12.21.2009

Review of the decade: Jonathan Glancey on architecture . The Guardian

Here are the top ten buildings of the decade compiled by Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian.
They are listed in his own respective orders though he has not given them priority.
A link to his review will follow.


Millennium Dome, London, 2000
Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold


Blur, Expo 02, Yverdon-les-Bains, 2002
Diller + Scofidio


Serpentine Pavilion, London, 2002
Toyo Ito and engineer Cecil Balmond


30 St Mary Axe, The Gherkin, London, 2003
Norman Foster


European Southern Observatory Hotel, Cerro Paranal, Chile, 2003
Auer and Weber and engineers Mayr and Ludescher


Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, 2008
Herzog and de Meuron X Ai Weiwei


St Pancras station, London, 2007
Alastair Lansley

Best noughties buildings: Le Viaduc de Millau, Aveyron
Le Viaduc de Millau, Aveyron, 2004
engineer Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster


Neues Museum, Berlin, 2009
David Chipperfield
-this museum was actually redesigned and with an enormous burden of limits and constraints, hence the top 10


Burj Dubai
Adrian Smith and Bill Baker (SOM)

slides with details
review by Glancey

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