Editing 2001 (section)

=== Architecture ===
{{Main|2001 in architecture}}
[[File:The Leaning Tower of Pisa SB.jpeg|thumb|upright|The [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] reopened in 2001.]]
New buildings constructed or opened in 2001 include the [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] in [[Alexandria]],<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=163}} the [[Sendai Mediatheque]] in [[Sendai]], the [[DG Bank building]] in [[Berlin]], and [[Aurora Place]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=164}} Museums that opened in 2001 include the [[Jewish Museum Berlin]] designed by [[Daniel Libeskind]], the [[National Museum of Australia]] designed by [[Howard Raggatt]] in [[Canberra]], the [[Changi Chapel and Museum]] in Singapore, the [[Neue Galerie New York]], and the [[Apartheid Museum]] in [[Johannesburg]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=233}}

Prominent renovations made in 2001 include the [[Queen Elizabeth II Great Court]] in the [[British Museum]]<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=163}} and the entrance wing of the [[Milwaukee Art Museum]].<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=164}} Preservation efforts were also completed on the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]], and it reopened to the public on December 15 after 12 years of reconstruction.<ref name="auto21">{{Cite web |date=2001-12-15 |title=Less leaning tower of Pisa reopens |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/15/pisa.tower/ |website=CNN |access-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120061313/http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/15/pisa.tower/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Damaged and destroyed buildings included the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] buildings which were destroyed in the September 11 attacks,<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=527}} and the Biblioteca Gallardo in El Salvador, which was destroyed in an earthquake.<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=232}}