2022 Architecture Roundup: Key Projects, Awards, and Debates
The year-end summary from Artribune showcases significant architectural achievements and statistics from 2022. In Budapest, the House of Music Hungary, designed by Sou Fujimoto, was inaugurated as part of the Liget Budapest Project. August saw the opening of the Taipei Performing Arts Center, a collaboration between Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten. Meanwhile, SANAA completed the Sydney Modern extension, receiving Australia's inaugural 6-star Green Star rating. In Milan, Mario Cucinella Architects presented the Museo d'Arte della Fondazione Rovati. Venice's Procuratie Vecchie underwent restoration by David Chipperfield Architects. Francis Kéré made history as the first African architect to win the 2022 Pritzker Prize. The Nakagin Capsule Tower was taken down, while Kazuyo Sejima preserved the Umbrella House. Vancouver's Sea2City Design Challenge tackled sea-level rise, and Italy experienced a surge in PNRR competitions, with numerous projects recognized. Fosbury Architecture is set to curate the Italy Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Key facts
- Sou Fujimoto's House of Music Hungary opened in Budapest in 2022 as part of Liget Budapest Project.
- Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA opened in August 2022, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten.
- SANAA's Sydney Modern extension of the Art Gallery of New South Wales achieved 6-star Green Star rating.
- Mario Cucinella Architects' Museo d'Arte della Fondazione Rovati in Milan features an underground Etruscan gallery with 30,000 pietra serena stones.
- David Chipperfield Architects restored Venice's Procuratie Vecchie, opened to the public for the first time in 500 years.
- Francis Kéré won the 2022 Pritzker Prize, the first African architect to do so.
- Kazuyo Sejima saved Kazuo Shinohara's Umbrella House, relocated to the Vitra campus in Weil am Rhein.
- Fosbury Architecture will curate the Italy Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Sou Fujimoto
- Rem Koolhaas
- David Gianotten
- Kazuyo Sejima
- Ryue Nishizawa
- Mario Cucinella
- David Chipperfield
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
- Alejandro Aravena
- Kazuo Shinohara
- Mies van der Rohe
- Giacomo Ardesio
- Alessandro Bonizzoni
- Nicola Campri
- Claudia Mainardi
- Veronica Caprino
- Austin Wang
- Massimo Giuliani
- Ludovica Di Falco
- Francesca Torzo
- Lesley Lokko
Institutions
- Artribune
- Liget Budapest Project
- OMA
- Taipei Performing Arts Center
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- SANAA
- Fondazione Rovati
- MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects
- David Chipperfield Architects
- Procuratie Vecchie
- Casabella Laboratorio
- Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Vitra
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- MVRDV
- North Creek Collective
- Sea2City Design Challenge
- Arup Italia
- Studio Laura Gatti
- Luciano Cupelloni
- Systematica
- MAXXI
- LAN
- Park Associati
- Teatro alla Scala
- BEIC – Biblioteca europea di informazione e cultura
- onsitestudio
- Settanta7
- Bosco della Musica
- Fosbury Architecture
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del MiC
- Associate Architecture
- SCAPE Architecture
- Laboratorio Permanente
- Green Building Council of Australia
Locations
- Budapest
- Hungary
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Sydney
- Australia
- Milan
- Italy
- Venice
- Berlin
- Germany
- Gando
- Burkina Faso
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Weil am Rhein
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Manila
- Philippines
- Miami
- United States
- Florence
- Rome
- Rogoredo
- Arsenale
- Tese delle Vergini