2017 Architecture Preview: Major Projects by Renzo Piano, Zaha Hadid, and More
In 2017, a number of prominent architectural endeavors are set to be finalized globally. The Lenfest Center for the Arts at Columbia University, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, will debut in April, followed by the Paris Courthouse and École Nationale Supérieure. Mario Cucinella Architects will wrap up the COIMA headquarters in Milan, the ARPAE building in Ferrara, and the Golinelli Arts and Sciences Center in Bologna. The Fondazione Agnelli renovation and the Area of the Future pavilion will be completed by Carlo Ratti Associati. In September, Cino Zucchi will unveil the Lavazza headquarters. Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas will launch the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, the Euromed Center in Marseille, and Hotel La Lama in Rome. Zaha Hadid Architects will finalize Napoli Afragola station and 520 W 28th Street. Heatherwick Studio is scheduled to open the Zeitz Museum in Cape Town on September 22, while OMA will unveil four projects, including the Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville on January 14. Finally, the Bjarke Ingels Group will open the Bunker Museum in June and LEGO House in September.
Key facts
- Renzo Piano's Lenfest Center for the Arts opens April 2017 in New York.
- Mario Cucinella's COIMA headquarters in Milan completes in 2017.
- Carlo Ratti's Fondazione Agnelli renovation in Turin finishes in 2017.
- Cino Zucchi's Lavazza headquarters in Turin opens September 2017.
- Fuksas opens Beverly Center (LA), Euromed Center (Marseille), Hotel La Lama (Rome) in 2017.
- Zaha Hadid Architects completes Napoli Afragola station and 520 W 28th Street in 2017.
- Amanda Levete's V&A Exhibition Road Project opens July 2017 in London.
- Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA opens September 22, 2017 in Cape Town.
- Adjaye's Hallmark House in Johannesburg opens February 2017.
- OMA opens four projects in 2017: Caen library (Jan 14), Dubai Concrete (March), The Hague Rijnstraat 8 (autumn), Paris Galeries Lafayette (autumn).
- BIG opens LEGO House in Billund September 2017 and Bunker Museum in Blåvand June 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Renzo Piano
- Mario Cucinella
- Carlo Ratti
- Cino Zucchi
- Massimiliano Fuksas
- Doriana Fuksas
- Stefano Boeri
- Zaha Hadid
- Amanda Levete
- Thomas Heatherwick
- David Adjaye
- Rem Koolhaas
- Bjarke Ingels
- Vasco Errani
- Valentina Silvestrini
- Marta Atzeni
Institutions
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- SOM
- Columbia University
- Mario Cucinella Architects
- COIMA
- Fondazione Golinelli
- Carlo Ratti Associati
- Fondazione Agnelli
- Dezeen
- FICO Eataly World
- Cino Zucchi Architetti
- Ai Engineering
- Manens-TiFS
- Lavazza
- Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas
- Stefano Boeri Architetti
- Artribune
- Zaha Hadid Architects
- Amanda Levete – AL_A
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Heatherwick Studio
- Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
- Adjaye Associates
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMMAHC)
- OMA
- Fondation d'Entreprise Galeries Lafayette
- Bjarke Ingels Group
- LEGO House
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Harlem
- Paris
- France
- Saclay
- Amiens
- Ferrara
- Italy
- Bologna
- Milan
- Turin
- Laveno
- Varese
- Tbilisi
- Georgia
- Marseille
- Los Angeles
- California
- Rome
- Amatrice
- Asia
- Tirana
- Albania
- Napoli Afragola
- Campania
- London
- United Kingdom
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Johannesburg
- Washington
- Caen
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- The Hague
- Netherlands
- Rotterdam
- Billund
- Denmark
- Blåvand