This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. However, the widest definition in modern use refers to the organization, articulation, and interfaces of any built (or To Be Built— TBB) entity, whether a building or a communications network. ...

• 21st century in architecture:
  • 2000s

• 20th century in architecture:
  • 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s

• 19th century in architecture:
  • 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s

• 18th century in architecture:
  • 1700s - 1750s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s

• Pre-18th century in architecture:
  • 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD - 1000s - 1100s - 1200s - 1300s - 1400s - 1500s - 1600s

2000s

• 2005 - Xanadu House demolished.
• 2004 - 30 St Mary Axe designed by Norman Foster. Seattle Central Library, by Rem Koolhaas and OMA, opens to the public.
• 2003 - Taipei 101, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, becomes the tallest building in the world.
• 2002 - Simmons Hall dormitory at MIT completed.
• 2001 - Santiago Calatrava completes Milwaukee Art Museum. Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Libeskind opens to the public.
• 2000 -

See also: 2004 in architecture, other events of 2005, 2006 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... See also: 2003 in architecture, other events of 2004, 2005 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... At 590 feet - 180 m, the building is the 6th tallest in London The top of the building. ... Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich, was one of Fosters earliest commissions after founding Foster Associates. ... Seattle Central Library Exterior The Seattle Central Library is an 11-story glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ... The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in short OMA, is the architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. ... See also: 2002 in architecture, other events of 2003, 2004 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Taipei 101 is a 101-floor skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. ... C.Y. Lee (born 1938 in Guangdong) is a Taiwanese architect. ... See also: 2001 in architecture, other events of 2002, 2003 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Simmons Hall. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... See also: 2000 in architecture, other events of 2001, 2002 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Calatrava is known for his organically inspired designs, such as LUmbracle at his Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencia. ... The Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Jewish Museum Berlin Shalechet (Fallen Leaves) by Menashe Kadishman The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is a museum in Berlin covering two millennia of German Jewish history. ... The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ... See also: 1999 in architecture, other events of 2000, 2001 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ...

1990s

• 1999 -
• 1998 - Lúcio Costa dies.
• 1997 - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Frank Gehry.
• 1996 - Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
• 1996 - Roy Mason architect of Xanadu House is murdered.
• 1995 -
• 1994 -
• 1993 -
• 1992 -
• 1991 -
• 1990 -

See also: 1998 in architecture, other events of 1999, 2000 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1997 in architecture, other events of 1998, 1999 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Lúcio Costa (February 27, 1902, Toulon, France - June 13, 1998, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner. ... See also: 1996 in architecture, other events of 1997, 1998 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Detail of the Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern and contemporary art museum located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... See also: 1995 in architecture, other events of 1996, 1997 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói - MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks. ... See also: 1995 in architecture, other events of 1996, 1997 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Roy Mason with a model of the Xanadu home Roy Mason (birth date unknown - 1996) was a lecturer, writer and futuristic architect who designed and built a variety of futuristic homes and other buildings in the 1970s and 1980s using low cost materials and alternative energy sources. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... See also: 1994 in architecture, other events of 1995, 1996 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1993 in architecture, other events of 1994, 1995 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1992 in architecture, other events of 1993, 1994 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1991 in architecture, other events of 1992, 1993 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1990 in architecture, other events of 1991, 1992 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1989 in architecture, other events of 1990, 1991 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ...

1980s

• 1989 - I. M. Pei's pyramid addition to the Louvre is opened.
• 1988 -
• 1987 -
• 1986 -
• 1985 -
• 1984 -
• 1983 - Xanadu House in Kissimmee opened.
• 1982 - Design competition is held for the Parc de la Villette in Paris.
• 1981 -
• 1980 -

See also: 1988 in architecture, other events of 1989, 1990 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Ieoh Ming Pei (b. ... I.M. Peis Louvre Pyramid: the entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... See also: 1987 in architecture, other events of 1988, 1989 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1986 in architecture, other events of 1987, 1988 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1985 in architecture, other events of 1986, 1987 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1984 in architecture, other events of 1985, 1986 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1983 in architecture, other events of 1984, 1985 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1982 in architecture, other events of 1983, 1984 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Kissimmee is a city located in Osceola County, Florida. ... See also: 1981 in architecture, other events of 1982, 1983 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... A folly in the Parc de la Villette The Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering Seine-Saint-Denis. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... See also: 1980 in architecture, other events of 1981, 1982 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1979 in architecture, other events of 1980, 1981 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ...

1970s

• 1979 - Charles Moore designs the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans.
• 1978 - Charles Eames dies.
• 1977 - Frank Gehry redesigns his own house in Santa Monica, California. Charles Moore designs Sea Ranch condominiums in California.
• 1976 -
• 1975 -
• 1974 - Louis Kahn dies. His National Assembly Building in Dakka, Bangladesh, is completed.
• 1973 - Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano begin designing the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, which is finished in 1977. I. M. Pei completes the John Hancock Tower in Boston, MA, USA. The World Trade Center towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, are opened in New York.
• 1972 -
• 1971 -
• 1970 - Construction begins on the Sears Tower in Chicago, designed by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan (of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill).

See also: 1978 in architecture, other events of 1979, 1980 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... See also: 1977 in architecture, other events of 1978, 1979 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (June 17, 1907 - August 21, 1978) was an American designer, architect and filmmaker who, together with his wife Ray, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century. ... See also: 1976 in architecture, other events of 1977, 1978 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... See also: 1975 in architecture, other events of 1976, 1977 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1974 in architecture, other events of 1975, 1976 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1973 in architecture, other events of 1974, 1975 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale University. ... See also: 1972 in architecture, other events of 1973, 1974 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. ... Image:Auditorium1. ... The Pompidou Centres famous external skeleton of service pipes. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... John Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon St. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally refered to as the WTC) was a complex of seven buildings designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end... Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912–February 6, 1986) was an American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese-American. ... See also: 1971 in architecture, other events of 1972, 1973 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1970 in architecture, other events of 1971, 1972 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1969 in architecture, other events of 1970, 1971 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. ... Bruce Graham is an American architect. ... Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929 — 1982) Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bangla: ফজলুর রহমান খান) ( April 3 1929 - March 27 1982), born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was a Bangladeshi-American civil engineer. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ...

1960s

• 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius die.
• 1968 - Mies van der Rohe's New National Gallery in Berlin finished.
• 1967 - Expo '67 in Montréal features the American pavilion, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller, and the Habitat 67 housing complex designed by Moshe Safdie.
• 1966 - The Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen is finished in Saint Louis, Missouri.
• 1965 - Le Corbusier dies. Louis Kahn completes the Salk Institute in California.
• 1964 - Robert Venturi completes the Vanna Venturi House in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, considered the first postmodern house, and publishes his attack on modernism, Complexity and Contradiction In Architecture. Le Corbusier finishes his Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• 1963 - Paul Rudolph completes the Yale School of Art and Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut. The Palace of Assembly at Chandigarh, India, is finished, completing largely the design for the civic structures for the new city deisgned by Le Corbusier.
• 1962 - The famed TWA Terminal at Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), designed by Eero Saarinen, is completed.
• 1961 - Louis Kahn finishes the Richards Medical Building at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and the Esherick House in Chestnut Hill, PA, USA. Eero Saarinen dies at 51 from a brain tumor.
• 1960 - Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer lay out the city plan and government buildings for Brasilia, the new capital of Brazil. Convent of La Tourette in France finished by Le Corbusier.

See also: 1968 in architecture, other events of 1969, 1970 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The reconstructed Barcelona Pavilion Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was one of the most influencial architects and designer in the 20th century. ... Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... See also: 1967 in architecture, other events of 1968, 1969 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... See also: 1966 in architecture, other events of 1967, 1968 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... The American Pavilion of Expo 67, by R. Buckminster Fuller, now the Biosphère, on ÃŽle Sainte-Hélène, Montreal A geodesic dome is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying on the surface of a sphere. ... In the U.S. postage stamp commemorating Buckminster Fuller and his contributions to architecture and science, some of his inventions are visible. ... Habitat 67 is a striking housing complex located on the Quai Marc-Drouin on the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal. ... Moshe Safdie, CC, B.Arch, LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C. (born July 14, 1938 in British Palestine) is a famous architect and urban designer. ... See also: 1965 in architecture, other events of 1966, 1967 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The Old Courthouse sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, with the arch to the east, near the rivers edge. ... Saint Louis (pronounced in English, in French), frequently spelled St. ... See also: 1964 in architecture, other events of 1965, 1966 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called modernism or the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... Salk Institute Salk Institute The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an independent non-profit educational research organization in La Jolla, California. ... See also: 1963 in architecture, other events of 1964, 1965 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. ... Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Postmodernity (also called post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is a term used by philosophers, social scientists, art critics and social critics to refer to aspects of contemporary art, culture, economics and social conditions that are the result of the unique features of late 20th century and early 21st century... The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts is the only building actually built by Le Corbusier in the United States, one of only two in the Americas. ... Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... See also: 1962 in architecture, other events of 1963, 1964 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph in 1963; built in 1967. ... City nickname: The Elm City Location in the state of Connecticut Founded April 24, 1638 County New Haven County Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... Chandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana. ... See also: 1961 in architecture, other events of 1962, 1963 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... An overview of the airport. ... Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect of the 20th century famous for his simple sweeping and arching shapes. ... See also: 1960 in architecture, other events of 1961, 1962 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the nickname used by the university itself; UPenn is also common) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect of the 20th century famous for his simple sweeping and arching shapes. ... Comparative brain sizes In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the higher, supervisory center of the nervous system. ... Tumor (American English) or tumour (British English) originally means swelling, and is sometimes still used with that meaning. ... See also: 1959 in architecture, other events of 1960, 1961 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Lucio Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner born in 1902 in Toulon, France. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... Bras lia is the capital city of Brazil and is located in the center of the country in a federal district created in the state of Goi s. ...

1950s

• 1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright dies, and his Guggenheim Museum in New York is finished after 16 years of work on the project.
• 1958 - Seagram's Building in New York designed by Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson. Construction starts on Eero Saarinen's Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C..
• 1957 - The Interbau 57 exposition of apartment blocks in Berlin features structures by Alvar Aalto, Walter Gropius and his The Architects' Collaborative (TAC), and an unité by Le Corbusier.
• 1956 - Crown Hall at the IIT, Chicago, designed by Mies van der Rohe, finished.
• 1955 - Completion of Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel at Ronchamp, France. Eero Saarinen finishes the Kresge Auditorium at MIT.
• 1954 - Louis Kahn finishes his Yale University Art Center in New Haven, CT, USA. Auguste Perret, pioneer of reinforced concrete, dies.
• 1953 - Completion of the United Nations Headquarters in New York by a deisgn team headed by Wallace Harrison and Max Abramowitz.
• 1952 - Le Corbusier completes his Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles. The Lever Brothers House is designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.
• 1951 - Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive Apartments completed in Chicago.
• 1950 - Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe finished.

See also: 1958 in architecture, other events of 1959, 1960 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... The Guggenheim Museum refers to any of several museums worldwide created and run by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages None. ... See also: 1957 in architecture, other events of 1958, 1959 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 (Cleveland, Ohio) – January 25, 2005 (New Canaan, Connecticut)) was an influential American architect. ... Aerial photo Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA airport code IAD, ICAO airport code KIAD) serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... See also: 1956 in architecture, other events of 1957, 1958 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 _ May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect. ... The Architects Collaborative (TAC) was an American architecture firm founded by Walter Gropius in 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... See also: 1955 in architecture, other events of 1956 1957 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... S. R. Crown hall, designed by the German born modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the home of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL. Widely regarded as one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th Century, Crown Hall was... McCormick Tribune Campus Center S.R. Crown Hall State Street Village, S.R. Crown Hall, Main Building Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private Ph. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... See also: 1954 in architecture, other events of 1955, 1956 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Kresge Auditorium from rear, looking toward I. M. Peis Green Building. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... See also: 1953 in architecture, other events of 1954, 1955 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Categories: People stubs | 1874 births | 1954 deaths ... Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete (Ferro concrete) is plain concrete in which reinforcement in the form of rods, bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the naturally brittle concrete. ... See also: 1952 in architecture, other events of 1953, 1954 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This law-related article does not cite its references or sources. ... Wallace K. Harrison is a mid-twentieth-century architect. ... Max Abramovitz, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908–September 12, 2004) was a prominent architect of the New York City firm Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe. ... See also: 1951 in architecture, other events of 1952, 1953 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Unite dHabitation, Marseille The Unité dHabitation (French, literally, Housing Unit) is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), which formed the basis of numerous housing developments designed by Le Corbusier throughout Europe with this name. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909–August 6, 1990) was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ... See also: 1950 in architecture, other events of 1951, 1952 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... See also: 1949 in architecture, other events of 1950, 1951 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The exterior of the Farnsworth House during the autumn. ...

1940s

• 1949 - Charles and Ray Eames build the Eames House, also known as Case Study House #8, in Pacific Palisades, CA, USA. Philip Johnson designs his "Glass House" in New Canaan, CT, USA, his residence until his death.
• 1948 - Pietro Belluschi completes the Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon, one of the first examples of postwar modernism in the United States.
• 1947 - Work begins on Le Corbusier's apartment block known as the Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, France. Alvar Aalto builds his Baker House at MIT.
• 1946 -
• 1945 - Le Corbusier draws up plans for Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and La Rochelle-La Pallice, both in France. John Entenza begins the Case Study House Program in Arts and Architecture magazine. Auguste Perret lays out the new urban plan for Le Havre, France.
• 1944 -
• 1943 - Oscar Niemeyer completes his Pampulha project in Brazil. Le Corbusier publishes La Charte d'Athènes, or The Athens Charter, a summary of ideas on urbanism generated by him and members of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne, or CIAM, over the last ten years.
• 1942 - Hector Guimard dies. Vichy rejects Le Corbusier's Obus E plan for Algiers.
• 1941 - Le Corbusier offers his services to the Vichy regime.
• 1940 - Peter Behrens dies.

See also: 1948 in architecture, other events of 1949, 1950 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. ... Pacific Palisades is a district within the city of Los Angeles, California located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. ... Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 (Cleveland, Ohio) – January 25, 2005 (New Canaan, Connecticut)) was an influential American architect. ... New Canaan is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official language(s) English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... See also: 1947 in architecture, other events of 1948, 1949 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) was an architect, a leader of the Modern Architecture movement, and responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings. ... The Equitable Building can refer to one of several notable buildings: The Equitable Building in Manhattan, built in 1915, which prompted the adoption of modern height and setback controls. ... Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ... Modernism as an artistic and cultural movement that generally includes progressive art and architecture, music and literature emerging in the decades before 1914, as artists rebelled against late 19th century academic and historicist traditions. ... -1... Unite dHabitation, Marseille The Unité dHabitation (French, literally, Housing Unit) is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), which formed the basis of numerous housing developments designed by Le Corbusier throughout Europe with this name. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 _ May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect. ... A dormitory at MIT designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... See also: 1945 in architecture, other events of 1946, 1947 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1944 in architecture, other events of 1945, 1946 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called modernism or the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, commonly referred to as Saint-Dié, is a commune of northeastern France. ... Location within France La Rochelle is a city or commune of western France, and a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean (population 76,584 in 1999). ... La Pallice is the port of La Rochelle, from which it is 3 miles distant, with harbourage for ocean-going steamers. ... The Case Study Houses were experiments in residental architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the residential housing boom caused by the end of... Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. ... See also: 1943 in architecture, other events of 1944, 1945 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1942 in architecture, other events of 1943, 1944 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... The Congrès International dArchitecture Moderne (CIAM) (International Congress of Modern Architecture) (1928 - 1959) was the think tank of the Modern Movement (or International Style) in architecture. ... The Congrès Internationaux dArchitecture Moderne (CIAM) (International Congresses of Modern Architecture) existed as an organisational body and a series of meetings intended to promote the ideas of the Modern movement and International style in architecture. ... See also: 1941 in architecture, other events of 1942, 1943 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Map of Algeria showing Algiers province Algiers (French Alger, (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. ... See also: 1940 in architecture, other events of 1941, 1942 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Vichy is a spa and resort town in central France, near Clermont-Ferrand and was the capital of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. ... See also: 1939 in architecture, other events of 1940, 1941 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ...

1930s

• 1939 - The 1939 World's Fair in New York includes the Finnish Pavilion by Alvar Aalto and the Brazilian Pavilion by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer.
• 1938 - Wright begins to build Taliesin West, his winter home in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
• 1937 - Frank Lloyd Wright completes his seminal house Fallingwater, at Bear Run, Pennsylvania. The 1937 World's Fair in Paris showcases Nazi and Soviet architecture and Art Deco.
• 1936 - Frank Lloyd Wright designs his monumental inward-looking Johnson Wax Administration Center in Racine, Wisconsin. Le Corbusier travels to Brazil to collaborate with Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer on the Ministry of Health and Education in Rio de Janeiro.
• 1935 - Cass Gilbert's United States Supreme Court Building is posthumously finished.
• 1934 - Frank Lloyd Wright draws up plans for his Broadacre City, a decentralized urban metropolis. Cass Gilbert dies.
• 1933 - The Bauhaus closes under Nazi pressure. Adolf Loos dies.
• 1932 - The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York holds its exhibition on modern architecture, showcasing the accomplishments of Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Oud, and others, coining the term "International Style."
• 1931 - The Empire State Building, designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, becomes the tallest building in the world.
• 1930 - William Van Alen completes the Chrysler Building, an Art Deco skyscraper in New York. Le Corbusier formulates ideas for The Radiant City.

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1920s

• 1929 - Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Le Corbusier designs the Villa Savoye in Poissy-sur-Seine, France.
• 1928 - Hector Guimard builds his last house in Paris. Cass Gilbert finishes the New York Life Insurance Building.
• 1927 - The Weissenhof Seidlung, an exhibition of apartment houses designed by leading modern architects, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, J. J. P. Oud, and many others, held at Stuttgart, Germany. Mies van der Rohe designs the Tugendhat House at Brno, Czechoslovakia.
• 1926 - Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die.
• 1925 - Bauhaus at Dessau designed by Walter Gropius. The Exposition des Arts Decoratifs is held in Paris, and coins the term "Art Deco." Le Corbusier exhibits his Plan Voisin for Paris.
• 1924 - Gerrit Rietveld completes the Schröder House in Utrecht. in Competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower held; entrants include Adolf Loos, Walter Gropius, and others; the eventual winner is a Gothic Revival entry. Louis Sullivan dies.
• 1923 - Le Corbusier publishes Vers une architecture (English title: Towards A New Architecture), a summary of his ideas on modernity, industry, and architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright completes his Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, just in time for it to survive a massive earthquake.
• 1922 - Monument to the Third International designed by Vladimir Tatlin (unbuilt). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's designs glass skyscraper projects for Berlin. Le Corbusier builds the Ozenfant House and studio in Paris, and exhibits the Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants.
• 1921 - Frank Lloyd Wright completes his Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall in Los Angeles, begun in 1917.
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The New York Life Insurance Company was founded in 1841 as the Nautilus Insurance Company in New York City, with assets of just $17,000. ... See also: 1926 in architecture, 1927 other events of 1927, 1928 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The reconstructed Barcelona Pavilion Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was one of the most influencial architects and designer in the 20th century. ... Notre Dame du Haut Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called modernism or the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (February 9, 1890 - April 5, 1963) was a Dutch architect. ... Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany and has about 600,000 inhabitants (June 2004). ... Brno listen â–¶(?) (-Czech, German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. ... See also: 1925 in architecture, other events of 1926, 1927 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1924 in architecture, other events of 1925, 1926 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The Bauhaus Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. ... Map of Germany showing Dessau Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Asheville City Hall. ... See also: 1923 in architecture, other events of 1924, 1925 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Red and Blue chair Lamp, designed by Rietveld Rietveld-Schröder house Gerrit Rietveld (Utrecht June 24, 1888 – Utrecht June 26, 1964), was a Dutch designer, architect and cabinet maker. ... Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ... Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia – August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early-20th-century Viennese modernist architect (associated with the International Style). ... Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism, considered by many as the creator of the Prairie School of architecture, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. ... See also: 1922 in architecture, other events of 1923, 1924 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Facade and pool of Imperial Hotel in the Museum Meiji-Mura Imperial Hotel, Ltd. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... 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1910s

• 1919 - Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. In Britain the official Tudor-Walters report kicks off a long history of government attempting to regulate the standards of house-building and acceptable layouts in an effort to prevent further waves of unsatisfactory slums. 'Homes Fit for Heroes' was the political slogan used to justify such intervention.
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• 1916 - De Stijl movement founded in the Netherlands. Le Corbusier moves to Paris.
• 1915 - Le Corbusier completes studies for his Dom-ino Houses. The concept of munitions villages emerges in England to bolster the nation's capacity to make shells and other weaponry at a time when the liberation of Belgium and France from invaders was uncertain.
• 1914 - Taliesin is destroyed by fire and has to be rebuilt. Frank Lloyd Wright completes the Midway Gardens in Chicago. Walter Gropius designs his Fagus Shoe Factory. Sant'Elia publishes the Italian Futurist manifesto.
• 1913 - Cass Gilbert completes the Woolworth Building in New York, at the time the tallest building in the world. Guimard designs a synagogue in Paris, arguably his last true Art Nouveau building.
• 1912 - Frank Lloyd Wright begins work on Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Antonio Sant'Elia begins his Citta Nuova drawings.
• 1911 - Josef Hoffmann completes the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Frank Lloyd Wright's work is first published in Europe by Ernst Wasmuth.
• 1910 - Gaudí finishes the Casa Milà in Barcelona. Le Corbusier works as an apprentice to the architect Peter Behrens in Berlin and meets Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, also working there. Behrens finishes his AEG High Tension Factory in Berlin. Loos completes the Steiner House in Vienna. Birth of Eero Saarinen.

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1900s

• 1909 - Frank Lloyd Wright completes the Robie House near Chicago, a perfect example of his domestic work in the Prairie Style.
• 1908 - Adolf Loos publishes his essay "Ornament and Crime," which argues that the advancement of culture is connected with the elimination of ornament.
• 1907 - Gaudí completes the Casa Batlló in Barcelona. William Le Baron Jenney dies. Charles Eames and Oscar Niemeyer are born.
• 1906 - Wright builds Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Philip Johnson is born.
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• 1904 - Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Larkin Building in Buffalo, New York, the first large Prairie Style building. Louis Sullivan completes the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. department store in downtown Chicago. Otto Wagner completes his Post Office Savings Bank Building in Vienna.
• 1903 - Louis Majorelle's house in Nancy, the Maison Majorelle, is completed by the architect Henri Sauvage. Josef Hoffmann finishes the Moser House in Vienna.
• 1902 - Otto Wagner's Viennese Stadtbahn railway system is completed. Lúcio Costa is born.
• 1901 - Peter Behrens completes his house at the Art Nouveau colony at Darmstadt, Germany.
• 1900 - The Paris Metropolitain subway 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'Orsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux. Dankmar Adler dies.

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1890s

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• 1898 - Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard completes his Castel Beranger in Paris. Victor Horta designs his own house, now the Horta Museum, as well as the Hôtel van Eetvelde, in Brussels. Antoni Gaudí designs the chapel for the Colonia Güell near Barcelona.
• 1897 - Hendrik Berlage designs his Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
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• 1895 - The Biltmore Estate, the largest house in the USA, is completed for the Vanderbilt family in Asheville, North Carolina.
• 1894 - Louis Sullivan builds the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, NY, USA.
• 1893 - Victor Horta builds the first full-fledged Art Nouveau structure, the Hôtel Tassel, in Brussels. World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright builds his first private residence, the Winslow House, near Chicago.
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• 1891 - Louis Sullivan completes his famous Wainwright Building in Saint Louis. William Jenney completes the Second Leiter Building in Chicago.
• 1890 - Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler build the Auditorium Building in Chicago.

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1880s

• 1889 - The 1889 Paris Exhibition showcases some of the new technologies of iron, steel, and glass, including the Eiffel Tower and the Galérie des Machines by Charles Louis Ferdinand Dutert and Victor Contamin. The École de Nancy begins to coalesce in Nancy, France.
• 1888 - The 1888 World's Fair in Barcelona displays many buildings by Domenech i Montaner and other Catalan architects.
• 1887 - Le Corbusier is born. H. H. Richardson's Marshall Field Store in Chicago is completed.
• 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is born. H. H. Richardson dies.
• 1885 - William Le Baron Jenney builds the first metal-frame skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building, in Chicago.
• 1884 - Gaudí is given the commission for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926.
• 1883 - Antoni Gaudí completes his Casa Vicens in Barcelona. H. H. Richardson completes his Crane Library in Massachusetts, USA. Louis Sullivan becomes a full partner with Dankmar Adler. Birth of Walter Gropius.
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1870s

• 1879 - Louis Sullivan joins Dankmar Adler's firm in Chicago.
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• 1875 - The Opéra Garnier is completed in Paris.
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• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire destroys most of the city, sparking a building boom there.
• 1870 - Birth of Adolf Loos.

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1860s

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• 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright is born. William Le Baron Jenney opens his architectural practice in Chicago.
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• 1863 - U. S. Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., is completed.
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• 1861 - Victor Horta is born.
• 1860 - Construction on Longwood, the largest octagonal residence in the USA, is begun in Natchez, Mississippi; it will be halted the next year by the American Civil War.

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1850s

• 1859 - Birth of Louis Majorelle and Cass Gilbert.
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• 1852 - Antoni Gaudí is born.
• 1851 - The Crystal Palace designed by Joseph Paxton.
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1830s

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1790s

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17th century

• 1690s - 1693: The city of Noto, Italy, on Sicily, is devastated by an earthquake, and a rebuilding program begins in the Baroque style.
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See also: 1680s in architecture, other events of the 1690s, 1700s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... See also: 1670s in architecture, other events of the 1680s, 1690s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... See also: 1660s in architecture, other events of the 1670s, 1680s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1650s in architecture, other events of the 1660s, 1670s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Jules Hardouin-Mansart, marble bust by Jean-Louis Lemoyne: a full-dress Baroque portrait bust demonstrates that the Kings architect is no mere craftsman Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris, April 16, 1646 – Marly, France, May 11, 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex... Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance cour dhonneur, later copied all over Europe Monument of Louis XIV in the cour dhonneur The Château de Versailles —or simply Versailles— is a royal château, outside the gates of which... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Francesco Borromini (Bissone near Lugano, Switzerland, September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a Baroque architect, and active in Rome alongside the more prolific papal architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... See also: 1640s in architecture, other events of the 1650s, 1660s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1630s in architecture, other events of the 1640s, 1650s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... St. ... Events and Trends The personal union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal ends due to a revolution in the latter (1640). ... See also: 1620s in architecture, other events of the 1630s, 1640s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... See also: 1600s in architecture, other events of the 1610s, 1620s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Façade of St. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

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Events Louis IX of France departs on the Seventh Crusade for Egypt Kingdom of Castile captures city of Seville from Muslims Cologne cathedral: old cathedral burns down April 30; foundation stone to current cathedral laid August 15 Births Deaths January 4 - King Sancho II of Portugal, in exile in Toledo... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... The rear of the cathedral, viewed from across the Rhine Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom) is one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany and has been Colognes most famous landmark for centuries. ... Cologne (German: ▶ [kœln]; Kölsch: Kölle) is with its one million residents Germanys fourth largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Alhambra The Alhambra (Red Castle) (in Arabic الحمراء) is an ancient palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern Spain, occupying a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada. ... Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the community of Andalusia, Spain. ...

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Events November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily. ... The Cathedral of Chartres (Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres, French: Cathédrale Notre_Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, is considered the finest example in all France of the high Gothic style of architecture. ...

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Neolithic

• 5000 BCE - Catak Huyuk destroyed
• 7000 BCE - Catal Huyuk in Anatolia constructed without streets; Travel through town via rooftops broken up with large courtyards
• 8000 BCE - Earliest town sites with simple residential neighbourhoods in Jarmo, Jericho, and Ain Ghazal on the Levant