Our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series names the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century so far.
To conclude our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we are asking Dezeen readers to vote for the most significant building of the 21st century. More about Vote for the most significant building of the 21st century
The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes, bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal. More about The Grand Palais was the most significant building of 2024
Continuing our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Third Space, a Studio Saar project that gave India a new type of community and culture hub. More about Studio Saar's Third Space was the most significant building of 2023
Reggio School, a project that combined experimental eco-architecture with a radical approach to learning, is the 2022 instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series. More about Andrés Jaque's Reggio School was the most significant building of 2022
White Arkitekter's Sara Kulturhus in Sweden is next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, after bringing one of the world's tallest timber buildings to the small subarctic city of Skellefteå. More about Sara Kulturhus by White Arkitekter was the most significant building of 2021
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with the Anandaloy centre in Bangladesh by Studio Anna Heringer, a pioneering project for the revival of mud construction in contemporary architecture. More about Anna Heringer's Anandaloy was the most significant building of 2020
Our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings pick for 2019 is Goldsmith Street in Norwich, designed by architecture studio Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley. More about Mikhail Riches's Goldsmith Street was the most significant building of 2019
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with BIG's ski-jump-topped power plant, the studio's signature building that combines sustainability with fun. More about BIG's Amager Bakke was the most significant building of 2018
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Apple Park by Foster + Partners, the most recognisable office of the past 25 years. More about Apple Park by Foster + Partners was the most significant building of 2017
Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we look at the updating of three 1960s housing blocks in Bordeaux, which put social housing retrofit at the top of the architectural agenda. More about Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with Grafton Architects' concrete university campus in Lima, Peru, a building that set a new standard for urban higher-education environments. More about Grafton Architects' UTEC Lima campus was the most significant building of 2015
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series looks at Bosco Verticale, the first "vertical forest". More about Boeri Studio's Bosco Verticale was the most significant building of 2014
The Cardboard Cathedral in New Zealand by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is the next building to secure its place in our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century. More about Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral was the most significant building of 2013
Continuing our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at OMA's CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, an iconic symbol of China's construction boom. More about OMA's CCTV Headquarters was the most significant building of 2012
Our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings pick for 2011 is the National 9/11 Memorial, designed by Michael Arad of Handel Architects – a powerful symbol of loss, remembrance and healing. More about The National 9/11 Memorial was the most significant building of 2011
Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we examine SOM's Burj Khalifa – the most significant building completed in 2010 and still the world's tallest skyscraper. More about SOM's Burj Khalifa was the most significant building of 2010
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove, "the original timber tower". More about Waugh Thistleton Architects' Murray Grove was the most significant building of 2009
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". More about IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape. More about Snøhetta's Oslo Opera House was the most significant building of 2007
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series profiles Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas Airport by RSHP and Estudio Lamela, the peak of a golden age of airport design. More about RSHP and Estudio Lamela's Madrid-Barajas airport was the most significant building of 2006