Buildings

* May 4 - Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Santiago Calatrava opened.
* June 28 - Gehry Tower in Hanover, Germany, designed by Frank Gehry opened.
* September 11 - World Trade Center in New York is destroyed and The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia is heavily damaged by hijacked airliners. (See September 11, 2001 attacks)

Awards

*Aga Khan Prize - Geoffrey Bawa
*Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Jean-Louis Subileau
*Mies van der Rohe Prize - Rafael Moneo
*Pritzker Prize - Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
*Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent - Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
*Stirling Prize - Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Magna Centre
*Emporis Skyscraper Award - One Wall Centre

Deaths

*January 11 - Denys Lasdun (born 1914)
*January 18 - Morris Lapidus (born November 25, 1902 in Odessa, Russia)

See also

*Timeline of architecture
Category:2001 architecture