|the third-tallest building in the world]] by pinnacle height (not yet complete).

* June 12 – The [[Berlin City Palace]] [[foundation stone]] laying ceremony is held in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed in 2019.<ref name="12 Jun 2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10117103/Berlin-begins-reconstruction-of-King-Frederick-the-Greats-palace.html|title=Berlin begins reconstruction of King Frederick the Great's palace|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date=June 12, 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|___location=London|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

* July 11 – Work begins on a [[Lego]] model of [[Durham Cathedral]] in England, the beginning of a huge fund-raising effort.<ref>[http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/news/first-birthday-lego "FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR DURHAM CATHEDRAL LEGO BUILD", Durham Cathedral, 11 July 2014]. Accessed July 30, 2014</ref>

* August 3 – The [[Shanghai Tower]], [[topping out]] ceremony is held in Shanghai. The [[List of tallest buildings in China|tallest building in China]] and [[list of tallest buildings|the second-tallest in the world]] is expected to be completed in 2015.

* October – The sixth [[World Architecture Festival]] is held in Singapore.

* November 12 – The Height Committee of the Chicago-based [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]] (CTBUH) makes the controversial<ref>{{cite news|title=Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-tallest-building-20131112,0,7298761.story|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdateaccess-date=November 12, 2013|date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112191257/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-tallest-building-20131112,0,7298761.story|archive-date=November 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> announcement that One World Trade Center is the [[List of tallest buildings in the United States|tallest building in the United States]] at 1,776 feet, declaring that the mast on top of the building is a spire since it is a permanent part of the building's architecture.<ref name="MyFoxNY">{{cite web|title=Architects rule 1 World Trade Center tallest building in US |url=http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23924617/chicago-based-architects-council-to-rule-on-height-of-1-world-trade-center |publisher=MyFoxNY |accessdateaccess-date=November 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111160618/http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23924617/chicago-based-architects-council-to-rule-on-height-of-1-world-trade-center |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CTBUH Affirms One World Trade Center Height|url=http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/PR_131112_1WTCHeight/tabid/5949/language/en-US/Default.aspx|publisher=[[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]]|date=November 12, 2013|accessdateaccess-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113075104/http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/PR_131112_1WTCHeight/tabid/5949/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==

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[[File:Kimbell museum, Louis Kahn (17350270166).jpg|thumb|[[Kimbell Art Museum]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]]]

;United Kingdom

* February 1 – [[Bishop Edward King Chapel]] at [[Ripon College Cuddesdon]] in Oxfordshire, England, designed by [[Níall McLaughlin Architects]], is dedicated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcc.ac.uk/downloads/Edward%20King%20Chapel%20Description.pdf|title=Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon|publisher=Ripon College Cuddesdon|year=2013|accessdateaccess-date=2013-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103214647/http://www.rcc.ac.uk/downloads/Edward%20King%20Chapel%20Description.pdf|archive-date=2013-11-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-bishop-edward-king-chapel/|title=RIBA Stirling shortlist 2013 – Bishop Edward King Chapel|publisher=[[Royal Institute of British Architects]]|year=2013|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925042100/http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-bishop-edward-king-chapel/|archive-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref>

* March – [[Number One Riverside]] civic offices in [[Rochdale]], designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faulknerbrowns.co.uk/#446|title=Number One Riverside|publisher=FaulknerBrownsArchitects|accessdateaccess-date=October 26, 2014}}</ref>

* April – The Shed temporary auditorium for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] on the [[South Bank]] in London, by [[Haworth Tompkins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2013/04/06/the-shed-at-the-national-theatre-by-haworth-tompkins/|title=The Shed at the National Theatre by Haworth Tompkins|work=dezeen|date=April 6, 2013|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

* May 30 – [[Mary Rose Museum]], designed by [[Wilkinson Eyre Architects]] and [[Perkins and Will|Perkins+Will]], at [[Portsmouth Historic Dockyard]] in England.

* June 28 – Scale Lane Bridge over [[River Hull]] in the UK, designed by McDowell+Benedetti with engineers Alan Baxter Associates and Qualter Hall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/28/scale-lane-bridge-hull-review|title=Scale Lane Bridge, Hull – review|first=Rowan|last=Moore|authorlinkauthor-link=Rowan Moore|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|___location=London|date=July 28, 2013|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

* September 3 – [[Library of Birmingham]], the largest public library in the United Kingdom, designed by [[Mecanoo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2012/03/20/opening-date-for-new-library-of-birmingham-revealed-65233-30579907/|title=Opening date for new Library of Birmingham revealed|last=Brown|first=Graeme|work=[[Birmingham Post]]|date=March 20, 2012}}</ref>

* September 30 – [[SSE Hydro]] arena in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, designed by [[Foster and Partners]].

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* April 25 – The [[George W. Bush Presidential Center]] in [[Dallas]], Texas.

* November 27 – [[Kimbell Art Museum]] expansion, named the Renzo Piano Pavilion, designed by [[Renzo Piano]], in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], is officially inaugurated.

* December 4 – [[Pérez Art Museum Miami]], designed by [[Herzog & de Meuron]], in Miami.<ref>{{cite news|first=Caroline|last=Roux|date=November 29, 2013|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/360d7b96-5363-11e3-b425-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2m8Xym042|title=Architect Christine Binswanger on Pérez Art Museum Miami|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|___location=London|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

===Buildings completed===

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* December 18 – [[Stonehenge]] Visitor Centre, [[Wiltshire]], England, designed by [[Denton Corker Marshall]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton Corker Marshall opens tomorrow|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2013/12/17/stonehenge-visitor-centre-by-denton-corker-marshall-opens-tomorrow/|work=dezeen|date=2013-12-17|accessdateaccess-date=2013-12-18}}</ref>

* [[Burntwood School]] in [[Wandsworth]] (London), by [[Allford Hall Monaghan Morris]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Burntwood School|url=http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/BurntwoodSchool.aspx|work=RIBA Awards|year=2015|publisher=[[Royal Institute of British Architects]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722021300/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/StirlingShortlist2015/BurntwoodSchool.aspx|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>

* [[Tate Britain]] renovation in London, by [[Caruso St John]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Architecture|newspaper=[[The Observer]] (The New Review)|___location=London|date=December 29, 2013|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/dec/22/best-architecture-2013-rowan-moore-choice|page=15|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

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* [[Praemium Imperiale#Architecture|Praemium Imperiale]] Architecture Laureate – [[David Chipperfield]]

* [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] – [[Toyo Ito]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/mar/17/toyo-ito-2013-pritzker-prize|title=Toyo Ito awarded 2013 Pritzker prize|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|___location=London|date=March 17, 2013}}</ref>

* [[Henry Hope Reed Award|Reed Award]] for classical architecture commitment – [[David Watkin (historian)|David Watkin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Ruan Yisan gets Reed Award|url=http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/|publisher=University of Notre Dame School of Architecture|accessdateaccess-date=April 5, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130409233708/http://architecture.nd.edu/about/driehaus-prize/the-reed-award/recipients/|archive-date=April 9, 2013|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>

* [[Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal|RAIA Gold Medal]] – [[Peter Wilson (architect)|Peter Wilson]]

* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Peter Zumthor]]<ref>RIBA: [http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/RoyalGoldMedal.aspx "Royal Gold Medal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214071735/http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RoyalGoldMedal/RoyalGoldMedal.aspx |date=February 14, 2013 }}, retrieved February 14, 2013.</ref>

* [[Stirling Prize]] – Witherford Watson Mann Architects for refurbishment of [[Astley Castle]] in [[North Warwickshire]], England (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 RIBA Stirling Prize winner – Astley Castle, Warwickshire|url=http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-astley-castle-warwickshire/|publisher=[[RIBA]]|accessdateaccess-date=September 27, 2013|date=September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925053524/http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-astley-castle-warwickshire/|archive-date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>

* [[Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture]] – [[Laurie Olin]]

* [[Twenty-five Year Award]] by [[American Institute of Architects|AIA]] – [[Renzo Piano]] for [[Menil Collection]]

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==Exhibitions==

* June 15 until September 23 – ''[[Le Corbusier]]: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes at [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1321|title=Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes|publisher=MOMA|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref>

==Deaths==