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The year 2002 in architecture involved some significant events. Contents 1 Buildings and structures 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also Buildings and structures City Hall in London May 24 - Falkirk Wheel a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal near Falkirk Scotland is opened by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Golden Jubilee. July - London City Hall is opened on the south bank of the River Thames designed by Norman Foster. July 5 - The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester designed by Daniel Libeskind opens. July 13 - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art converted from the Baltic Flour Mill at Gateshead in North East England opens. September 2 - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels designed by Jos Rafael Moneo is consecrated in Los Angeles California. October 16 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina inaugurated in Egypt from the competition winning entry by Snhetta. October 26 - Federation Square in Melbourne Australia is completed. December 14 - Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas designed by Tadao Ando. specific date not listed: 383 Madison Avenue opens in New York City designed by David Childs and used as the Bear Sterns office building. Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) is completed in Beddington London designed by Bill Dunster. Weald and Downland Gridshell designed by Edward Cullinan Architects is completed in Southern England. Awards Falkirk Wheel AIA Gold Medal - Tadao Ando. Architecture Firm Award - Thompson Ventulett Stainback & Associates. Emporis Skyscraper Award - Kingdom Centre. Grand Prix de l'urbanisme - Bruno Fortier. Pritzker Prize - Glenn Murcutt. Prix de l'querre d'Argent - Pierre du Besset and Dominique Lyon for Troyes Library. RIAS Award for Architecture - Malcolm Fraser Architects for Dance Base Edinburgh. RAIA Gold Medal - Brit Andresen. Royal Gold Medal - Archigram. Stirling Prize - Wilkinson Eyre Architects Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Vincent Scully Prize - Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown. Twenty-five Year Award - Fundaci Joan Mir Births Deaths Benjamin C. Thompson (born 1918) See also Timeline of architecture