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* [[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|accessdate=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|dead-url=yes}}</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 |accessdate=November 12, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=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|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
 
==Buildings opened==
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* [[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|accessdate=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|dead-url=yes}}</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|accessdate=2013-12-29|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925042100/http://ribastirlingprize.architecture.com/riba-stirling-shortlist-2013-bishop-edward-king-chapel/|archivedate=2013-09-25}}</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|accessdate=2014-10-26}}</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=2013-04-06|accessdate=2013-12-29}}</ref>