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Best Buildings of 2000 to 2009 : Architecture Information

Top Ten Lists for the decade from contributors to The Mark, Canada

Top ten buildings from 2000 - 09 To celebrate the end of a decade, The Mark is publishing their contributors' picks of the best architecture from the 2000s. This page lists the selection of what their two experts considered the top contemporary buildings - the best architecture of the decade. e-architect are interested in your views, are these really the best buildings in the world? If so, then for what reasons? Of course judging architecture design is notoriously subjective and when it comes to top ten lists and awards then the results can sometimes prove controversial. Still, we felt the list was a useful architectural resource. The Mark is Canada's daily online forum for news, commentary, and debate. Prof. Graham Livesey Associate Dean of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary Best Buildings of the Decade Médiathèque, Sendai, Japan Toyo Ito International Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan Foreign Office Architects photo : Saturo Mashima International Port Terminal Yokohama Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria Spacelab Cook-Fournier photo from RIAS - no larger image 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan SANAA photo © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA Seattle Public Library, Seattle, U.S. Office for Metropolitan Architecture photo : Philippe Ruault Seattle Public Library de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, U.S Herzog & de Meuron Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany UNStudio photo : Christian Richters Mercedes-Benz Museum Federal Building, San Francisco, U.S Morphosis California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S Renzo Piano Building Workshop Charles Hostler Student Center, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Vincent James Associates Architects Comments on the Best Buildings of the Decade page welcome: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Prof. Annmarie Adams Associate Director, School of Architecture, McGill University. Best Buildings of the Decade Tate Modern, London, U.K. Herzog & de Meuron image © Adrian Welch Tate Modern- The Women's Library, London, U.K. Wright & Wright Architects Experience Music Project, Seattle Center, Seattle, U.S. Frank Gehry Great Court, British Museum, London, U.K. Foster + Partners photo © Adrian Welch Great Court British Museum Prada New York, New York City, U.S. Office for Metropolitan Architecture photo Armin Linke Prada New York Seattle Public Library, Seattle, U.S. Office for Metropolitan Architecture de Young Museum, San Francisco, U.S. Herzog & de Meuron Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montréal, Canada Saucier + Perotte photograph : Marc Cramer Schulich School of Music Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, Canada Montgomery Sisam Architects/Stantec Architecture Heide Museum of Modern Art gardens, Melbourne, Australia - Comments on the Best Buildings of the Decade page welcome: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Possible Contenders for Best Buildings of the Decade

Caixa Forum, Madrid Herzog de Meuron photograph © Mark Bentley	New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY SANAA architects image from SANAA
Neues Museum, Berlin David Chipperfield Architects photograph : Ute Zscharnt	Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg Zaha Hadid Architects image © Zaha Hadid Architects
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Herzog & de Meuron with HGA, Inc. photo : Paul Warchol	BMW Welt, Munich Coop Himmelb(l)au picture from Ketchum
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach David Chipperfield Architects photograph © Christian Richters	GRAM Michigan, USA wHY architecture photo : Chris Barrett@Hedrich Blessing

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