MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy - A project for a centre for contemporary arts in Rome is now officially the best new building in the world. MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Italy, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, UK, has won global architecture’s most coveted accolade of ‘World Building of the Year’ at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF) 2010.
11 November, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, tour by Hagy Belzberg more
13 November, Columbia University, New York
Five Architects: A North American Anthology, curated by Kenneth Frampton with Steven Holl, Rick Joy, John & Patricia Patkau, Stanley Saitowitz, Bridgitte Shim + Howard Sutcliffe. more
16 November, Polis University, Tirana
Peter L. Wilson: Masterplan Tirana Lakeside, Lecture more
17 November, Architekturgalerie Luzern
Modelle: E2A Eckert Eckert Architekten, Exhibition Opening more
Number of residents in Kangbashi New Area, a $1 billion tomorrowland version of the city of Ordos in northern China with tens of thousands of houses for 300.000 people and dozens of office buildings completed: 28.000