Timeline of architecture
Encyclopedia
This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages. Notable events in architecture
and related disciplines including structural engineering
, landscape architecture
and city planning. One significant architectural achievement is listed for each year.
Articles for each year (in bold text, below) are summarized here with a significant event as a reference point.
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and related disciplines including structural engineering
Structural engineering
Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right....
, landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...
and city planning. One significant architectural achievement is listed for each year.
| Contents | Summary of events in architecture - by year |
| 21st Century: | 2000s - 2010s |
| 20th Century: | 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s |
| 19th Century: | 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s |
| 18th Century: | 1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s |
| Pre-18th Century: | 1000s - 1100s - 1200s - 1300s - 1400s - 1500s - 1600s |
| 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD |
Articles for each year (in bold text, below) are summarized here with a significant event as a reference point.
2010s
- 2013 - One World Trade Center will be dedicated in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
of the United States of America - 2012 -
- 20112011 in architectureThe year 2011 in architecture involves some significant events.-Buildings:* January 21 - Museum of Old and New Art, designed by Nonda Katsalidis, opens on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia....
- - 20102010 in architectureThe year 2010 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 4 - Burj Khalifa opened in the United Arab Emirates as the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 828m ....
- Burj Khalifa became the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 828 metres (2,716.5 ft)
2000s
- 20092009 in architectureThe year 2009 in architecture involves some significant events.-Buildings:*January 17 - Copenhagen Concert Hall, designed by Jean Nouvel, opens.*January 31 - Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, opens....
- CityCenter opens on the Las Vegas StripLas Vegas StripThe Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
in Paradise, NevadaParadise, NevadaParadise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census...
. This project is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States. - 20082008 in architectureThe year 2008 in architecture involves some significant events.-Buildings:*January 1 - China Central Television Headquarters building, by Rem Koolhaas and OMA, officially opens in Beijing...
- "Water Cube", "Bird's NestBeijing National StadiumBeijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.-History:...
", South Railway StationBeijing south railway stationThe current Beijing South Railway Station is a large railway station on the south side of Beijing that opened on August 1, 2008. The new station replaced the old Beijing South Station, first known as the Majiapu Railway Station and later known as the Yongdingmen Railway Station before 1988, which...
, and other buildings in BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, completed for the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. - 20072007 in architectureThe year 2007 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 20 - Olympic Sculpture Park opens in Seattle, WA., designed by Weiss/Manfredi.* January 21 - The National Art Center, Tokyo opens, designed by Kisho Kurokawa...
- Construction begins on the New Academic Center at Westminster School (Connecticut). - 20062006 in architectureThe year 2006 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*January 16 - 10 Holloway Circus is completed in Birmingham, England, designed by Ian Simpson Architects....
- Construction begins on the Freedom TowerFreedom TowerOne World Trade Center , more simply known as 1 WTC and formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City...
, on the site of the former World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. - 20052005 in architectureThe year 2005 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*March 5 - The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart designed by Hascher et Jehle opens.*April 6 - New facility for the Milan Trade Fair in Milan, Italy, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, opens....
- Casa da MúsicaCasa da MúsicaCasa da Música is a major concert hall space in Porto, Portugal which houses the cultural institution of the same name with its three orchestras Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orquestra Barroca and Remix Ensemble...
opens in Porto, Portugal, designed by the Dutch architect Rem KoolhaasRem KoolhaasRemment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
with Office for Metropolitan ArchitectureOffice for Metropolitan ArchitectureOMA , is a Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.-History:...
. - 20042004 in architectureThe year 2004 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* April 28 - 30 St Mary Axe, London , designed by Norman Foster, is completed....
- 30 St Mary Axe30 St Mary Axe30 St Mary Axe, the Swiss Re Building , is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened at the end of May 2004...
(also known as "the GherkinGherkinThe gherkin is a fruit similar in form and nutritional value to a cucumber. Gherkins and cucumbers belong to the same species , but are from different cultivar groups....
" and the Swiss Re Building), designed by Norman Foster, completed in the City of LondonCity of LondonThe City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
. - 20032003 in architectureThe year 2003 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*July 8 - Oscar Niemeyer Museum reopens in Curitiba, Brazil, originally designed by Oscar Niemeyer....
- Taipei 101Taipei 101Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010...
completed. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and the worlds tallest building from 2003-2007. - 20022002 in architectureThe year 2002 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings and structures:* 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...
- Simmons Hall dormitory, designed by architect Steven HollSteven HollSteven Holl is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,...
, completed at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. - 20012001 in architectureThe year 2001 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 17 – Eden Project opened to the public in St Austell, Cornwall, by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners....
- Jewish Museum BerlinJewish Museum BerlinThe Jewish Museum Berlin , in Berlin, Germany, covers two millennia of German Jewish history. It consists of two buildings. One is the old Kollegienhaus, a former courthouse, built in the 18th century. The other, a new addition specifically built for the museum, designed by world-renowned architect...
designed by Daniel LibeskindDaniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind, is an American architect, artist, and set designer of Polish-Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect...
opens to the public. - 20002000 in architectureThe year 2000 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*February 19 – Rose Center for Earth and Space opened in New York City, designed by Polshek Partnership Architects....
- The Emirates TowersEmirates TowersThe Emirates Towers complex contains the Emirates Office Tower and Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. The two towers, which rise to and , respectively, stand as the 12th- and 29th-tallest buildings in the world. The two towers are connected by a 9,000 m² two-storey retail complex known as "The...
are both completed in DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
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1990s
- 19991999 in architectureThe year 1999 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind is completed.* Great Court of the British Museum is redesigned by Norman Foster....
- Jewish Museum BerlinJewish Museum BerlinThe Jewish Museum Berlin , in Berlin, Germany, covers two millennia of German Jewish history. It consists of two buildings. One is the old Kollegienhaus, a former courthouse, built in the 18th century. The other, a new addition specifically built for the museum, designed by world-renowned architect...
, designed by Daniel LibeskindDaniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind, is an American architect, artist, and set designer of Polish-Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect...
is completed. - 19981998 in architectureThe year 1998 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, designed by Marnell Corrao Associates.* Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, designed by Norman Foster....
- Petronas Twin TowersPetronas Twin TowersThe Petronas Towers are skyscrapers and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by César PelliCésar PelliCésar Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...
is completed. World tallest building 1998-2004. - 19981998 in architectureThe year 1998 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, designed by Marnell Corrao Associates.* Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, designed by Norman Foster....
- KiasmaKiasmaKiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. The museum exhibits the contemporary art collection of the Finnish National Gallery founded in 1990...
Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven HollSteven HollSteven Holl is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,...
Architects, opens to the public. - 19971997 in architectureThe year 1997 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* September 26 - An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St...
- Guggenheim Museum BilbaoGuggenheim Museum BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The...
designed by Frank GehryFrank GehryFrank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...
. - 19961996 in architectureThe year 1996 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Eden Project, Cornwall near St Austell designed by Nicholas Grimshaw.*Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil....
- Oscar NiemeyerOscar NiemeyerOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
completes the Niterói Contemporary Art MuseumNiterói Contemporary Art MuseumThe Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks...
in Brazil. - 19961996 in architectureThe year 1996 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Eden Project, Cornwall near St Austell designed by Nicholas Grimshaw.*Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil....
- Aronoff Center for Design and Art, University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
completed by Peter EisenmanPeter EisenmanPeter Eisenman is an American architect. Eisenman's professional work is often referred to as formalist, deconstructive, late avant-garde, late or high modernist, etc...
. - 19951995 in architectureThe year 1995 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Evry Cathedral, designed by Mario Botta.* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Mario Botta opens to the public.* Steven Holl Architects begins construction of St...
- Steven Holl ArchitectsSteven HollSteven Holl is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,...
begin construction of St. Ignatius Chapel at Seattle UniversitySeattle UniversitySeattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...
. - 19941994 in architectureThe year 1994 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* May 6 - The Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France is opened....
- Building of the BaselBaselBasel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
Signal Box by Herzog and de Meuron - 19931993 in architectureThe year 1993 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Landmark Tower in Yokohama, Japan is completed.* The Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City, Japan is completed....
- The Umeda Sky Building in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
City, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
is completed. - 19921992 in architectureThe year 1992 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 31 : Kunsthal in Rotterdam, designed by Rem Koolhaas is opened.* specific date not listed:...
- The Bank of America Corporate CenterBank of America Corporate CenterThe Bank of America Corporate Center is an 871 ft skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. When completed in 1992, it became and still is the tallest building in North Carolina as well as the tallest building between Philadelphia and Atlanta, Georgia; it is 60 stories high. It is the...
in Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
is completed. - 19911991 in architectureThe year 1991 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* One Canada Square in London becomes the tallest building in England.* Stansted Airport terminal building in Essex, England, designed by Norman Foster....
- Stansted Airport terminal building in EssexEssexEssex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, designed by Norman FosterNorman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames BankNorman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice, Foster + Partners....
, is completed. - 19901990 in architectureThe year 1990 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Atatürk Dam in Turkey is completed*Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, designed by I. M. Pei, is completed.*U.S...
- Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of MinnesotaUniversity of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
completed by Frank GehryFrank GehryFrank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...
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1980s
- 19891989 in architectureThe year 1989 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Office by Coop Himmelblau in Vienna is completed.* Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany by Frank Gehry is completed....
- I. M. PeiI. M. PeiIeoh Ming Pei , commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect, often called a master of modern architecture. Born in Canton, China and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou...
's pyramid addition to the LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
is opened. - 19881988 in architectureThe year 1988 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* 9 May - Parliament House in Canberra, Australia is opened.* The Seikan Tunnel in Japan is completed* Scotia Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is completed....
- MOMAMomaMoma may refer to:* Moma , an owlet moth genus* Moma Airport, a Russian public airport* Moma District, Nampula, Mozambique* Moma River, a right tributary of the Indigirka River* Google Moma, the Google corporate intranet...
Exhibition called Deconstructivist architectureDeconstructivismDeconstructivism is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of...
opens. - 19871987 in architectureThe year 1987 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Menil Collection, in Houston, Texas, United States, designed by architect Renzo Piano, is opened to the public.* The Riga Radio & TV Tower in Riga, Latvia is completed....
- The Riga Radio & TV TowerRiga Radio and TV TowerThe Riga Radio and TV Tower in Riga, Latvia is the tallest structure in the Baltic countries and in the European Union. It was built between 1979 and 1986 by USSR. Its highest point reaches 368.5 m , which makes it the third tallest tower in Europe and the 14th tallest tower in the world...
in RigaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
is completed. - 19861986 in architectureThe year 1986 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Rialto Towers in Melbourne, Australia is completed.* Temasek Tower in Singapore is completed.* The AXA Center in New York, United States, is completed....
- The Lloyd's BuildingLloyd's buildingThe Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at 1, Lime Street, in the City of London, England.-Design:...
in London, designed by Richard RogersRichard RogersRichard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs....
, is completed. - 19851985 in architectureThe year 1985 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Tashkent Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is completed after 7 years construction....
- The HSBC Headquarters BuildingHSBC Hong Kong headquarters buildingThe HSBC Main Building is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Central, Hong Kong. It is located along the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong . The previous HSBC building was built in 1935 and pulled down...
in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
by Norman Foster, is completed. - 19841984 in architectureThe year 1984 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Lloyd's Building in London, designed by Richard Rogers is completed.* Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, designed by James Stirling opens to the public.* The Swisscom-Sendeturm St...
- Philip JohnsonPhilip JohnsonPhilip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
's AT&T BuildingSony Building (New York)The Sony Tower, formerly the AT&T Building, is a tall, 37-story highrise skyscraper located at 550 Madison Avenue between 55th Street and 56th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was designed by architect Philip Johnson and partner John Burgee, and was completed in 1984...
opens in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - 19831983 in architectureThe year 1983 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Conoco-Phillips Building in Anchorage, AK, United States, is completed.* The Alma-Ata Tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan is completed....
- Xanadu HouseXanadu HouseThe Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the US: one each in Kissimmee, Florida;...
in KissimmeeKissimmeeKissimmee is the name of several things in the U.S. state of Florida:*Kissimmee, Florida *Kissimmee City Street Railway*Kissimmee Kreatures *Kissimmee Utility Authority...
opened. - 19821982 in architectureThe year 1982 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 12 - National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, ACT, designed by Colin Madigan is opened....
- Design competition is held for the Parc de la VilletteParc de la VilletteThe Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering the Boulevard Périphérique, which is a ring road around Paris, and the suburban department of Seine-Saint-Denis.-History:...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. - 19811981 in architectureThe year 1981 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, Texas designed by I. M. Pei is completed.* Sydney Tower in Sydney, Australia is completed and opened.* Colonius in Cologne, Germany is completed....
- Richard SerraRichard SerraRichard Serra is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement.-Early life and education:...
installs Tilted ArcTilted ArcTilted Arc was a sculpture commissioned by the United States General Services Administration's Arts-in-Architecture program for the Federal Plaza in New York, NY, USA...
in the Federal Plaza in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. The sculpture was removed in 1989. - 19801980 in architectureThe year 1980 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Hopewell Centre in Hong Kong, China is completed.* The Tallinn TV Tower in Tallinn, Estonia is completed for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....
- Santa Monica PlaceSanta Monica PlaceSanta Monica Place is a shopping mall in Santa Monica, California. The mall is located at the south end of the famous Third Street Promenade, and is also two blocks from the Santa Monica Pier and the beach...
was constructed by Frank GehryFrank GehryFrank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...
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1970s
- 19791979 in architectureThe year 1979 involved some significant events in architecture.-Buildings:*March - Kuwait Towers opened in Kuwait City with a Viewing Sphere which completes a full turn every 30 minutes....
- Charles MooreCharles Willard MooreCharles Willard Moore was an American architect, educator, writer, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991.-Life and career:...
designs the Piazza d'ItaliaPiazza d'ItaliaThe Piazza d'Italia is an urban public plaza located at Lafayette and Commerce Streets in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. It is controlled by the Piazza d'Italia Development Corporation, a subdivision of New Orleans city government...
in New Orleans. - 19781978 in architectureThe year 1978 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Gehry House by Frank Gehry in Santa Monica, California.* Sunshine 60 in Tokyo, Japan is completed.* Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas is completed....
- Charles Eames dies. - 19771977 in architectureThe year 1977 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 31 - The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, is opened....
- Frank Gehry redesigns his own house in Santa Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
. - 19761976 in architectureThe year 1976 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada completed.* John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by I. M...
- The Barbican EstateBarbican EstateThe Barbican Estate is a residential estate built during the 1960s and the 1970s in the City of London, in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and today densely populated by financial institutions...
, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, opens in the City of LondonCity of LondonThe City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
. - 19761976 in architectureThe year 1976 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada completed.* John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by I. M...
- The CN TowerCN TowerThe CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
opens as the tallest freestanding structure on land. - 19751975 in architectureThe year 1975 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Frank House, also known as House VI, designed by Peter Eisenman* U.N...
- Completion of the Seoul Tower in SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. - 19741974 in architectureThe year 1974 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* National Assembly, Dhaka in Bangladesh, designed by Louis Kahn, is completed.* Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court in Westminster, London, designed by C. A...
- National Assembly Building in Dakka, Bangladesh, is completed. - 19731973 in architectureThe year 1973 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, becomes the tallest building in the world...
- The World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
towers, designed by Minoru YamasakiMinoru Yamasakiwas a Japanese-American architect, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century...
, are opened in New York. - 19721972 in architectureThe year 1972 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the tallest in the world at the time, in Lower Manhattan, New York...
- The Transamerica PyramidTransamerica PyramidThe Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline and one of its most iconic. Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo...
in San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, designed by William PereiraWilliam PereiraWilliam Leonard Pereira was an American architect from Chicago, Illinois, of Portuguese ancestry who was noted for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco...
, is completed. - 19711971 in architectureThe year 1971 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Department of the Environment Building, three 20 story tower blocks atop a 5 story linking building, designed by Eric Bedford, at Marsham Street in Westminster, London, was completed.* Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas,...
- Rothko ChapelRothko ChapelThe Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas founded by John and Dominique de Menil. The interior serves not only as a chapel, but also as a major work of modern art. On its walls are fourteen black but color hued paintings by Mark Rothko...
in Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, designed by Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
and Philip JohnsonPhilip JohnsonPhilip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
is completed. - 19701970 in architectureThe year 1970 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings and structures:* March 7 - John Hancock Center official opening ceremony, by Bruce Graham/ SOM, in Chicago, Illinois....
- Construction begins on the Sears TowerSears TowerSears' optimistic growth projections were not met. Competition from its traditional rivals continued, with new competition by retailing giants such as Kmart, Kohl's, and Wal-Mart. The fortunes of Sears & Roebuck declined in the 1970s as the company lost market share; its management grew more...
in Chicago, designed by Bruce GrahamBruce GrahamBruce John Graham was an Colombian-American architect. Among his most notable buildings are the Inland Steel Building, the Willis Tower , and the John Hancock Center. He worked with Fazlur Khan on all three constructions...
and Fazlur KhanFazlur KhanFazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi born architect and structural engineer. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "Father of tubular design for high-rises"...
(of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill).
1960s
- 19691969 in architectureThe year 1969 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings and structures:* January 8: At the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S...
- Ludwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der Rohe was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname....
and Walter GropiusWalter GropiusWalter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
die. - 19681968 in architectureThe year 1968 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Calgary Tower in Calgary, Canada is opened.* Lake Point Tower in Chicago, designed by Schippereit-Heinrich Associates is completed....
- Mies van der Rohe's New National Gallery in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
finished. - 19671967 in architectureThe year 1967 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada designed by Moshe Safdie as part of Expo 67.* Marina City in Chicago, designed by Bertrand Goldberg is opened....
- Expo 67Expo 67The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the...
in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
features the American pavilion, a geodesic domeGeodesic domeA geodesic dome is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and also distribute the stress across the structure. When...
designed by Buckminster FullerBuckminster FullerRichard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
, and the Habitat 67 housing complex designed by Moshe SafdieMoshe SafdieMoshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. Born in the city of Haifa, then Palestine and now Israel, he moved with his family to Montreal, Canada, when he was 15 years old.-Career:...
. - 19661966 in architectureThe year 1966 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* June - Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, opens in June as a largest hospital of North America....
- The Gateway ArchGateway ArchThe Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States...
by Eero Saarinen is finished in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. - 19651965 in architectureThe year 1965 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Akosombo Dam in Ghana is completed.*Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St...
- NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Cape Canaveral VABVehicle Assembly BuildingThe Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was used to assemble and house American manned launch vehicles from 1968-2011. It is the fourth largest building in the world by volume...
, the NiagaraNiagara FallsThe Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...
Skylon TowerSkylon TowerThe Skylon Tower, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is an observation tower that overlooks both the American Falls, New York and the larger Horseshoe Falls, Ontario from the Canadian side of the Niagara River.-History:...
, the Tel-Aviv Shalom Meir towerShalom Meir tower-External links:*...
and the Salk Institute all open. - 19641964 in architectureThe year 1964 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Post Office Tower in London , designed by Eric Bedford and G. R...
- The UnisphereUnisphereThe Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park in the borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the borough's most iconic and enduring symbols....
heads New York World's Fair1964 New York World's FairThe 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the third major world's fair to be held in New York City. Hailing itself as a "universal and international" exposition, the fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding," dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe";...
. - 19631963 in architectureThe year 1963 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 7 - MetLife Building in Manhattan, New York, United States is opened.* Bankside Power Station in London, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott is completed...
- The Palace of Assembly at Chandigarh, India, is finished. - 19621962 in architectureThe year 1962 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings and structures:*May 25 - Coventry Cathedral in England, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated.*July 1 - The Minolta Tower in Niagara Falls is opened....
- Seattle Space needleSpace NeedleThe Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over...
& TWA Terminal by SaarinenEero SaarinenEero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.-Biography:Eero Saarinen shared the same birthday as his father,...
at JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
are opened. - 19611961 in architectureThe year 1961 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Palazzo del Lavoro and Palazzetto dello sport in Turin, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, are completed.* One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City, United States, is completed....
- Louis Kahn finishes the Richards Medical BuildingRichards Medical Research LaboratoriesThe Richards Medical Research Laboratories, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., were designed by architect Louis Kahn and are considered to have been a breakthrough in his career. The building is configured as a group of laboratory towers...
at the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in Philadelphia. - 19601960 in architectureThe year 1960 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 13 - Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory officially opened in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan....
- Lucio CostaLúcio CostaLucio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner.-Career:Costa was born in Toulon, France.Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and in Montreux until 1916, he graduated as an architect in 1924 from the School of Fine Art in Rio de Janeiro...
& Oscar NiemeyerOscar NiemeyerOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
plan buildings of BrasiliaBrasíliaBrasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
, new capital of BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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1950s
- 19591959 in architectureThe year 1959 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Basilica of Candelaria completed on the island of Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands.* Birmingham Museum of Art by Warren, Knight & Davis is opened....
- Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
's Guggenheim MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
is finished after 16 years of work on the project. - 19581958 in architectureThe year 1958 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Atomium is opened in Brussels, designed by André Waterkeyn.* Center of New Industries and Technologies, completed at La Défense in Paris, by engineer Jean Prouvé....
- The Seagram BuildingSeagram BuildingThe Seagram Building is a skyscraper, located at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with Philip Johnson. Severud Associates were the structural engineering consultants. The building...
in New York designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip JohnsonPhilip JohnsonPhilip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
is completed. - 19571957 in architectureThe year 1957 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Byrd Station commissioned in West Antarctica.* The Interbau project in West Berlin is completed, with buildings designed by forty-eight architects....
- The Interbau 57 exposition in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
features structures by Alvar AaltoAlvar AaltoHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
, Walter GropiusWalter GropiusWalter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
and his The Architects' CollaborativeThe Architects' CollaborativeThe Architects' Collaborative was an American architectural firm formed by Walter Gropius and seven younger architects in 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The other partners were Norman C. Fletcher , Jean B. Fletcher , John C. Harkness , Sarah P. Harkness , Robert S...
(TAC), and an unitéUnité-General information:Communication standard: Unité has a license to work in CDMA standard on frequency of 450 MHz as well as in UMTS standard on frequency of 2100 MHz.Numbering resources:Unité network codes are: 671xxxxx 672xxxxx 673xxxxx...
by Le Corbusier. - 19561956 in architectureThe year 1956 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Capitol Records Building completed in Hollywood, California, as the worlds first round office building, by architect Welton Becket....
- Crown HallS.R. Crown HallS. R. Crown Hall, designed by the German-born Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.-History:...
at the Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is finished. - 19551955 in architectureThe year 1955 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* June 25 - Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated....
- Completion of Le CorbusierLe CorbusierCharles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
's Notre Dame du HautNotre Dame du HautInformally known as "Ronchamp", the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp , completed in 1954, is one of the finest examples of the architecture of Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier and one of the most important examples of twentieth-century religious architecture.-History:Notre Dame du Haut...
chapel at Ronchamp, France. - 19541954 in architectureThe year 1954 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, designed by Peter and Alison Smithson, is completed...
- Louis KahnLouis KahnLouis Isadore Kahn was an American architect, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935...
finishes his Yale University Art GalleryYale University Art GalleryThe Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting,...
in New Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven, ConnecticutNew Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
, USA. - 19531953 in architectureThe year 1953 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St Crispin's School, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, designed by the Ministry of Education.* YMCA Indian Student Hostel, Fitzrovia, London, designed by Ralph Tubbs....
- Completion of the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Headquarters in New York by a design team headed by Wallace HarrisonWallace HarrisonWallace Kirkman Harrison , was an American architect.-Career:Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center...
and Max Abramowitz. - 19521952 in architectureThe year 1952 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, completed in the Brush Park section of Detroit, Michigan.* Edificio Miguel E...
- Le CorbusierLe CorbusierCharles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
completes his Unité d'HabitationUnité d'HabitationThe Unité d'Habitation is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso...
in Marseilles. - 19511951 in architectureThe year 1951 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* February 28 - Bronx River Houses completed in the Soundview section of The Bronx in New York City.* May 3 - Festival of Britain opened in London:...
- Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive Apartments completed in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. - 19501950 in architectureThe year 1950 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Alas Building completed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tallest building in Buenos Aires between 1950 and 1996, surpassed by the Le Parc tower....
- Eames HouseEames HouseThe Eames House is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture located at 203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles...
completed in Santa Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
, designed by Charles and Ray EamesCharles and Ray EamesCharles Ormond Eames, Jr and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Eames were American designers, who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.-Charles Eames:Charles Eames, Jr was born in...
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1940s
- 19491949 in architectureThe year 1949 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Ford House in Illinois designed by Bruce Goff.* Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut designed by Philip Johnson....
- Glass HouseGlass HouseThe Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence and is a masterpiece in the use of glass. It was an important and influential project for Johnson and for modern architecture. The building is an essay in minimal...
in New Canaan, ConnecticutNew Canaan, ConnecticutNew Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, northeast of Stamford, on the Fivemile River. The population was 19,738 according to the 2010 census.The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States...
designed by Philip JohnsonPhilip JohnsonPhilip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
. - 19481948 in architectureThe year 1948 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado is completed.* Mampong Teacher's Training College and Prempeh College, Kumasi, both in Ghana, by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew....
- Pietro BelluschiPietro BelluschiPietro Belluschi was an American architect, a leader of the Modern Movement in architecture, and was responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings....
completes the Equitable BuildingEquitable BuildingEquitable Building may refer to:* Equitable Building * Equitable Building * Equitable Building * Equitable Building * Equitable Building * Equitable Building...
in Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. - 19471947 in architectureThe year 1947 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Berkeley Building, or "Old" John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, United States is completed.-Awards:*AIA Gold Medal - Eliel Saarinen...
- Alvar AaltoAlvar AaltoHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
builds the Baker House dormitories at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. - 19461946 in architectureThe year 1946 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan, United States is completed.*BISF houses in the United Kingdom, designed by Frederick Gibberd.-Events:* J. M...
- Le CorbusierLe CorbusierCharles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
draws up plans for La RochelleLa RochelleLa Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
-La Pallice, while his efforts to redesign Saint-Dié-des-VosgesSaint-Dié-des-VosgesSaint-Dié-des-Vosges, commonly referred to as Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:...
(both cities in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) are foiled. - 19451945 in architectureThe year 1945 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* February 13 - February 15 - The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force destroys 13 square miles of the city, and causes a firestorm that consumes the city centre...
- John EntenzaJohn EntenzaJohn Entenza , born in Calumet, Michigan, was one of the pivotal figures in the growth of American modernism: in the fields of environmental, architectural, landscape, and product design; and fine arts, and artisan crafts; in post-war California and the United States.-Arts + Architecture...
launches the Case Study HousesCase Study HousesThe Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and...
Program through his post as editor of Arts & ArchitectureArts & ArchitectureArts & Architecture was an American design, architecture, landscape, and arts magazine. It was published and edited by John Entenza from 1940–1962 and David Travers 1962–1967. Arts & Architecture played a significant role both in Los Angeles's cultural history and in the development of American...
magazine. - 19441944 in architectureThe year 1944 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* The Greater London Plan and A Plan for Plymouth are published by Patrick Abercrombie.-Awards:* AIA Gold Medal - Louis Sullivan.* Royal Gold Medal - Edward Maufe....
- Frank Lloyd Wright builds the research tower for his Johnson Wax HeadquartersJohnson Wax HeadquartersJohnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. "Hib" Johnson, the building was constructed from 1936 to 1939...
in Racine, WisconsinRacine, WisconsinRacine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 82,196...
. - 19431943 in architectureThe year 1943 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., United States is completed.*The Pentagon in Washington D.C., United States is completed.-Events:...
- Oscar NiemeyerOscar NiemeyerOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
completes his PampulhaPampulhaPampulha is a man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is also the name of the surrounding residential neighborhood and is one of the city's administrative regions....
project in Brazil. - 19421942 in architectureThe year 1942 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, United States is completed.-Events:*An abridged version of the Athens Charter by Le Corbusier is published....
- VichyVichyVichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...
rejects Le Corbusier's Obus E plan for AlgiersAlgiers' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
. - 19411941 in architectureThe year 1941 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Hoover Tower in Stanford, California, United States is completed.*The Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia is completed....
- Le CorbusierLe CorbusierCharles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
offers his services to the VichyVichyVichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...
regime. - 19401940 in architectureThe year 1940 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral, in Timişoara, Romania, is completed.*The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is built by Lawrence Murray Dixon....
- Peter BehrensPeter BehrensPeter Behrens was a German architect and designer. He was important for the modernist movement, as several of the movements leading names worked for him when they were young.-Biography:Behrens attended the Christianeum Hamburg from September 1877 until Easter 1882...
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1930s
- 19391939 in architectureThe year 1939 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* April 21 - The San Jacinto Monument is dedicated near Houston, Texas....
- The 1939 World's FairWorld's FairWorld's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
in New York includes the Finnish Pavilion by Alvar Aalto and the Brazilian Pavilion by Lucio CostaLúcio CostaLucio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner.-Career:Costa was born in Toulon, France.Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and in Montreux until 1916, he graduated as an architect in 1924 from the School of Fine Art in Rio de Janeiro...
and Oscar NiemeyerOscar NiemeyerOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...
. - 19381938 in architectureThe year 1938 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Reich Chancellery in Berlin, designed by Albert Speer, is completed.* City Hall, Norwich, England, designed by C. H. James and S. R...
- Frank Lloyd Wright purchases 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land 26 miles away from PhoenixPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, and begins to build Taliesin WestTaliesin WestTaliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Today it is the main campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.Open to the public for tours, Taliesin...
, his winter home, in Scottsdale, ArizonaScottsdale, ArizonaScottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...
, USA - 19371937 in architectureThe year 1937 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Chelsea Bridge in Pimlico, London, designed by G. Topham Forrest, former head of London County Council's Architect's Department, is completed....
- Wright completes his house FallingwaterFallingwaterFallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh...
, at Bear Run, Pennsylvania. - 19361936 in architectureThe year 1936 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Johnson Wax Headquarters designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.* Obelisk of Buenos Aires designed by Alberto Prebisch.* Florin Court, London, by Guy Morgan and Partners....
- Frank Lloyd Wright designs his monumental inward-looking Johnson Wax HeadquartersJohnson Wax HeadquartersJohnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. "Hib" Johnson, the building was constructed from 1936 to 1939...
in Racine, WisconsinRacine, WisconsinRacine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 82,196...
, USA. - 19351935 in architectureThe year 1935 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Fallingwater designed by Frank Lloyd Wright*De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, completed...
- Cass GilbertCass Gilbert- Historical impact :Gilbert is considered a skyscraper pioneer; when designing the Woolworth Building he moved into unproven ground — though he certainly was aware of the ground-breaking work done by Chicago architects on skyscrapers and once discussed merging firms with the legendary Daniel...
's United States Supreme Court BuildingUnited States Supreme Court buildingThe Supreme Court Building is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is situated in Washington, D.C. at 1 First Street, NE, on the block immediately east of the United States Capitol. The building is under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. On May 4, 1987, the Supreme...
is posthumously finished. - 19341934 in architectureThe year 1934 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Penguin Pool, London Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup.* Isokon building, Hampstead, London, designed by Wells Coates, is completed....
- Frank Lloyd Wright draws up plans for his Broadacre CityBroadacre CityBroadacre City was an urban or suburban development concept proposed by Frank Lloyd Wright throughout most of his lifetime. He presented the idea in his book The Disappearing City in 1932. A few years later he unveiled a very detailed twelve by twelve foot scale model representing a hypothetical...
, a decentralized urban metropolis. - 19331933 in architectureThe year 1933 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Completion of the Myer Emporium renovation, on Bourke Street, Melbourne....
- The BauhausBauhaus', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
closes under NaziNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
pressure. - 19321932 in architectureThe year 1932 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 19 - Sydney Harbour Bridge, designed by John Bradfield, is opened in Sydney, Australia....
- The Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
(MoMA) in New York holds its exhibition on modern architecture, coining the term "International StyleInternational style (architecture)The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
." - 19311931 in architectureThe year 1931 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* July 1 - Rebuilt Milano Centrale railway station opens in Italy....
- The Empire State BuildingEmpire State BuildingThe Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
, designed by Shreve, Lamb and HarmonShreve, Lamb and HarmonShreve, Lamb, and Harmon was the architectural firm best known for the 1931 Empire State Building, the tallest building in New York, and the world, at that time....
, becomes the tallest building in the world. - 19301930 in architectureThe year 1930 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* June 9 – The Chicago Board of Trade Building, designed by Holabird & Roche opens....
- William Van AlenWilliam Van AlenWilliam Van Alen was an American architect, best known as the architect in charge of designing New York City's Chrysler Building .-Life:...
completes the Chrysler BuildingChrysler BuildingThe Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State...
, an Art Deco skyscraperSkyscraperA skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA.
1920s
- 19291929 in architectureThe year 1929 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is erected.* Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario is completed and becomes the tallest building in the British Empire....
- Barcelona PavilionBarcelona PavilionThe Barcelona Pavilion , designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spain. This building was used for the official opening of the German section of the exhibition. It was an important building in the history of modern...
designed by Ludwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der Rohe was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname....
. - 19281928 in architectureThe year 1928 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* First Dymaxion House is designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller....
- Hector GuimardHector GuimardHector Guimard was an architect, who is now the best-known representative of the French Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries....
builds his last house in Paris. - 19271927 in architectureThe year 1927 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, designed by a team led by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is completed.*Battersea Power Station in London, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott....
- The Weissenhof EstateWeissenhof EstateThe Weissenhof Estate is a housing estate built for exhibition in Stuttgart in 1927...
, an exhibition of apartment houses designed by leading modern architects, held at Stuttgart, Germany. - 19261926 in architectureThe year 1926 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Frankfurt kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky* Jackling House designed by George Washington Smith* Mausoleum of Yugoslavian Soldiers in Olomouc designed by Hubert Aust...
- Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die. - 19251925 in architectureThe year 1925 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Mount Pleasant Library opens in Washington, DC, designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton*The Bauhaus moves to a building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius....
- BauhausBauhaus', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
at DessauDessauDessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
designed by Walter GropiusWalter GropiusWalter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
. - 19241924 in architectureThe year 1924 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany is completed.* Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands-Awards:...
- Gerrit RietveldGerrit RietveldGerrit Thomas Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his Red and Blue Chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-Biography:Rietveld was born in...
completes the Schröder HouseRietveld Schröder HouseThe Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children. She commissioned the house to be designed preferably without walls. Rietveld worked side by side with Schröder-Schräder to create the house...
in UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
. - 19231923 in architectureThe year 1923 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* June 23 - Stockholm City Hall, designed by Ragnar Östberg, is opened.* Chilehaus in Hamburg, designed by Fritz Höger, is completed.-Events:...
- Le Corbusier publishes Vers une architectureToward an ArchitectureVers une architecture, translated into English as Toward an Architecture and commonly known as Towards a New Architecture is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier , advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture...
(Toward an Architecture), a summary of his ideas. - 19221922 in architectureThe year 1922 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Wrigley Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States is completed.* Construction of The Los Angeles Central Library in Los Angeles, California, United States is begun....
- Monument to the Third International designed by Vladimir TatlinVladimir TatlinVladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin was a Russian and Soviet painter and architect. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Russian avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became the most important artist in the Constructivist movement...
(unbuilt). - 19211921 in architectureThe year 1921 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Einstein Tower near Potsdam, Germany, designed by Erich Mendelsohn is completed.* Berliner Tageblatt designed by Erich Mendelsohn is opened....
- Frank Lloyd Wright completes his Hollyhock HouseHollyhock HouseThe Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House is a building in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, built in 1919–1921...
for Aline BarnsdallAline BarnsdallLouise Aline Barnsdall was an American oil heiress, best known as Frank Lloyd Wright's client for the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, now the centerpiece of the city's Barnsdall Art Park.- Biography :...
in Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, begun in 1917. - 19201920 in architectureThe year 1920 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Cenotaph in London, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is completed.*The Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is completed.-Awards:...
- The Einstein TowerEinstein TowerThe Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by Erich Mendelsohn. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam Telegraphenberg to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich...
in PotsdamPotsdamPotsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, designed by Erich MendelsohnErich MendelsohnErich Mendelsohn was a Jewish German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.-Early life:...
, is completed.
1910s
- 19191919 in architectureThe year 1919 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Grosses Schauspielhaus by Hans Poelzig opened in Berlin* McMahon Building, better known as the World's littlest skyscraper, by J.D...
- Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. - 19181918 in architectureThe year 1918 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Hallidie Building is built in San Francisco. Designed by Willis Polk. Credited as the first glass curtain wall building....
- Birth of Jørn UtzonJørn UtzonJørn Oberg Utzon, , AC was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime...
, designer of the Sydney Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
. - 19171917 in architectureThe year 1917 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started.*The Lister County Courthouse is started in Solvesborg, Sweden...
- Georges Biet's Art NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
house and apartment building in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle is severely damaged by combat shells, but will be rebuilt nearly exactly as before in 1922. - 19161916 in architectureThe year 1916 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Colony Club in New York City by McKim, Mead & White, later the home of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts school-Events:...
- De StijlDe StijlDe Stijl , propagating the group's theories. Next to van Doesburg, the group's principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian , Vilmos Huszár , and Bart van der Leck , and the architects Gerrit Rietveld , Robert van 't Hoff , and J.J.P. Oud...
movement founded in the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. - 19151915 in architectureThe year 1915 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* April - The Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition, designed by Jan Letzel, is opened. Today, it is known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.-Awards:...
- Le Corbusier completes studies for his Dom-ino Houses. - 19141914 in architectureThe year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* August 15 - The Panama Canal opens.* Helsinki railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen is opened.* Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, designed by Paul Abadie is completed....
- Walter Gropius designs his Fagus Shoe Factory. - 19131913 in architectureThe year 1913 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* February 1: Grand Central Terminal, rebuilt, re-opens in New York City, United States.* Sinaia train station in Sinaia, Romania....
- Cass Gilbert completes the Woolworth BuildingWoolworth BuildingThe Woolworth Building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in New York City. More than a century after the start of its construction, it remains, at 57 stories, one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City...
in New York. - 19121912 in architectureThe year 1912 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* December 26 - Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, opens as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.-Awards:...
- Frank Lloyd Wright begins work on the Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, IllinoisRiverside, IllinoisRiverside is an affluent suburban village in Cook County, Illinois. A significant portion of the village is in the Riverside Landscape Architecture District, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The population was 8,895 at the 2000 census...
. - 19111911 in architectureThe year 1911 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* May 23 – New York Public Library Main Branch, built by architects John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, is officially opened....
- Josef Hoffmann completes the Palais StocletPalais StocletThe Stoclet Palace is a private mansion built by architect Josef Hoffmann between 1905 and 1911 in Brussels, Belgium, for banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet. Considered Hoffman's masterpiece, the Stoclet's house is one of the most refined and luxurious private houses of the twentieth century.The...
in Brussels. - 19101910 in architectureThe year 1910 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Casa Milà in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí is completed.* The Renauld Bank in Nancy, designed by Émile André and Paul Charbonnier, is completed....
- Gaudí finishes the Casa MilàCasa MilàCasa Milà , better known as La Pedrera , is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912...
in Barcelona.
1900s
- 19091909 in architectureThe year 1909 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* AEG Turbine Factory in Berlin, designed by Peter Behrens is completed....
- Frank Lloyd Wright completes the Robie HouseRobie HouseThe Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie...
near Chicago. - 19081908 in architectureThe year 1908 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*April 6 - The foundation stone of Knox College, Otago, is laid....
- Adolf LoosAdolf LoosAdolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was a Moravian-born Austro-Hungarian architect. He was influential in European Modern architecture, and in his essay Ornament and Crime he repudiated the florid style of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau...
publishes his essay "Ornament and CrimeOrnament and CrimeOrnament and Crime is an essay written in 1908 by the influential and self-consciously "modern" Austrian architect Adolf Loos under the German title Ornament und Verbrechen...
". - 19071907 in architectureThe year 1907 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Casa Milà and Casa Batlló in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí are completed....
- Gaudí completes the Casa BatllóCasa BatllóCasa Batlló is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904–1906; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia , part of the Illa de la Discòrdia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain...
in Barcelona. - 19061906 in architectureThe year 1906 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.* Construction begins on the current Great Mosque of Djenné....
- Lucien WeissenburgerLucien WeissenburgerLucien Weissenburger , was a French architect. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Lorraine and a member of the board of directors of the École de Nancy....
completes his own house, a striking example of the Art NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
style in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. - 19051905 in architectureThe year 1905 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Euville City Hall, in Euville, France, is designed by Georges Biet and Eugène Vallin, with stained glass by Jacques Gruber.* Stoclet House, Brussels by Josef Hoffmann....
- Wright designs Unity TempleUnity TempleUnity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908. Unity Temple is considered to be one of Wright's most important...
in Oak Park, IllinoisOak Park, IllinoisOak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...
. - 19041904 in architectureThe year 1904 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bergeret House in Nancy is completed by Lucien Weissenburger, with ironwork by Louis Majorelle, interior paintings by Victor Prouvé, stained glass by Jacques Gruber, and woodwork by Eugène Vallin.* The Villa des...
- Otto WagnerOtto WagnerOtto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...
completes his Post Office Savings Bank Building in Vienna. - 19031903 in architectureThe year 1903 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Amsterdam Stock Exchange designed by Hendrik Berlage is opened.* Giles Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design Liverpool Cathedral....
- Josef HoffmannJosef HoffmannJosef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods.- Biography :...
finishes the Moser House in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. - 19021902 in architectureThe year 1902 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Flatiron Building in New York, designed by Daniel Burnham is completed.* Post Office Savings Bank in Vienna, designed by Otto Wagner is completed....
- Otto WagnerOtto WagnerOtto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...
's Viennese StadtbahnWiener StadtbahnThe Wiener Stadtbahn was a public transportation system operated under this name from 1898 to 1989. Today, the Vienna U-Bahn lines U4 and U6 and the Vienna S-Bahn run on its former lines....
railway system is completed. - 19011901 in architectureThe year 1901 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Federal Court House and Post office for the Upper Midwest, now the "Landmark Center", Saint Paul, Minnesota by Willoughby J...
- Peter Behrens completes his house at the Art Nouveau colony at Darmstadt, Germany. - 19001900 in architectureThe year 1900 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* July 19 - The Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard in 1899.* Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Parc Güell, which he works on for the next fourteen years....
- The Gare d'Orsay, now the famous Musée d'OrsayMusée d'OrsayThe Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,...
, is built in Paris by Victor LalouxVictor LalouxVictor Alexandre Frederic Laloux was a French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher.- Life :Born in Tours, Laloux studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts atelier of Louis-Jules André, with his studies interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, and was awarded the annual Prix de Rome in 1878...
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1890s
- 18991899 in architectureThe year 1899 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Maison du Peuple in Brussels, designed by Victor Horta is completed ....
- Hector GuimardHector GuimardHector Guimard was an architect, who is now the best-known representative of the French Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries....
is commissioned to design the edicules for the Paris Métropolitain, which have become a hallmark of Art Nouveau design. - 18981898 in architectureThe year 1898 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St. Paul Building in New York is completed and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.* The Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia is completed.-Events:...
- Victor Horta designs his own house, now the Horta MuseumHorta MuseumThe Horta Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and atelier, Maison & Atelier Horta , in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles...
. - 18971897 in architectureThe year 1897 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* May 1 - Tennessee Centennial Exposition opens in Nashville, with a temporary pyramid for Memphis, TN and a copy of the Parthenon, which will be rebuilt of permanent materials in the 1920s.* The Vienna Secession Building,...
- Hendrik Berlage designs his Amsterdam Stock ExchangeAmsterdam Stock ExchangeThe Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange based in Amsterdam. It merged on 22 September 2000 with the Brussels Stock Exchange and the Paris Stock Exchange to form Euronext, and is now known as Euronext Amsterdam.-History:...
. - 18961896 in architectureThe year 1896 in architecture involved some significant events.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Ernest George.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Deaths:* October 3 - William Morris...
- Eugène VallinEugène VallinEugène Vallin was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect.-Life and career:Vallin studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy...
completes his own house and studio in Nancy (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), which is the first of many Art Nouveau structures built there by the members of the École de NancyÉcole de NancyÉcole de Nancy or The Nancy School was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau in France whose inspiration was essentially in plant form and animals...
. - 18951895 in architectureThe year 1895 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Milwaukee City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States is completed and becomes the tallest building in the world...
- The Biltmore EstateBiltmore EstateBiltmore House is a Châteauesque-styled mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at and featuring 250 rooms...
, the largest house in the USA, is completed for the Vanderbilt familyVanderbilt familyThe Vanderbilt family is an American family of Dutch origin prominent during the Gilded Age. It started off with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy...
in Asheville, North CarolinaAsheville, North CarolinaAsheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...
. - 18941894 in architectureThe year 1894 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Colegio de Santa Maria de Jesús in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudí is completed.* Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York designed by Louis Sullivan is completed....
- Louis Sullivan builds the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, NY, USA. - 18931893 in architectureThe year 1893 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Refinery for Pacific Coast Borax Company is the first reinforced concrete building in the United States.*Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States is completed....
- Victor HortaVictor HortaVictor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...
builds what is widely considered the first full-fledged Art NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
structure, the Hôtel TasselHôtel TasselThe Hotel Tassel is a town house built by Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel in 1893-1894. It is generally considered as the first true Art Nouveau building, because of its highly innovative plan and its ground breaking use of materials and decoration...
, in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. - 18921892 in architectureThe year 1892 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Consecration of Heinävesi Church, the largest wooden church in Finland, designed by Josef Stenbäck and built in 1890–1891....
- Modernist architect Richard NeutraRichard NeutraRichard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...
is born. - 18911891 in architectureThe year 1891 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Monadnock Building - Chicago, tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.*Wainwright Building - St...
- Louis SullivanLouis SullivanLouis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an...
completes his Wainwright BuildingWainwright BuildingThe Wainwright Building is a 10-story red brick office building at 709 Chestnut Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The Wainwright Building is among the first skyscrapers in the world. It was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in the Palazzo style and built between 1890 and 1891...
in Saint LouisSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. - 18901890 in architectureThe year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 4 - The Forth Bridge from South to North Queensferry in Scotland, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, is opened....
- Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler build the Auditorium Building in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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1880s
- 18891889 in architectureThe year 1889 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 31 - Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel, is inaugurated....
- The 1889 Paris exhibition showcases some of the new technologies of iron, steel, and glass, including the Eiffel TowerEiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
. - 18881888 in architectureThe year 1888 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* April 11 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt, opens.*In Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, the Conquest Plantation is built in Victorian style....
- The Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) displays many buildings by Lluís Domènech i MontanerLluís Domènech i MontanerLluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician....
and other Catalan architects. - 18871887 in architectureThe year 1887 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* December 1 - Raffles Hotel opened - Located Singapore* Beginning of construction of Ponce de León Hotel in St...
- H. H. Richardson's Marshall Field Store in Chicago is completed. - 18861886 in architectureThe year 1886 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Iowa State Capitol – located Des Moines, Iowa.*Neuschwanstein – located Bavaria, Germany...
- Ludwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der Rohe was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname....
is born. - 18851885 in architectureThe year 1885 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois, designed by William LeBaron Jenney, is completed, often regarded as the world's first skyscraper....
- William Le Baron JenneyWilliam Le Baron JenneyWilliam Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer who became known as the Father of the American skyscraper.- Life and career :...
builds the first metal-frame skyscraper, the Home Insurance BuildingHome Insurance BuildingThe Home Insurance Building was built in 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, USA and destroyed in 1931 to make way for the Field Building . It was the first building to use structural steel in its frame, but the majority of its structure was composed of cast and wrought iron...
, in Chicago. - 18841884 in architectureThe year 1884 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Sagrada Família cathedral in Barcelona.* Washington Monument in Washington, DC, designed by Robert Mills is completed....
- Gaudí is given the commission for the Sagrada FamíliaSagrada FamiliaThe ' , commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí...
in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926. - 18831883 in architectureThe year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney * The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed....
- Antoni Gaudí completes his Casa VicensCasa VicensCasa Vicens is a family residence in Barcelona , designed by Antoni Gaudí and built for industrialist Manuel Vicens. It was Gaudí's first important work. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí" in 2005....
in Barcelona. - 18821882 in architectureThe year 1882 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* September 30 – Dedication of Hearthstone House, in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States; the first residential building to be powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.-Buildings:*...
- - 18811881 in architectureThe year 1881 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Alþingishúsið in Reykjavik, Iceland is opened to house the National Parliament*Natural History Museum in London, England is opened*Tweed Courthouse is completed in New York City...
- The Natural History MuseumNatural History MuseumThe Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
in London opens. - 18801880 in architectureThe year 1880 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Casa Vicens in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi is completed.* The Natural History Museum in London, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and Francis Fowke is completed....
- Cologne CathedralCologne CathedralCologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...
is finally completed after 632 years.
1870s
- 18791879 in architectureThe year 1879 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Linderhof in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman is completed.* St...
- Louis Sullivan joins Dankmar Adler's firm in Chicago. - 18781878 in architectureThe year 1878 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Work begins on the Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman.* The Semper Oper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, is completed....
- Work begins on the HerrenchiemseeHerrenchiemseeHerrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on the Herreninsel, an island in the Chiemsee, Bavaria's largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich. Together with the neighbouring island of Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel it forms the municipality of Chiemsee...
in BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, designed by Georg Dollman. - 18771877 in architectureThe year 1877 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, designed by Giuseppe Mengoni is completed.* Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, England is completed....
- St Pancras railway stationSt Pancras railway stationSt Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus celebrated for its Victorian architecture. The Grade I listed building stands on Euston Road in St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, between the...
in London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is completed. - 18761876 in architectureThe year 1876 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bayreuth Festspielhaus, designed by Gottfried Semper, is completed.* Government House, Melbourne, Australia, designed by William Wardell is completed....
- Construction is finished on the Bayreuth FestspielhausBayreuth FestspielhausThe or Bayreuth Festival Theatre is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated solely to the performance of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner...
, designed by Gottfried SemperGottfried SemperGottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture, who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list. Semper fled first to Zürich and later...
. - 18751875 in architectureThe year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia is completed.* Opéra Garnier in Paris, France is opened.* The Hermannsdenkmal in Berlin, Germany is completed....
- The Opéra Garnier is completed in Paris. - 18741874 in architectureThe year 1874 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Opéra Garnier, designed by Charles Garnier is completed.* California State Capitol in Sacramento, California is completed....
- Completion of the California State CapitolCalifornia State CapitolThe California State Capitol is home to the government of California. The building houses the bicameral state legislature and the office of the governor....
in SacramentoSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. - 18731873 in architectureThe year 1873 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Berlin victory column in Berlin, Germany is completed and inaugurated.* Midland Grand Hotel in London, United Kingdom is opened, the largest hotel in the world at the time....
- Scots' ChurchScots' Church, MelbourneThe Scots' Church, a Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia, was the first Presbyterian Church to be built in the Port Phillip District . It is located in Collins Street and is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia...
in Melbourne, Australia is finished. - 18721872 in architectureThe year 1872 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Baron von Schmidt.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: ....
- The Albert MemorialAlbert MemorialThe Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the...
in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened. - 18711871 in architectureThe year 1871 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 29 - The Royal Albert Hall in London designed by Francis Fowke and H. Y...
- The Great Chicago FireGreat Chicago FireThe Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S...
destroys most of the city, sparking a building boom there. - 18701870 in architectureThe year 1870 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The University of Glasgow, designed by George Gilbert Scott.* Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia is completed.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Benjamin Ferrey....
- Birth of Adolf LoosAdolf LoosAdolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was a Moravian-born Austro-Hungarian architect. He was influential in European Modern architecture, and in his essay Ornament and Crime he repudiated the florid style of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau...
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1860s
- 18691869 in architectureThe year 1869 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* November 17 - The modern Suez Canal opens.* Construction of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank, is begun.* The Rotes Rathaus in Berlin, Germany is completed....
- Birth of Georges Biet. - 18681868 in architectureThe year 1868 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Alfred Waterhouse wins the competition for the design of Manchester Town Hall in England.* The Gyeongbokgung of Korea is completed.-Awards:...
- Peter Behrens is born. - 18681868 in architectureThe year 1868 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Alfred Waterhouse wins the competition for the design of Manchester Town Hall in England.* The Gyeongbokgung of Korea is completed.-Awards:...
- The GyeongbokgungGyeongbokgungGyeongbokgung, also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, is a royal palace located in northern Seoul, South Korea. First constructed in 1394 and reconstructed in 1867, it was the main and largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty...
of KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
is reconstructed. - 18671867 in architectureThe year 1867 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 1 — The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky is formally opened....
- Frank LLoyd Wright is born. William Le Baron JenneyWilliam Le Baron JenneyWilliam Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer who became known as the Father of the American skyscraper.- Life and career :...
opens his architectural practice in Chicago. - 18661866 in architectureThe year 1866 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The building of Nationalgalerie starts in Berlin, designed by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack.* The Neue Synagoge in Berlin, Germany is completed....
- Completion of the St Pancras Hotel in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
by Sir George Gilbert Scott. - 18651865 in architectureThe year 1865 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* George Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design St Pancras railway station in London.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - James Pennethorne....
- Birth of French architect Paul Charbonnier. - 18641864 in architectureThe year 1864 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel opens to the public....
- French Art Nouveau architect Jules LavirotteJules LavirotteJules Aimé Lavirotte was a French architect who designed no fewer than nine buildings still standing in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, or in immediately surrounding arrondissements...
is born. - 18631863 in architectureThe year 1863 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* January 10 - The London Metropolitan Railway is opened.* Clapham Junction railway station is opened.* The current dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C...
- U. S. Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., is completed. - 18621862 in architectureThe year 1862 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Albert Memorial in London, designed by George Gilbert Scott is completed.* Holbrooke Hotel, in Grass Valley, California, USA...
- Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's reading room at the Bibliothèque Nationale de FranceBibliothèque nationale de FranceThe is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...
(site RichelieuRue de RichelieuRue de Richelieu is a long street of Paris, starting in the south of the Ier arrondissement, ending in the IIe arrondissement. For the first half of the nineteenth century, before Baron Hausmann redefined Paris with grand boulevards, it was one of the most fashionable streets of Paris:The Rue de...
). - 18611861 in architectureThe year 1861 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, United States is completed.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - J. B. Leseur.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: ....
- Victor Horta is born. - 18601860 in architectureThe year 1860 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Oxford University Museum of Natural History, by Benjamin Woodward, completed.-Births:* May 2 - Lucien Weissenburger * August 20 - Kirtland Cutter...
- Construction on LongwoodLongwood (Natchez, Mississippi)Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is an historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. The mansion is on the U.S...
, the largest octagonal residence in the USA, is begun in Natchez, MississippiNatchez, MississippiNatchez is the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. With a total population of 18,464 , it is the largest community and the only incorporated municipality within Adams County...
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1850s
- 18591859 in architectureThe year 1859 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Red House in Bexleyheath, England designed by Philip Webb and William Morris.* September 7 - Big Ben in London becomes fully operational...
- Birth of Louis MajorelleLouis MajorelleLouis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste...
and Cass GilbertCass Gilbert- Historical impact :Gilbert is considered a skyscraper pioneer; when designing the Woolworth Building he moved into unproven ground — though he certainly was aware of the ground-breaking work done by Chicago architects on skyscrapers and once discussed merging firms with the legendary Daniel...
. - 18581858 in architectureThe year 1858 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* The competition to design Central Park in New York is won by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Friedrich August Stüler....
- The competition to design Central ParkCentral ParkCentral Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
in New York is won by Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing...
and Calvert VauxCalvert VauxCalvert Vaux , was an architect and landscape designer. He is best remembered as the co-designer , of New York's Central Park....
. - 18571857 in architectureThe year 1857 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States is completed.*Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia is completed....
- Founding of the American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
. - 18561856 in architectureThe year 1856 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia is completed.*State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia is completed....
- Louis SullivanLouis SullivanLouis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an...
and Eugène VallinEugène VallinEugène Vallin was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect.-Life and career:Vallin studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy...
are born. - 18551855 in architectureThe year 1855 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Palais d'Industrie built for the World Fair in Paris* The Old Stone Church built in Cleveland, Ohio* The Victoria Tower in London, England is completed.-Awards:...
- The Palais d'IndustriePalais d'IndustrieThe Palais de l'Industrie was an exhibition hall erected for the Paris World Fair in 1855. The first building on the site with this name was erected in 1839. It was replaced for subsequent exhibitions in 1844 and 1849...
is built for the World's Fair in Paris. - 18541854 in architectureThe year 1854 in architecture involved some significant events.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Philip Hardwick* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Publications:...
- - 18531853 in architectureThe year 1853 in architecture involved some significant events.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Robert Smirke.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Births:* February 26 - Antonio Rivas Mercado...
- Baron HaussmannBaron HaussmannGeorges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann , was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris...
becomes prefect of the Seine and begins his vast urban renovations of ParisHaussmann's renovation of ParisHaussmann's Renovation of Paris, or the Haussmann Plan, was a modernization program of Paris commissioned by Napoléon III and led by the Seine prefect, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870...
. - 18521852 in architectureThe year 1852 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster designed by Charles Barry and August Pugin is completed.* King's Cross railway station in London is completed.-Awards:...
- Antoni GaudíAntoni GaudíAntoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...
is born. - 18511851 in architectureThe year 1851 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Crystal Palace, home of the Great Exhibition is erected in Hyde Park, London...
- The Crystal PalaceThe Crystal PalaceThe Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. More than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in the Palace's of exhibition space to display examples of the latest technology developed in...
designed by Joseph PaxtonJoseph PaxtonSir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener and architect, best known for designing The Crystal Palace.-Early life:...
. - 18501850 in architectureThe year 1850 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, designed by Henri Labrouste is completed.-Births:* January 10 - John Wellborn Root * November 15 - Victor Laloux...
- Lluis Domènech í MontanerLluís Domènech i MontanerLluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician....
and John W. Root are born.
1840s
- 18491849 in architectureThe year 1849 in architecture involved some significant events.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Luigi Canina.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Births:* January 9 - Gaetano Koch * May 22 - Sir Aston Webb...
- John RuskinJohn RuskinJohn Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...
's The Seven Lamps of ArchitectureThe Seven Lamps of ArchitectureThe Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The 'lamps' of the title are Ruskin's principles of architecture, which he later enlarged upon in the three-volume The Stones of Venice. To an extent, they...
is published. - 18481848 in architectureThe year 1848 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska is completed.-Awards:* Royal Gold Medal - Charles Robert Cockerell.* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Garnier.-Development:...
- Construction begins on the Washington MonumentWashington MonumentThe Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington...
in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, though it will not be completed until 1885. - 18471847 in architectureThe year 1847 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The London Palm House is completed and opened.* Completion of the Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry....
- August 24, birth of Charles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKim FAIA was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White....
(died 1909). - 18461846 in architectureThe year 1846 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Trinity Church in New York City, New York, United States is completed and consecrated....
- September 4, birth of Daniel BurnhamDaniel BurnhamDaniel Hudson Burnham, FAIA was an American architect and urban planner. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He took a leading role in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities, including Chicago and downtown Washington DC...
of the firm Burnham and Root. - 18451845 in architectureThe year 1845 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, designed by Jesse Hartley is opened.* Trafalgar Square in London, designed by Charles Barry and John Nash is completed....
- Trafalgar SquareTrafalgar SquareTrafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, England, United Kingdom. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of...
in London, designed by Charles Barry and John NashJohn Nash (architect)John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...
, is completed. - 18441844 in architectureThe year 1844 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Uspensky Cathedral in Kharkiv, Ukraine is completed.* The Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland is completed.*Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia is completed.-Births:...
- Uspensky Cathedral in Kharkiv, Ukraine is completed. - 18431843 in architectureThe year 1843 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* March 25 - The Thames Tunnel in London, constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Marc Isambard Brunel opens to the public....
- Construction begins on Henri LabrousteHenri LabroustePierre François Henri Labrouste was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. After a six year stay in Rome, Labrouste opened an architectural training workshop, which quickly became the center of the Rationalist view...
's Bibliothèque Sainte-GenevièveBibliothèque Sainte-GenevièveThe Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève inherited the writings and collections of one of the largest and oldest abbeys in Paris. Founded in the sixth century by Clovis I and subject to the rule of St. Benedict Abbey, initially devoted to the apostles Peter and Paul, in 512 received the body of the St...
in Paris. - 18421842 in architectureThe year 1842 in architecture involved some significant events....
- The Église de la MadeleineÉglise de la MadeleineL'église de la Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army...
is finally consecrated in Paris as a church. - 18411841 in architectureThe year 1841 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* February 7 - Auguste Choisy * July 10 - John Belcher * July 13 - Otto Wagner...
- Birth of Otto Wagner. - 18401840 in architectureThe year 1840 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* 27 April - The foundation stone of the new Palace of Westminster in London is laid as its reconstruction to a design by Charles Barry following a fire in 1834 begins .* Bristol Temple Meads railway station in England,...
- Construction begins on the Houses of Parliament in London, designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.
1830s
- 18391839 in architectureThe year 1839 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* Cambridge Camden Society established in England by John Mason Neale, Alexander Hope and Benjamin Webb to promote Gothic architecture.-Deaths:...
- Birth of Frank FurnessFrank FurnessFrank Heyling Furness was an acclaimed American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his eclectic, muscular, often idiosyncratically scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan...
in Philadelphia. - 18381838 in architectureThe year 1838 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* September 5 - Charles Percier...
- Rideau HallRideau HallRideau Hall is, since 1867, the official residence in Ottawa of both the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada. It stands in Canada's capital on a 0.36 km2 estate at 1 Sussex Drive, with the main building consisting of 170 rooms across 9,500 m2 , and 24 outbuildings around the...
is built by Scottish architect Thomas McKayThomas McKayThomas McKay was a Canadian businessman who was one of the founders of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He was born in Perth, Scotland and became a skilled stonemason...
. - 18371837 in architectureThe year 1837 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Euston station* Euston Arch in London, designed by Philip Hardwick...
- The Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsThe Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
(RIBA) is founded. - 18361836 in architectureThe year 1836 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Glynn, near Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, Glynnwood Plantation is built .* L'Arc de Triomphe in Paris is built....
- A.W.N. Pugin publishes his ContrastsContrastsContrasts is the eighth release by Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. Released in early 2006, it is her first completely solo album since her debut in 1991 with the sales of more than 1.000.000 copies worldwide-Track listing:...
, a treatise on the morality of Catholic, Gothic architecture. - 18351835 in architectureThe year 1835 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The redesign of Buckingham Palace by John Nash is completed.* Robert Mills starts to build Old Patent Office Building, Washington D.C., USA....
- The New Orleans MintNew Orleans MintThe New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over...
, Dahlonega MintDahlonega MintThe Dahlonega Mint was a branch of the United States Mint. It was located at 34°31.8′N 83°59.2′W at Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Coins produced at the Dahlonega Mint bear the "D" mint mark. That mint mark is used today by the Denver Mint, which opened many years after the Dahlonega Mint...
, and Charlotte MintCharlotte MintThe Charlotte Mint was a branch of the United States Mint that came into existence on March 3, 1835 during the Carolina Gold Rush. The first gold mine in the United States was established in North Carolina at the Reed Gold Mine...
are all designed by William StricklandWilliam Strickland (architect)William Strickland , was a noted architect in nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee.-Life and career:...
and begin producing coins in three years. - 18341834 in architectureThe year 1834 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The last reconstruction of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, by Vasily Stasov is completed....
- Alfred B. Mullet, designer of both the San FranciscoSan Francisco MintThe San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint, and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States Mint, also known affectionately as The Granite Lady,...
and the Carson City MintCarson City MintThe Carson City Mint was a branch of the United States Mint in Carson City, Nevada. Built at the peak of the silver boom, 50 issues of silver coins and 57 issues of gold coins minted here between 1870 and 1893 bore the "CC" mint mark...
s in the USA, is born in Britain. - 18331833 in architectureThe year 1833 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Carlton House Terrace in London, designed by John Nash, is completed.* Vermont State House in Montpelier, Vermont, United States, designed by Ammi B. Young is completed....
- William Strickland completes the first Philadelphia MintPhiladelphia MintThe Philadelphia Mint was created from the need to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce in the United States. This led the Founding Fathers of the United States to make an establishment of a continental national mint a main priority after the ratification of the Constitution of...
building. - 18321832 in architectureThe year 1832 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:Holt's Hotel in New York City -Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: .-Births:* September 25 - William LeBaron Jenney...
- William Le Baron Jenney is born. - 18311831 in architectureThe year 1831 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, England is completed.* The Dugald Stewart Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland is completed.* The Pedrocchi Café in Padua, Italy is completed....
- - 18301830 in architectureThe year 1830 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which was begun in 1823, is completed.-Births:* January 27 - Edward Middleton Barry...
- The Altes MuseumAltes MuseumThe Altes Museum , is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung of the Berlin State Museums...
in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich SchinkelKarl Friedrich SchinkelKarl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassical and neogothic buildings.-Biography:Schinkel was born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of...
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1820s
- 18291829 in architectureThe year 1829 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Work begins on the Travellers' Club in London, designed by Charles Barry....
- The panopticon-design Eastern State PenitentiaryEastern State PenitentiaryThe Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia and was operational from 1829 until 1971...
in Philadelphia, designed by John Havilland, opens. - 18281828 in architectureThe year 1828 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 25 - St Katherine Docks in London, designed by Philip Hardwick are opened.* Marble Arch in London, designed by John Nash....
- Completion of the Marble ArchMarble ArchMarble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument that now stands on a large traffic island at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England...
in London, designed by John Nash. - 18271827 in architectureThe year 1827 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Work begins on the Athenaeum Club in London, designed by Decimus Burton....
- William BurgesWilliam BurgesWilliam Burges may refer to:* William Burges * William Burges...
, Gothic Revival architect in Britain, is born. - 18261826 in architectureThe year 1826 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford is completed.* The Bank of England in London, designed by Sir John Soane, is completed....
- The Menai Suspension BridgeMenai Suspension BridgeThe Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was the first modern suspension bridge in the world.-Construction:...
over the Menai StraitMenai StraitThe Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.The strait is bridged in two places - the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford's elegant iron suspension bridge, the first of its kind,...
, in WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, designed by Thomas TelfordThomas TelfordThomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:...
, is completed. - 18251825 in architectureThe year 1825 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The front and rear porticoes of The White House are added to the building.* Tuskulėnai Manor in Vilnius by Karol Podczaszyński completed-Births:...
- The front and rear porticoes of the White House are added to the building. - 18241824 in architectureThe year 1824 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland is completed.* William Strickland completes The Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia....
- The Shelbourne HotelShelbourne HotelThe Shelbourne Hotel is a famous hotel situated in a landmark building on the north side of St Stephen's Green, in Dublin, Ireland. Currently operated by Marriott International, the hotel has 265 rooms in total and reopened in March 2006 after undergoing an eighteen-month refurbishment.John...
in Dublin, IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
is completed. - 18231823 in architectureThe year 1823 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by Robert Smirke ....
- Work begins on the British MuseumBritish MuseumThe British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
in London, designed by (Sir) Robert SmirkeRobert Smirke (architect)Sir Robert Smirke was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture his best known building in that style is the British Museum, though he also designed using other architectural styles...
. - 18221822 in architectureThe year 1822 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St David's College in Lampeter, Wales, designed by Charles Cockerell, is completed.* Reconstruction of Chester Castle under Thomas Harrison is completed.-Births:...
- Birth of landscape architect Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing...
. - 18211821 in architectureThe year 1821 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Schauspielhaus in Berlin , designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed.* The Haymarket Theatre in London, designed by John Nash, is completed....
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel completeds his SchauspielhausSchauspielhausSchauspielhaus is the German word for Theatre.The following theaters are referred to as Schauspielhaus:- Berlin :* Schauspielhaus Berlin, now Konzerthaus Berlin* Großes Schauspielhaus* Neues Schauspielhaus...
in Berlin. - 18201820 in architectureThe year 1820 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* March 7 - Thomas Baldwin, English surveyor and architect in Bath * September 3 - Benjamin Latrobe...
- Death of Benjamin LatrobeBenjamin LatrobeBenjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was a British-born American neoclassical architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol, along with his work on the Baltimore Basilica, the first Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States...
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1810s
- 18191819 in architectureThe year 1819 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Construction of the Schauspielhaus in Berlin , designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is begun.-Births:* February 8 - John Ruskin * Sir Horace Jones...
- Birth of Sir Horace Jones. - 18181818 in architectureThe year 1818 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*William Strickland starts to build The Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia....
- Birth of American architect James Renwick, Jr.James Renwick, Jr.James Renwick, Jr. , was a prominent American architect in the 19th-century. The Encyclopedia of American Architecture calls him "one of the most successful American architects of his time".-Life and work:Renwick was born into a wealthy and well-educated family... - 18171817 in architectureThe year 1817 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Dulwich Picture Gallery in London designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery....
- Dulwich Picture GalleryDulwich Picture GalleryDulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London. England's first purpose-built public art gallery, it was designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane and opened to the public in 1817. Soane arranged the exhibition spaces as a series of interlinked rooms illuminated naturally...
in London is designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery. - 18161816 in architectureThe year 1816 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* In Paris, the Académie d'architecture merges with the Académie de peinture et de sculpture to become the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the French National School of Fine Arts.-Buildings:* Regent's Bridge,...
- Regent's Bridge, crossing the River ThamesRiver ThamesThe River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
in central London, designed by James WalkerJames Walker (engineer)James Walker, FRS, was an influential Scottish civil engineer of the first half of the 19th century.Walker was born in Falkirk and was apprenticed to his uncle Ralph Walker in approximately 1800, with whom he gained experience working on the design and construction of the West India and East India...
, was opened. - 18151815 in architectureThe year 1815 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Royal Pavilion is redesigned to become a royal residence located in Brighton, England....
- Brighton Pavilion is redesigned by John NashJohn Nash (architect)John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...
for the future King George IV. - 18141814 in architectureThe year 1814 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* January 27 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , French architect and architectural theorist...
- British troops burn the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
in Washington, D.C., gutting it completely. - 18131813 in architectureThe year 1813 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* January 6 - Charles Lanyon * February 23 - Ferdinand Stadler -Deaths:* June 6 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart * Michael Searles...
- Death of Alexandre-Théodore BrongniartAlexandre-Théodore BrongniartAlexandre-Théodore Brongniart was a prominent French architect.Born in Paris, France. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1767 he married Anne-Louise d'Egremont...
. - 18121812 in architectureThe year 1812 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Egyptian Hall in London, designed by P. F. Robinson, is completed.* The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt, is completed.-Births:...
- The Egyptian HallEgyptian HallFor the Glasgow building see The Egyptian Halls.The Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, was an Exhibition hall built in the ancient Egyptian style in 1812, to the designs of Peter Frederick Robinson.-History:...
in London, designed by P. F. Robinson, is completed. - 18111811 in architectureThe year 1811 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The House wing of the United States Capitol, designed by William Thornton and Benjamin Latrobe is completed....
- The United States Capitol, designed by Benjamin Latrobe is completed. - 18101810 in architectureThe year 1810 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* Rebuilding of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem-Births:* June 19 - Charles Wilson* William Mason * John Notman...
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1800s
- 18091809 in architectureThe year 1809 in architecture involved some significant events....
- Birth of city planner Baron HaussmannBaron HaussmannGeorges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann , was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris...
. - 18081808 in architectureThe year 1808 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Sparks Shot Tower is built....
- Construction begins on the Paris BourseParis BourseThe Paris Bourse is the historical Paris stock exchange, known as Euronext Paris from 2000 onwards.-History and functioning:...
, designed by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. - 18071807 in architectureThe year 1807 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico is completed....
- The Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen in CelayaCelayaCelaya is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a...
, Guanajuato, MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
is completed. - 18061806 in architectureThe year 1806 in architecture involved some significant events....
- Arc de TriompheArc de Triomphe-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
from Jean ChalgrinJean ChalgrinJean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a French architect, best known for his design for the Arc de Triomphe, Paris.-Biography:...
commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte. - 18051805 in architectureThe year 1805 in architecture involved some significant events....
- The Ellesmere CanalEllesmere CanalThe Ellesmere Canal was a canal in England and Wales, originally planned to link the Rivers Mersey, Dee, and Severn, by running from Netherpool to Shrewsbury. The canal that was eventually constructed was very different from what was originally envisioned...
, designed by Thomas TelfordThomas TelfordThomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:...
, is completed. - 18041804 in architectureThe year 1804 in architecture involved some significant events....
- Completion of the Government HouseGovernment HouseGovernment House is the name of many of the residences of Governors-General, Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. It serves as the venue for the Governor's official business, as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by...
in the Bahamas. - 18031803 in architectureThe year 1803 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India is completed.-Births:* August 3 - Joseph Paxton * November 29 - Gottfried Semper * David Bryce...
- The Raj BhavanRaj Bhavan (West Bengal)Raj Bhavan is the Governor's palace in Kolkata, West Bengal. Built in 1803 and once the residence of the Viceroy of India, and called Government House, the palatial building is now the residence of the Governor of West Bengal. The present Governor, H.E...
in Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
is finished. - 18021802 in architectureThe year 1802 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Temple of Saint Philip Neri in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is completed.* The Four Courts in Dublin, designed by James Gandon, is completed....
- The Temple of Saint Philip Neri in Guadalajara, JaliscoGuadalajara, JaliscoGuadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
, Mexico is completed. - 18011801 in architectureThe year 1801 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* May 11 - Henri Labrouste * June 4 - James Pennethorne...
- Birth of Henri Labrouste. - 18001800 in architectureThe year 1800 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* November 1 - The White House in Washington D.C., United States is completed. However, the porticoes are not added until 1825....
- The White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
in Washington D.C. is completed by team of client George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
, planner Pierre L'Enfant, and architect James HobanJames HobanJames Hoban was an Irish architect, best known for designing The White House in Washington, D.C.-Life:James Hoban was born and raised in a thatched cottage on the Earl of Desart's estate in Cuffesgrange, near Callan in Co. Kilkenny...
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1790s
- 17991799 in architectureThe year 1799 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In England, the Chester Shot Tower, a grade-II*-listed shot tower, is built in the Boughton district of Chester, England....
- Death of French neoclassicist Étienne-Louis BoulléeÉtienne-Louis BoulléeÉtienne-Louis Boullée was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today.- Life :...
. - 17981798 in architectureThe year 1798 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* June 25 - Thomas Sandby * November 2 - Charles de Wailly...
- - 17971797 in architectureThe year 1797 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Ditherington Flax Mill, in Shrewsbury, England is completed, now the oldest iron framed building in the world, and the "grandfather of skyscrapers"....
- - 17961796 in architectureThe year 1796 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Somerset House in London, designed by William Chambers is completed.* Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, Korea, is completed.-Deaths:* William Chambers...
- Somerset HouseSomerset HouseSomerset House is a large building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, England, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The central block of the Neoclassical building, the outstanding project of the architect Sir William Chambers, dates from 1776–96. It...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, designed by William ChambersWilliam Chambers (architect)Sir William Chambers was a Scottish architect, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where his father was a merchant. Between 1740 and 1749 he was employed by the Swedish East India Company making several voyages to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration.Returning to Europe, he studied...
is completed. - 17951795 in architectureThe year 1795 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In New Orleans, the Cabildo is started .-Births:* April 3 - Richard Lane * May 23 - Charles Barry...
- Birth of architect Charles BarryCharles BarrySir Charles Barry FRS was an English architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens.- Background and training :Born on 23 May 1795 in Bridge Street, Westminster...
. - 17941794 in architectureThe year 1794 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The second Royal Presidio Chapel is completed at the Presidio of Monterey in Spanish Alta California. The chapel, now known as the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, is the first stone building in the province.* The...
- Hwaseong FortressHwaseong FortressHwaseong , the wall surrounding the centre of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, was built in the late 18th century by King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty to honour and house the remains of his father Prince Sado, who had been murdered by being locked alive inside a rice...
in SuwonSuwonSuwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, begins. - 17931793 in architectureThe year 1793 in architecture involved :-Events:* August 8 - In Paris, France, the Académie d'architecture is suspended by the revolutionary National Convention, which decreed the abolition of the national academies....
- Old EastOld EastOld East is a dormitory building located at the north part of campus in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When it was built in 1793, it became the first state university building in the United States...
, the oldest public universityUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
building in the USA, is erected on the campus of the University of North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, in Chapel Hill, North CarolinaChapel Hill, North CarolinaChapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
. - 17921792 in architectureThe year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 13 - Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C.* Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, now the Soane Museum.-Births:...
- Sir John Soane begins work on his house in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, now the Sir John Soane's Museum. - 17911791 in architectureThe year 1791 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The elevations of Charlotte Square in Edinburgh are designed by Robert Adam.*The Custom House designed by James Gandon in Dublin, Ireland is completed....
- - 17901790 in architectureThe year 1790 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Pitot House is built by Don Santiago Lorreins, later bought by James Pitot in 1809.* The John Dodd Hat Shop was built by Danbury lawyer John Dodd....
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1780s
- 17891789 in architectureThe year 1789 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Panthéon, Paris, designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot was completed.* In Rhode Island, the First Methodist Church is built, with a 160-foot spire....
- Jacques-Germain SoufflotJacques-Germain SoufflotJacques Germain Soufflot was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon, Paris, built from 1755 onwards, originally as a church dedicated to Sainte Genevieve.- Biography :Soufflot was born in Irancy, near Auxerre.In the 1730s...
's PanthéonPanthéon, ParisThe Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
is completed by his student Jean-Baptiste RondeletJean-Baptiste RondeletJean-Baptiste Rondelet was an architectural theorist of the late Enlightenment era and chief architect of the church of Sainte-Geneviève. He published a treatise on Architecture between 1805 and 1816. He grew up and helped the world build the Panthéon. Which is still a site today standing 10...
. - 17881788 in architectureThe year 1788 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* Thomas Cubitt * Charles Robert Cockerell...
- - 17871787 in architectureThe year 1787 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Charleston, SC, the Unitarian Universalist Church is built ....
- - 17861786 in architectureThe year 1786 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, designed by Philipp Daniel Boumann, is completed.-Deaths:* February 28 - John Gwynn...
- Schloss BellevueSchloss BellevueSchloss Bellevue is the official residence of the President of Germany since 1994. The palace in the central Tiergarten district of Berlin is situated on the northern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park, on the banks of the Spree river, near the Berlin Victory Column...
in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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- 17841784 in architectureThe year 1784 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* In St. Petersburg, Russia, at the Gardens of Orienbaum, a ride is built that features carriages that undulate over hills within grooved tracks .-Buildings:...
- - 17831783 in architectureThe year 1783 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre is completed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.* Boston Light is rebuilt after the lighthouse was destroyed in the American Revolution.-Births:...
- - 17821782 in architectureThe year 1782 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* January 4 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel * June 18 - John Wood the Younger...
- Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart is named architect and controller-general of the École MilitaireÉcole MilitaireThe École Militaire is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, southeast of the Champ de Mars....
in Paris. - 17811781 in architectureThe year 1781 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* March 13 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel * Robert Mills * Robert Smirke...
- - 17801780 in architectureThe year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* August 29 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot...
- August 29 - Death of Jacques-Germain Soufflot (b. 1713).
1770s
- 17791779 in architectureThe year 1779 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England.* South façade of Stowe House, England, completed in the neoclassical style based on a design by Robert Adam....
- - 17781778 in architectureThe year 1778 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* August 31 - William Wilkins * Carl Ludvig Engel -Deaths:* 17 December - Charles Labelye...
- - 17771777 in architectureThe year 1777 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Rococo-Classicist Roman Catholic Church in Malý Kiar, named The Glorification of the Saint Cross, was built....
- - 17761776 in architectureThe year 1776 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Gettysburg, PA, the Dobbin House Tavern is built and is later used as a home on the Underground Railroad....
- - 17751775 in architectureThe year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Fort Belan completed, opposite the Abermenai Point in Anglesey, Wales-Deaths:* Peter Harrison - English-born architect, active in the Rhode Island colony...
- - 17741774 in architectureThe year 1774 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Gatcombe Park completed, later the private country home of the Princess Royal...
- - 17731773 in architectureThe year 1773 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, designed by Robert Adam is completed.-Deaths:* March 1 - Luigi Vanvitelli...
- - 17721772 in architectureThe year 1772 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen, in Bavaria, is completed.* Completion of Dragon House in Potsdam by command of King Frederick the Great...
- - 17711771 in architectureThe year 1771 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood the Younger, completed in England.* Claydon House - Second country house completed on the site in Buckinghamshire, England....
- - 17701770 in architectureThe year 1770 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, designed by Stiff Leadbetter and John Sanderson, is completed* Shire Hall, Nottingham, designed by James Gandon and Joseph Pickford, is completed...
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1760s
- 17691769 in architectureThe year 1769 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* In Bath, England, St James' Church is designed by John Palmer of Bath .-Buildings:...
- - 17681768 in architectureThe year 1768 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:* Work begins on Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson.* In Bath, England, St James' Church is designed by John Palmer of Bath ....
- - 17671767 in architectureThe year 1767 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Bath, England, the Octagon is built and The Crescent is begun.* In Kornik, Poland, the Wooden Synagogue is built....
- - 17661766 in architectureThe year 1766 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Strawberry Hill, London, designed by Horace Walpole, is completed in the Gothick style.* Edinburgh New Town is laid out by James Craig....
- - 17651765 in architectureThe year 1765 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, designed by Robert Adam is completed.-Deaths:* October 21 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini...
- - 17641764 in architectureThe year 1764 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Theatre Royal, Bristol, designed by James Paty, is completed....
- Construction begins on Church of the MadeleineÉglise de la MadeleineL'église de la Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army...
in Paris. - 17631763 in architectureThe year 1763 in architecture involved some significant events....
- - 17621762 in architectureThe year 1762 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Anglia House, a small, yeoman farmer dwelling in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is constructed by William Anglia. This "low" style, two story, colonial clapboard structure is typically symmetrical except for the off-center...
- - 17611761 in architectureThe year 1761 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Moldavia, St. George Church is built, with a 99-foot high bell tower once gilded in 18-carat gold....
- - 17601760 in architectureThe year 1760 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Istanbul, the Tulip Mosque is begun .* In Amalfi, at Duomo square, a baroque fountain is built....
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1750s
- 17591759 in architectureThe year 1759 in architecture involved some significant events....
- - 17581758 in architectureThe year 1758 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* Thomas Ripley...
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- 17551755 in architectureThe year 1755 in architecture involved some significant events....
- - 17541754 in architectureThe year 1754 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, finished and consecrated.* King's Chapel, in Boston, designed by Peter Harrison, completed....
- - 17531753 in architectureThe year 1753 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Horse Guards in London, designed by William Kent and John Vardy, is completed....
- - 17521752 in architectureThe year 1752 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Foundling Hospital in London, designed by Theodore Jacobsen, is completed.* Mansion House, London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed....
- - 17511751 in architectureThe year 1751 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Hofkirche in Dresden, Germany, designed by Gaetano Chiaveri , is completed.-Deaths:* Richard Cassels...
- - 17501750 in architectureThe year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In the New Orleans French Quarter, Preservation Hall is built as a private residence, and later serves as a tavern during the War of 1812....
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1740s
- 17491749 in architectureSee also:1748 in architecture,other events of 17491750 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* Work begins on King's Chapel, in Boston, designed by Peter Harrison....
- - 17481748 in architectureSee also:1747 in architecture,other events of 17481749 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Deaths:* April 12 - William Kent * William Adam...
- - 17471747 in architectureSee also:1746 in architecture,other events of 1747,1748 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline....
- - 17461746 in architectureSee also:1745 in architecture,other events of 17461747 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Deaths:* Giacomo Leoni...
- - 17451745 in architectureThe year 1745 in architecture involved some significant events.-Events:-Buildings:* The Great Lavra Belltower, the main belltower of the ancient cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the current capital of Ukraine, was finished. Construction years: 1731-1745.-Deaths:* William Kent The year...
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- 17431743 in architectureSee also:1742 in architecture,other events of 17431744 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* Construction begins on the Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen, in Bavaria, designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann....
- The Dresden FrauenkircheDresden FrauenkircheThe Dresden Frauenkirche is a Lutheran church in Dresden, eastern Germany.Built in the 18th century, the church was destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II. It has been reconstructed as a landmark symbol of reconciliation between former warring enemies...
, DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, is completed. - 17421742 in architectureSee also:1741 in architecture,other events of 1781,1743 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Births:* March 13 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel * Robert Mills -Deaths:...
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- 17401740 in architectureThe year 1740 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Philadelphia, the house of Betsy Ross is built.* In Boston, Massachusetts, Faneuil Hall, the covered market, is built by Huguenot merchant Pierre Faneuil....
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1730s
- 17391739 in architectureSee also:1738 in architecture,other events of 1739,1740 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Births:* January 19 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder * February 15 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart...
- Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart is born. - 17381738 in architectureSee also:1737 in architecture,other events of 1738,1739 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Deaths:* March 16 George Bähr - German architect; designer of Protestant churches * date unknown** Francis Smith -Publications:...
- - 17371737 in architectureThe year 1737 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* November - In Naples , the Teatro San Carlo, designed by Giovanni Antonio Medrano under the direction of King Charles of Bourbon, officially opens ....
- - 17361736 in architectureSee also:1735 in architecture,other events of 17361737 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* Karlskirche in Vienna is completed.* Khan Sulayman Pasha in Damascus is completed.-Deaths:* January 31 - Filippo Juvara...
- - 17351735 in architectureThe year 1735 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The North Quad of All Souls College at the University of Oxford, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed....
- - 17341734 in architectureSee also:1733 in architecture,other events of 17341735 in architecture and thearchitecture timeline....
- - 17331733 in architectureThe year 1733 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:* Edward Lovett Pearce...
- - 17321732 in architectureThe year 1732 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Trinity College Library in Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, is completed....
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- 17301730 in architectureThe year 1730 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Annenhof Palace in Lefortovo, Moscow * The Column of Victory in Blenheim, England, is completed....
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1720s
- 17291729 in architectureThe year 1729 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Christ Church, Spitalfields in London, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor is completed.* Chiswick House in London is designed by Richard Boyle and William Kent....
- Christ Church, Spitalfields in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
is completed. - 17281728 in architectureThe year 1728 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Expectación in San Luis Potosí, Mexico is completed.* Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed....
- - 17271727 in architectureThe year 1727 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The baroque Catholic church of Santiago Apóstol is built in Albatera, Spain....
- - 17261726 in architectureThe year 1726 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Work begins on the Dresden Frauenkirche, in Dresden, Germany, designed by George Bähr...
- The remaining ruins of Liverpool CastleLiverpool CastleLiverpool Castle was a castle which was situated in Liverpool, England . It stood from the early 13th century to the early 18th century.-Construction:...
are demolished. - 17251725 in architectureThe year 1725 in architecture involved some significant events.-Deaths:*José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor...
- - 17241724 in architectureThe year 1724 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Cannons, built in Edgware, Middlesex, England, for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, is completed.* Construction of the Church of St. Edmund in Dudley is completed....
- The construction of Blenheim PalaceBlenheim PalaceBlenheim Palace is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between...
is completed. - 17231723 in architectureThe year 1723 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Mavisbank House in Loanhead, Scotland is designed by William Adam.-Births:* John Carr * William Chambers -Deaths:...
- Mavisbank HouseMavisbank HouseMavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. It was designed by the architect William Adam, in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727. It is described by Historic Scotland as "one of...
in LoanheadLoanheadLoanhead is a small town in Midlothian, Scotland, to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and shale mining, and the paper industry.-History:...
, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
is designed. - 17221722 in architectureThe year 1722 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, designed by John Vanbrugh, is completed.* Castletown House in County Kildare, designed by Alessandro Galilei, is completed....
- - 17211721 in architectureThe year 1721 in architecture involved some significant events....
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1710s
- 17191719 in architectureThe year 1719 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Trenton, NJ, the house of William Trent is built.* In Stamsried, the Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist is built....
- - 17181718 in architectureThe year 1718 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Pascagoula, Mississippi, the Old Spanish Fort is built.* In Bengal, the mazar of Saint Shah Sultan Mahi Swar Balkhi is built, a single domed mosque....
- - 17171717 in architectureThe year 1717 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Wayside, home of Nathaniel Hawthorne is built in America.* Ruthven Barracks near Ruthven, Highland in Scotland are the smallest but best preserved of the four barracks built in 1717.* On the lower slopes of Mount Fuji ,...
- - 17161716 in architectureThe year 1716 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* America's first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built; it will be destroyed in the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783....
- - 17151715 in architectureThe year 1715 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Clarendon Building at the University of Oxford, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.* St Philip's Cathedral , in Birmingham, England, is completed....
- - 17141714 in architectureThe year 1714 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St Alfege's Church in Greenwich, London, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor....
- - 17131713 in architectureThe year 1713 in architecture involved very, very few significant events.-Births:* July 22 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot * John Gwynn...
- - 17121712 in architectureThe year 1712 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Castle Howard , designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.* Roehampton House in England, designed by Thomas Archer is completed....
- - 17111711 in architectureThe year 1711 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Marlborough House in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* Pope Clement XI places an Egyptian obelisk in the fountain in front of Pantheon....
- - 17101710 in architectureThe year 1710 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed.-Deaths:*Sir William Bruce *Robert Mylne The year 1710 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* St Paul's Cathedral in London,...
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1700s
- 17091709 in architectureThe year 1709 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Prague, Hradec Králové, the Bishop’s residence, one of the most elaborate baroque buildings in the city, is begun ....
- - 17081708 in architectureThe year 1708 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 20 - St. Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* Wilbury House in Wiltshire, designed by William Benson, is completed.-Deaths:...
- St. Paul's Cathedral in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, designed by Christopher WrenChristopher WrenSir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
, is completed. - 17071707 in architectureThe year 1707 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Istanbul, the Yeni Valide Mosque is begun .* In Nagasaki , the Hirado Castle is built by Shizunobu Matsuura, the 29th lord of the Matsuura....
- - 17061706 in architectureThe year 1706 in architecture involved some significant events....
- - 17051705 in architectureThe year 1705 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* November - In Williamsburg, capital of the Virginia colony in America, construction of the Capitol building is completed....
- November: In WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
, capital of the VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
colony in America, construction of the Capitol building is completed.
- 17041704 in architectureThe year 1704 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Architect and dramatist, Sir John Vanbrugh, is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.* Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England is designed by John Vanbrugh....
- St Magnus-the-MartyrSt Magnus-the-MartyrSt Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge is a Church of England church and parish in the City of London, located in Lower Thames Street near The Monument and the modern London Bridge. It is a part of the Diocese of London and under the pastoral care of the Bishop of London. By arrangement with the...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
is completed. - 17031703 in architectureThe year 1703 in architecture involved some significant events....
- - 17021702 in architectureThe year 1702 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In London, Buckingham Palace is built as the London home of the Duke of Buckingham....
- The Thomaskirche in LeipzigLeipzigLeipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
is completed. - 17011701 in architectureThe year 1701 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* April 9 - Giambattista Nolli, Italian architect and surveyor * November 10 - Johann Joseph Couven, German Baroque architect...
- - 17001700 in architectureThe year 1700 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca* Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter Apostle* Federal Hall* Slushko Palace* Wren Building - Completed in Williamsburg, Virginia ....
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- 1690s1690s in architecture-Buildings:* 1690 - The Sindone Chapel in Turin, designed by Guarino Guarini is completed.* 1695 - Wren Library, Cambridge, the library of Trinity College, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed....
- The city of Noto, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, on SicilySicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
, is devastated by an earthquake (1693), and a rebuilding program begins in the BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
style. - 1680s1680s in architecture-Buildings:* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.* 1682 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, England, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed....
- Church of Les InvalidesLes InvalidesLes Invalides , officially known as L'Hôtel national des Invalides , is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
is built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. - 1670s1670s in architecture-Buildings:* 1672 - Temple Bar in London is rebuilt by Christopher Wren.* 1673 - Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan is built by Aurangzeb.* 1675** Bethlem Royal Hospital in London, designed by Robert Hooke.** June - Work on St...
- The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed (1676). - 1660s1660s in architecture-Buildings:* 1661 - Work begins on Versailles, near Paris.* 1662** King Charles Court of the Greenwich Hospital in London, designed by John Webb.** Pažaislis Monastery founded .* ca...
- Louis XIVLouis XIV of FranceLouis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
, with the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, begins to enlarge the Palace of VersaillesPalace of VersaillesThe Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
(1661). - 1650s1650s in architecture-Buildings:* 1650 - The Marian column in Prague erected. * 1653 - The Taj Mahal is completed.* 1653 - The Radziwill Palace in Vilnius is completed.* 1656 - The Colonnade of St...
- Completion of the church Sant'Agnese in AgoneSant'Agnese in AgoneSant'Agnese in Agone is a seventeenth century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.The rebuilding of the...
in Rome, designed by Borromini and Carlo RainaldiCarlo RainaldiCarlo Rainaldi was an Italian architect of the Baroque period.Born in Rome, Rainaldi was one of the leading architects of 17th century Rome, known for a certain grandeur in his designs. He worked at first with his father, Girolamo Rainaldi, a late Mannerist architect in Rome. After his father's...
. - 1640s1640s in architecture-Buildings:* The Taj Mahal is under construction.* 1647 - The Changdeokgung of Korea is reconstructed.-Births:* April 16, 1646 - Jules Hardouin Mansart * 1648 - Pietro Perti...
- Borromini builds the church Sant'Ivo alla SapienzaSant'Ivo alla SapienzaThe Church of Saint Yves at La Sapienza is a Roman Catholic church in Rome. The church is considered a masterpiece of Roman Baroque church architecture, built in 1642-1660 by the architect Francesco Borromini.- History :...
in Rome. - 1630s1630s in architecture-Buildings:* 1632 – work started on the Taj Mahal, designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.* 1633 – completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini...
- Emperor Shah JahanShah JahanShah Jahan Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) (Full title: His Imperial Majesty Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan...
construct Taj MahalTaj MahalThe Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal...
in AgraAgraAgra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - 1630s1630s in architecture-Buildings:* 1632 – work started on the Taj Mahal, designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.* 1633 – completion of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini...
- Borromini builds the church San Carlo alle Quattro FontaneSan Carlo alle Quattro FontaneThe Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. Designed by the architect Francesco Borromini, it was his first independent commission. It is an iconic masterpiece of Baroque architecture, built as part of a complex of monastic buildings on the Quirinal...
in Rome. - 1620s1620s in architecture-Buildings:* 1627 - Palazzo Barberini in Rome begun by Carlo Maderno and Francesco Borromini .* 1627 - Muchalls Castle in Scotland, reconstruction completed by Thomas Burnett of Leys.* 1628 - George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland....
- Bernini constructs the church of Santa SusannaSanta SusannaThe Church of Saint Susanna at the baths of Diocletian is a Roman Catholic parish church on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, with a titulus associated to its site that dates back to about 280...
in Rome (1624). - 1610s1610s in architecture-Buildings:* 1610 - The Changdeokgung of Korea is reconstructed.* 1610 - The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, designed by Palladio is completed* 1611 - The Catholic church of Virgen del Rosario is built in Benejúzar, Spain....
- Mohammadreza Isfahani builds Naghsh-i Jahan SquareNaghsh-i Jahan SquareNaqsh-e Jahan Square , known as Imam Square , formerly known as Shah Square , is a square situated at the center of Isfahan city, Iran. Constructed between 1598 and 1629, it is now an important historical site, and one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites...
in Isfahan, IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - 1600s1600s in architecture-Buildings:Construction :* 1601 - In Naples , the fountain La Fontana dell'Immacolatella, made of white and gray marble, is built by Michelangelo Naccherino and Pietro Bernini: it is adorned with coats of arms and eagles, and the central coat of arms is upheld by two angels.* 1601 - In Japan,...
- 33 pol33 polSi-o-se Pol , also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, is one of the eleven bridges of Isfahan, Iran. It is highly ranked as being one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design....
bridge is constructed in Isfahan, IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
16th century
- 1590s1590s in architecture-Buildings:* 1590 - Sinan Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria was completed.* 1590 - Court theatre at Sabbioneta , designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is completed.* 1591 - Rialto Bridge in Venice, designed by Antonio da Ponte, is completed....
- Bernini and Borromini are born. - 1580s1580s in architecture-Buildings:* 1583 - Allahabad Fort, built by Emperor Akbar completed.* 1583 - Quirinal Palace, designed by Carlo Maderno and Domenico Fontana begun.* 1584 - El Escorial , designed by Juan de Herrera, is completed....
- - 1570s1570s in architecture-Buildings:* 1574 - the Selimiye Mosque , designed by Mimar Sinan, is completed.* 1576 - the Pagoda of Cishou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing is completed.*Fatehpur Sikri is completed.-Events:...
- - 1560s1560s in architecture-Buildings:* 1560 - Construction of Mexico City Cathedral, begins.* 1561 - Postnik Yakovlev complete the Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.* 1563 - Construction of El Escorial , designed by Juan de Herrera, begins....
- work begins on the Villa Capra "La Rotonda". - 1550s1550s in architecture-Buildings:* 1550–1554 - Construction of the Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome....
- - 1540s1540s in architecture-Events:* 1546 - Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.-Buildings:* 1542 - Andrea Palladio completes his first commission at Villa Godi* 1543 - Lighthouse of Genoa completed in present form...
- - 1530s1530s in architecture-Buildings:* 1531 - Kõpu Lighthouse on Hiiumaa begins operation.* 1533 - Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.* 1534 - After 259 years of work, Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed....
- Work begins on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline HillCapitoline HillThe Capitoline Hill , between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It was the citadel of the earliest Romans. By the 16th century, Capitolinus had become Capitolino in Italian, with the alternative Campidoglio stemming from Capitolium. The English word capitol...
), designed by MichelangeloMichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
. - 1520s1520s in architecture-Buildings:* c. 1520 – Lupert's Range , with Lupert's Tower, designed by architect Henry Redman, completed at Eton College* 1521 – Château de Chenonceau built in the French Loire Valley....
- - 1510s1510s in architecture-Buildings:* 1510 – In Santo Domingo, Alcázar de Colón : the 22-room palace home of Don Diego Columbus and his family .* 1510 – Sheffield Manor...
- Construction begins on Chateau Chambord. - 1500s1500s in architecture-Buildings:* About 1500 - Chateau de Blois largely rebuilt.* 1500 - St. Anne's Church in Vilnius is completed.* 1501 - Expansion of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh.* 1501 - Chichester Cross is built in Chichester, England....
- Andrea PalladioAndrea PalladioAndrea Palladio was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture...
is born.
15th century
- 1490s1490s in architecture-Buildings:* 1490 – Probable completion of rebuilding of Sherborne Abbey choir, England, with a Perpendicular style fan vault by William Smyth.* 1498 - The Church of St Martin in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany is completed by Hans von Burghausen....
- - 1480s1480s in architecture-Buildings:* 1483 - The Changgyeonggung of Korea is completed.* 1487 - Italian architects begin to build the Moscow Kremlin.-Events:* 1482 Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Trattato di architettura, ingegneria e arte militare -Births:* April 6, 1483 - Raphael * April 12, 1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the...
- VitruviusVitruviusMarcus Vitruvius Pollio was a Roman writer, architect and engineer, active in the 1st century BC. He is best known as the author of the multi-volume work De Architectura ....
' treatise De architectura and Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria were published, having previously existed only in manuscript. - 1470s1470s in architecture-Buildings:* Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland * Frauenkirche, Munich completed by Jörg von Halsbach -Births:* March 6, 1475 - Michelangelo born in Caprese, Tuscany...
- - 1460s1460s in architecture-Deaths:* c. 1469 - Antonio di Pietro Averlino, dubbed Filarete * * 13 December 1466 - Donatello...
- - 1450s1450s in architecture-Buildings:* Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune opened 1452.* Pitti Palace in Florence begun by Bartolommeo Ammanati and perhaps Brunelleschi 1458....
- - 1440s1440s in architecture-Buildings:* 1441 - In Heidelberg, Germany: the nave of Heiliggeistkirche is completed, begun in 1410.* 1441 - King's College Chapel Cambridge is begun; foundation of college by Henry VI....
- - 1430s1430s in architecture-Buildings:* Strasbourg Cathedral became the tallest building in Europe * Brunelleschi's Dome at Florence Cathedral completed -Births:* c. 1430 - Luca Fancelli born in Settignano, near Florence...
- - 1420s1420s in architecture-Buildings:* 1419 - 1424 - Spedale degli Innocenti in Florence designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.* 1420 - Ca' d'Oro, Venice, built for doge Mariano Contarini.* 1420 - Khan Jaqmaq, Damascus is completed.* 1420 - Forbidden City of Beijing, China is completed...
- The Forbidden CityForbidden CityThe Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum...
of ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
is completed - 1410s1410s in architecture-Buildings:* 1410 - In Prague, at the Old Town Hall, the Astronomical Clock is built.* 1410 - In Heidelberg, Germany: the Heiliggeistkirche is begun, but the nave took until 1441 to complete....
- - 1400s1400s in architecture-Buildings:* 1402 - Seville Cathedral is begun.* 1403** The Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is built in Samarkand by Timur.** The Temple of a City God is built in Shanghai.* 1405 - The Changdeokgung of Korea is completed.* 1409...
- The ChangdeokgungChangdeokgungChangdeokgung, also known as Changdeokgung Palace or Changdeok Palace, is set within a large park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the "Five Grand Palaces" built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty. Because of its location east of Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeokgung, with Changgyeonggung,...
of KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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- 1290s1290s in architecture-Buildings:* Beaumaris Castle by Master James of Saint George on Anglesey in Wales begun .* Duomo of Florence by architect Arnolfo di Cambio begun * Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze by Arnolfo di Cambio in Florence begun...
- - 1280s1280s in architecture-Buildings:* 1280** The Piazza del Campo at Siena, Italy is begun .** The Durham Cathedral is completed ....
- - 1270s1270s in architecture-Buildings:* 1270 - Rebuilding of San Francesco de' Ferri in Pisa, Italy completed.* 1273 - Rebuilding of Regensburg Cathedral begins.* 1273 - Palazzo Mozzi, an early Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy, is completed ....
- - 1260s1260s in architecture-Buildings:* 1261 – Rebuilding of San Francesco in Italy begun.* 1262 – Saint-Urbain Basilica, Troyes, begun.* 1264 – Château d'Andlau in the Holy Roman Empire built.* 1265 – Basilica di Santa Chiara built in Assisi, Umbria....
- - 1250s1250s in architecture-Buildings:* c. 1250 – The Western towers and north rose window of Notre Dame de Paris in the Kingdom of France are completed.* c. 1250 – Hexham Abbey, England completed ....
- - 1240s1240s in architecture-Buildings:* 1240 – Construction of the Great Mosque of Djenné ordered in Mali.* 1240 – Construction begins of the Castel del Monte in Apulia, Italy, for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor; used by Frederick primarily as a hunting lodge....
- The foundation stone of Cologne CathedralCologne CathedralCologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...
in CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
is laid. - 1230s1230s in architecture-Buildings:* 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa, Italy built* 1234 - Aqsab Mosque, Damascus, Syria built.* 1234 - Saint-Martin Church, Colmar is begun* about 1235 - Saint-Léger of Guebwiller in the Holy Roman Empire is completed...
- - 1220s1220s in architecture-Buildings:* 1220 – Bishop Evrard de Fouilly initiates work on Amiens Cathedral, in Amiens, France, with Robert de Luzarches serving as architect until 1228.* c.1220 – Beauvais Cathedral begun.* c...
- - 1210s1210s in architecture-Events:* 1210 – Rebuilding of Coutances Cathedral, in France, in its current gothic aspect begins after the destruction of the previous romanesque building in a fire.-Buildings:* 1211 – Restoration of Reims Cathedral to its current aspect begun....
- - 1200s1200s in architecture-Buildings:* c. 1200 – Banteay Kdei temple built in Angkor, Khmer Empire.* 1201 – Cloth Hall, Ypres, begun.* 1202 – Rouen Cathedral begun.* c. 1206 – Cathedral of Amalfi in the Kingdom of Sicily completed....
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- 1190s1190s in architecture-Buildings:* 1191 – St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne, Holy Roman Empire, consecrated.* 1191 – Preah Khan Baray built in Angkor, Khmer Empire.* 1192 – Torpo stave church, Norway, built.* 1192 – Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral begun....
- Construction of Qutub MinarQutub MinarQutub Minar also Qutb Minar, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in Delhi, India. The Qutub Minar is constructed with red sandstone and marble, and is the tallest minaret in India, with a height of 72.5 meters , contains 379 stairs to reach the top, and the diameter of base is 14.3 meters...
started in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - 1190s1190s in architecture-Buildings:* 1191 – St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne, Holy Roman Empire, consecrated.* 1191 – Preah Khan Baray built in Angkor, Khmer Empire.* 1192 – Torpo stave church, Norway, built.* 1192 – Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral begun....
- Construction begins on the present form of Chartres Cathedral after a fire. - 1180s1180s in architecture-Buildings:* about 1180 – Reconstruction of the nave and transept of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse, France completed.* about 1180 – Reconstruction of St...
- - 1170s1170s in architecture-Buildings:* about 1170 - Airavatesvara Temple completed in Darasuram, India .* about 1170 - Galilee Chapel added to Durham Cathedral.* about 1170-1180 - Construction of St...
- - 1160s1160s in architecture-Buildings:* About 1160 – Rebuilding of Notre-Dame of Laon began.* 1160 – Rebuilding of Caen Cathedral begun.* 1125 – Al Salih Tala'i Mosque built in Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate.* 1162 – Coimbra Cathedral begun....
- - 1150s1150s in architecture-Buildings:* About 1150 - Lantern of Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence constructed.* 1150 - Murbach Abbey in Alsace completed.* 1151 - Zamora Cathedral begun.* 1152 - Great St. Martin Church in Cologne begun.* 1153 - Baptistry of Pisa begun....
- - 1140s1140s in architecture-Buildings:* About 1140 – Ceiling of the Royal Chapel, Palermo.* About 1140 – Great church of Cîteaux Abbey begun.* About 1140 – Santi Maria e Donato in Murano, Republic of Venice completed....
-Abbot Sugar supervises the reconstruction of St. Denis in the Gothic style - 1130s1130s in architecture-Buildings:* about 1130 - Urnes Stave Church built in Norway.* 1130 - Construction of Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy, completed .* 1130 - Canterbury Cathedral, England, consecrated.* 1130 - Hedingham Castle, England, begun....
- Work begins on the Basilique Saint-Denis in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. - 1120s1120s in architecture-Buildings:* about 1120 – Sainte-Foy abbey-church in Conques, France completed* 1120 – Autun Cathedral begun.* 1120 – Pagoda of Tianning Temple in Beijing, China completed....
- - 1110s1110s in architecture-Buildings:* 1110 – Reconstruction of Cathedral St Pierre of Angoulême begun.* 1110 – Original building of the Worms Cathedral, Holy Roman Empire consecrated ....
- - 1100s1100s in architecture-Buildings:* 1102 - Salamanca Old Cathedral founded.* 1105 - The Romanesque Cathedral of Bayeux is partially destroyed by a fire, marking the beginning of Gothic-style reconstructions* 1106 - Saint-Bénigne, Dijon consecrated....
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- 1090s1090s in architecture-Buildings:* about 1090 – Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe completed .* 1091 – Cairo Fatimid city wall built .* 1091 – Ananda Temple built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom capital....
- Durham CathedralDurham CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
founded - 1080s1080s in architecture-Buildings:* 1080 - Rebuilding of St. Sernin's Basilica, Toulouse begun.* 1080 - Construction of Cluny III in France, begun.* 1081 - Current building of the Chora Church built in Constantinople ....
- - 1070s1070s in architecture-Buildings:* 1070 - Nidaros Cathedral begun.* 1075 - Würzburg Cathedral reconstruction completed .* 1075 - Pilgrimage Church of St James, Santiago de Compostela begun.* 1076 - Saint-Guilhelm-le-Désert Abbey completed....
- St Albans CathedralSt Albans CathedralSt Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England...
commenced; built from the ruins of Roman VerulamiumVerulamiumVerulamium was an ancient town in Roman Britain. It was sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, Great Britain. A large portion of the Roman city remains unexcavated, being now park and agricultural land, though much has been built upon...
. - 1060s1060s in architecture-Buildings:* c. 1060 – Construction of the Baphuon in Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire.* c. 1060 – Lawkananda Pagoda built in Bagan, Pagan Kingdom.* 1061 – Speyer Cathedral, Germany, completed....
- - 1050s1050s in architecture-Buildings:* c. 1050 – West Mebon built in Angkor.* c. 1050– Construction of Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, begins.* 1050 – Construction of Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Como, Lombardy begins....
- - 1040s1040s in architecture-Buildings:* 1040 - Sant Vicenç de Cardona, Catalonia is completed.* 1040 - Construction of Notre-Dame-de-Jumièges in Normandy begins.* 1040 - Construction of the third Würzburg Cathedral in the Holy Roman Empire begins....
- - 1030s1030s in architecture-Buildings:* 1030 - Speyer Cathedral, Germany, initiated by Emperor Konrad II.* 1032 - Santa Maria de Ripoll, Catalonia is consacrated.* 1033 - St...
- - 1020s1020s in architecture-Buildings:* 1021 - Church of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Holy Roman Empire built .* 1022 - Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia consecrated.* About 1023 - Romanesque church at Mont-Saint-Michel founded....
- - 1010s1010s in architecture-Buildings:* 1010 - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia * 1011 - San Vittore alle Chiuse in Genga, Papal States built.* c. 1012 - Katholikon of Hosios Loukas built in Byzantine Greece....
- - 1000s1000s in architecture-Buildings:* 1001 – The Cathedral of Ani is built in Armenia.* 1001 – St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim begun.* 1002 – Brihadishwara Temple of Thanjavur, India begun.* 1009 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou in Catalonia consecrated....
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- 900s10th century in architectureSee also:9th century in architecture,other events of the 10th century,1000s in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 900-910 – Construction of Phnom Bakheng, the center of the Khmer Empire capital Yasodharapura....
- Akhtala monasteryAkhtala monasteryAkhtala is a 10th-century fortified Armenian Apostolic Church monastery located in the town of Akhtala in the marz of Lori, north of Yerevan. The monastery is currently inactive. The fortress played a major role in protecting the north-western regions of Armenia and is among the most well...
built, intended as a fortress. - 800s9th century in architectureSee also:8th century in architecture,other events of the 9th century,10th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* about 800 – Borobudur temple in Java completed.* 802 – Haeinsa of Korea, is constructed....
- - 700s8th century in architectureSee also:7th century in architecture,other events of the 8th century,9th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 709 – Al-Aqsa Mosque first built in Jerusalem, Umayyad Empire ....
- SeokguramSeokguramThe Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex. It lies four kilometers east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea. It is classified as National Treasure No. 24 by the South Korean government and is located at 994, Jinhyeon-dong, Gyeongju-si,...
of KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
is constructed. - 600s7th century in architectureSee also:6th century in architecture,other events of the 7th century,8th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 605 – Zhaozhou Bridge in China is completed....
- St. Hripsime ChurchSt. Hripsime Church, EchmiadzinSaint Hripsimé Church is one of the oldest surviving churches in Armenia. The church was erected by Catholicos Komitas atop the original mausoleum built by Catholicos Sahak the Great in the year 395 AD that contained the remains of the martyred Saint Hripsimé to whom the church was dedicated. The...
, one of the world's oldest surviving Churches, constructed. - 500s6th century in architectureSee also: 5th century in architecture, other events of the 6th century, 7th century in architecture and the architecture timeline.-Buildings:* 500s – Basilica des Apôtres constructed.* About 520 – Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna completed....
- Hagia SophiaHagia SophiaHagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey...
built in its present form. - 400s5th century in architectureSee also:4th century in architecture,other events of the 400s,6th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Events:* 447: November 6 - An earthquake levels large parts of the Theodosian Wall of Constantinople...
- - 300s4th century in architectureSee also:3rd century in architecture,other events of the 4th century,5th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Events:* 313 - Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, legislating toleration of Christian worship in the Roman Empire...
- NalandaNalandaNālandā is the name of an ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India.The site of Nalanda is located in the Indian state of Bihar, about 55 miles south east of Patna, and was a Buddhist center of learning from the fifth or sixth century CE to 1197 CE. It has been called "one of the...
, Arguably the second oldest university in the world was built in Gupta EmpireGupta EmpireThe Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed approximately from 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent. Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. The peace and prosperity created under leadership of Guptas enabled the...
in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - 200s3rd century in architectureSee also:2nd century in architecture,other events of the 3rd century,4th century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 209 - Ghal'eh Dokhtar castle built in Persia by future Sassanid Emperor Ardashir I....
- - 100s2nd century in architectureSee also:1st century AD in architecture,other events of the 2nd century,3rd century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 113 - Trajan's Column completed.* 122 - Construction of Hadrian's Wall begun...
- Pantheon, RomePantheon, RomeThe Pantheon ,Rarely Pantheum. This appears in Pliny's Natural History in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca operum, sicut in fastigio posita signa, sed propter altitudinem loci minus celebrata.from ,...
- the roman temple construction completed - 1-99 AD1st century in architectureSee also:1st century BC in architecture,other events of the 1st century,2nd century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 3 – Gungnae-seong of Goguryeo is completed....
- Emperors VespasianVespasianVespasian , was Roman Emperor from 69 AD to 79 AD. Vespasian was the founder of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for a quarter century. Vespasian was descended from a family of equestrians, who rose into the senatorial rank under the Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
and TitusTitusTitus , was Roman Emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to come to the throne after his own father....
build the ColosseumColosseumThe Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire...
in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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- 1-99 BC1st century BC in architectureSee also:2nd century BC in architecture,other events of the 1st century BC,1st century in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 27 BC - Precursor to Pantheon in Rome built and dedicated by Marcus Agrippa....
- Expansion of Herod the GreatHerod the GreatHerod , also known as Herod the Great , was a Roman client king of Judea. His epithet of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis." He is also known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and elsewhere, including his...
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- 300s - Takshashila, The oldest university (Vedic UniversityVedic universityThere are many institutions called Vedic University:* The Vedic University of Guntur District* TTD Vedic University...
) in the world (According to some Historian) was built in Indian SubcontinentIndian subcontinentThe Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
. - 400s5th century BC in architectureSee also:6th century BC in architecture,other events of the 5th century BC,4th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* 432 BC - Parthenon in Athens completed.* About 430 BC - Temple of Apollo, Bassae constructed....
- Completion of the final form of the ParthenonParthenonThe Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their virgin patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although...
in AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
(432 BC). - 500s6th century BC in architectureSee also:7th century BC in architecture,other events of the 6th century BC,5th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* About 575 BC - Ishtar Gate constructed.* Persepolis constructed.* Temple of Paestum constructed....
- Work was begun on PersepolisPersepolisPerspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
. - 500s6th century BC in architectureSee also:7th century BC in architecture,other events of the 6th century BC,5th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* About 575 BC - Ishtar Gate constructed.* Persepolis constructed.* Temple of Paestum constructed....
- Pataliputra, the modern day PatnaPatnaPaṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
was built as the new capital of the empire of MagadhaMagadhaMagadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or kingdoms in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganga; its first capital was Rajagriha then Pataliputra...
in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - 600s -
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- Rajagriha, modern days RajgirRajgirRajgir is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Rajgir was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, a state that would eventually evolve into the Mauryan Empire. Its date of origin is unknown, although ceramics dating to about 1000 BC have...
, The capital city of the Legendary empire of MagadhaMagadhaMagadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or kingdoms in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganga; its first capital was Rajagriha then Pataliputra...
ruled by the semi mythical king JarasandhaJarasandhaJarasandha was a great and legendary king of Magadha. He was the son of a vedic king named Brihadratha. He was also a great devotee of Lord Shiva. But he is generally held in negative light owing to his enmity with the Yadav clan in the Mahābhārata....
was built in northern India. - 1800s19th century BC in architectureSee also:20th century BC in architecture,other events of the 19th century BC,18th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:*c. 1860 BC, construction of the Ancient Egyptian fortress at Buhen...
- The last EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian pyramid was built in HawaraHawaraHawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. The first excavations at the site were made by Karl Lepsius, in 1843... - 1900s -
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- 2400s25th century BC in architectureSee also:26th century BC in architecture,other events of the 25th century BC,24th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:* The first stones are erected at Stonehenge....
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- - 2600s27th century BC in architectureSee also:28th century BC in architecture,other events of the 27th century BC,26th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-People:* Imhotep, the first architect known by name...
- Mohenjo-daroMohenjo-daroMohenjo-daro is an archeological site situated in what is now the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BC, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, existing at the same time as the...
, the ancient city of IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and modern PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
was built. Great Pyramid of GizaGreat Pyramid of GizaThe Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact...
was built in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - 2700s - Pyramid of DjoserPyramid of DjoserThe Pyramid of Djoser , or step pyramid is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by Imhotep, his vizier...
was constructed in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - 2800s29th century BC in architectureSee also:30th century BC in architecture,other events of the 29th century BC,28th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.-Buildings:...
- - 2900s30th century BC in architectureSee also:other events of the 29th century BC,29th century BC in architecture and thearchitecture timeline.* Alvastra pile-dwelling - circa 3000 BC in neolithic Scandinavia...
- (2900 – 1600 BC) the Longsha culture in ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Examples in ShandongShandong' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
, HenanHenanHenan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
, and southern ShaanxiShaanxi' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...
and ShanxiShanxi' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
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- 4th millennium BC4th millennium BC in architectureThe following events occurred in architecture in the 4th millennium BC:* Sialk ziggurat near Kashan, Iran * Ġgantija - megalithic temple complex on the island of Gozo...
- HarappaHarappaHarappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, northeast Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal. The site takes its name from a modern village located near the former course of the Ravi River. The current village of Harappa is from the ancient site. Although modern Harappa has a train station left from...
, the ancient city in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
was built. - 5th millennium BC - (5000 – 3000 BC) Yangshao cultureYangshao cultureThe Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. The Yangshao culture is dated from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC. The culture is named after Yangshao, the first excavated representative village of this culture, which was discovered in 1921...
in ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. - 6th millennium BC - (6000 – 2000 BC) Emergence of wooden frames in Chinese architectureChinese architectureChinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely unchanged, the main changes being only the decorative details...
including the use of mortise and tenonMortise and tenonThe mortise and tenon joint has been used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°. In its basic form it is both simple and strong. Although there are many joint variations, the basic mortise and tenon...
joinery to build wood beamed houses. - 7th millennium BC - Catal Huyuk in AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
constructed without streets. - 8th millennium BC - Lahuradewa architecture in Ganges plains of IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- 8th millennium BC - Early MehrgarhMehrgarhMehrgarh , one of the most important Neolithic sites in archaeology, lies on the "Kachi plain" of Balochistan, Pakistan...
settlement sites in Indian subcontinent. - 8th millennium BC - Earliest town sites with simple residential neighbourhoods in JarmoJarmoJarmo is an archeological site located in northern Iraq on the foothills of Zagros Mountains east of Kirkuk city. It is known as the oldest agricultural community in the world, dating back to 7000 BCE. Jarmo is broadly contemporary with such other important Neolithic sites such as Jericho in the...
, JerichoJerichoJericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...
, and Ain Ghazal on the Levant
See also
- Table of years in architectureTable of years in architectureThe table of years in architecture is a tabular display of all years in architecture, for overview and quick navigation to any year.-2000s in architecture:...
- Timeline of architectural stylesTimeline of architectural stylesThis timeline shows the periods of various styles of architecture in a graphical fashion.-1000AD—present :*1000 years - The last 250 years is expanded in the timeline above...