This is atimeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages. Notable events inarchitecture and related disciplines includingstructural engineering,landscape architecture, andcity 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.

• 2026 – TheSagrada Família is expected to be finished.

• 2024 – TheArch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished.

• 2022 –1915 Çanakkale Bridge inTurkey, thelongest suspension bridge in the world, is completed.

• 2021 –Central Park Tower inNew York City, thetallest residential building in the world, is completed.

• 2020 –Torres Obispado inMonterrey,Mexico the tallest skyscraper inLatin America, completed.

• 2019 –Notre-Dame fire
• 2017 –Apple's new headquartersApple Park, designed byNorman Foster, opened inCupertino, California.
• 2016 –MahaNakhon opens inBangkok,Zaha Hadid dies.
• 2015 –Shanghai Tower inShanghai, thetallest building in China andthe second-tallest building in the world, gets completed,Charles Correa dies.
• 2014 –One World Trade Center opens inNew York City.
• 2013 –Gran Torre Santiago is completed inSantiago.
• 2012 – TheTokyo Skytree opens inTokyo, TheQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park is open inLondon for the2012 Summer Olympics,Oscar Niemeyer dies.
• 2011 –Al Hamra Tower, the tallest skyscraper inKuwait, is completed.
• 2010 –Burj Khalifa became thetallest man-made structure in the world, at 828 metres (2,717 ft).

• 2009 –CityCenter opens on theLas Vegas Strip inParadise, Nevada. This project is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States.
• 2008 – "Water Cube", "Bird's Nest",South railway station, and other buildings inBeijing, completed for the2008 Summer Olympics.
• 2007 – Tarald Lundevall completes theOslo Opera House in Oslo, Norway.
• 2006 – Construction begins on theFreedom Tower, on the site of the formerWorld Trade Center.
• 2005 –Casa da Música opens inPorto, Portugal, designed by theDutch architectRem Koolhaas withOffice for Metropolitan Architecture.
• 2004 –30 St Mary Axe (also known as "theGherkin" and the Swiss Re Building), designed byNorman Foster, completed in theCity of London.
• 2003 –Taipei 101, designed byC.Y. Lee & Partnersthe world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010 istopped out.
• 2002 –Simmons Hall dormitory, designed by architectSteven Holl, completed at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 2001 –Jewish Museum Berlin designed byDaniel Libeskind opens to the public.
• 2000 – TheEmirates Towers are both completed inDubai, TheLondon Eye is open inLondon.

• 1999 –Jewish Museum Berlin, designed byDaniel Libeskind is completed.
• 1998 –Petronas Twin Towers,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed byCésar Pelli completed (world tallest building 1998–2004).Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art bySteven Holl opens to public.
• 1997 –Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed byFrank Gehry.Sky Tower (Auckland) completed.
• 1996 –Oscar Niemeyer completes theNiterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
• 1996 –Aronoff Center for Design and Art,University of Cincinnati completed byPeter Eisenman.
• 1995 –Steven Holl Architects begin construction of St. Ignatius Chapel atSeattle University.
• 1994 – Building of theBasel Signal Box byHerzog and de Meuron
• 1993 – TheUmeda Sky Building inOsaka City, Japan is completed.
• 1992 – TheBank of America Corporate Center inCharlotte, North Carolina is completed.
• 1991 –Stansted Airport terminal building inEssex, England, designed byNorman Foster, is completed.
• 1990 –Frederick Weisman Museum of Art,University of Minnesota completed byFrank Gehry.

• 1989 –I. M. Pei's pyramid addition to theLouvre is opened.
• 1988 –MOMA Exhibition calledDeconstructivist architecture opens.
• 1987 – TheRiga Radio & TV Tower inRiga, Latvia is completed.
• 1986 – TheLloyd's Building in London, designed byRichard Rogers, is completed.
• 1985 – TheHSBC Headquarters Building inHong Kong, China byNorman Foster, is completed.
• 1984 –Philip Johnson'sAT&T Building opens in New York City
• 1983 –Xanadu House inKissimmee opened.
• 1982 – Design competition is held for theParc de la Villette in Paris.
• 1981 –Richard Serra installsTilted Arc in the Federal Plaza in New York City. The sculpture is removed in 1989.
• 1980 –Santa Monica Place constructed byFrank Gehry.

• 1979 –Charles Moore designs thePiazza d'Italia inNew Orleans.
• 1978 –United Nations City inVienna,Austria is completed.
• 1977 – TheCentre Georges Pompidou inParis, designed byRenzo Piano,Richard Rogers andGianfranco Franchini, is opened.^[1]
• 1976 – TheBarbican Estate, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, opens in theCity of London.
• 1976 – TheCN Tower inToronto opens as the tallest freestanding structure on land.
• 1975 – Completion of theSeoul Tower inSeoul,South Korea.
• 1974 – National Assembly Building inDhaka,Bangladesh is completed.
• 1973 – TheWorld Trade Center towers, designed byMinoru Yamasaki, are opened in New York.
• 1972 – TheTransamerica Pyramid inSan Francisco,California, designed byWilliam Pereira, is completed.
• 1971 –Rothko Chapel inHouston, Texas, designed byMark Rothko andPhilip Johnson is completed.
• 1970 – Construction begins on theSears Tower in Chicago, designed byBruce Graham andFazlur Khan (ofSkidmore, Owings & Merrill).

• 1969 –Fernsehturm Berlin opens.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe andWalter Gropius die.
• 1968 – Mies van der Rohe'sNew National Gallery inBerlin finished.
• 1967 –Expo 67 inMontreal features the American pavilion, ageodesic dome designed byBuckminster Fuller, and theHabitat 67 housing complex designed byMoshe Safdie.
• 1966 – TheGateway Arch by Eero Saarinen is finished inSt. Louis, Missouri.
• 1965 –NASA's Cape CanaveralVAB, theNiagaraSkylon Tower, Philadelphia'sLOVE Park, theTel AvivShalom Meir tower and theSalk Institute all open.
• 1964 – TheUnisphere headsNew York World's Fair.
• 1963 – ThePalace of Assembly atChandigarh, India, is finished.
• 1962 –OrindaOrinda House & byCharles W. Moore is completed.
• 1962 –SeattleSpace Needle &TWA Terminal bySaarinen atJFK are opened.
• 1961 – Louis Kahn finishes theRichards Medical Building at theUniversity of Pennsylvania inPhiladelphia.
• 1960 –Lucio Costa &Oscar Niemeyer plan buildings ofBrasília, new capital of Brazil. TheTelevision Centre for theBBC is opened inLondon.

• 1959 –Frank Lloyd Wright'sGuggenheim Museum inNew York City is finished after 16 years of work on the project.
• 1958 – TheSeagram Building in New York designed by LudwigMies van der Rohe andPhilip Johnson is completed.
• 1957 – TheInterbau 57 exposition inBerlin features structures byAlvar Aalto,Walter Gropius and hisThe Architects' Collaborative (TAC), and anunité by Le Corbusier.
• 1956 –Crown Hall at theIllinois Institute of Technology,Chicago, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is finished.
• 1955 – Completion ofLe Corbusier'sNotre Dame du Haut chapel atRonchamp, France andDisneyland (the world's first theme park) inAnaheim, California.
• 1954 –Louis Kahn finishes hisYale University Art Gallery inNew Haven, Connecticut, US.
• 1953 – Completion of theUnited Nations Headquarters in New York by a design team headed byWallace Harrison andMax Abramowitz.
• 1952 –Le Corbusier completes hisUnité d'Habitation inMarseille.
• 1951 –Mies van der Rohe'sLake Shore Drive Apartments completed inChicago.
• 1950 –Eames House completed inSanta Monica, California, designed byCharles and Ray Eames.

• 1949 –Glass House inNew Canaan, Connecticut designed byPhilip Johnson.
• 1948 –Pietro Belluschi completes theEquitable Building inPortland, Oregon.
• 1947 –Alvar Aalto builds theBaker House dormitories at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 1946 –Le Corbusier draws up plans forLa Rochelle-La Pallice, while his efforts to redesignSaint-Dié-des-Vosges (both cities inFrance) are foiled.
• 1945 –John Entenza launches theCase Study Houses Program through his post as editor ofArts & Architecture magazine.
• 1944 –Frank Lloyd Wright builds the research tower for hisJohnson Wax Headquarters inRacine, Wisconsin.
• 1943 –Oscar Niemeyer completes hisPampulha project in Brazil.
• 1942 –Vichy rejects Le Corbusier'sObus E plan forAlgiers.
• 1941 –Australian War Memorial inCanberra,Australia, completed.
• 1940 –Peter Behrens dies.

• 1939 – The 1939World's Fair in New York includes theFinnish Pavilion byAlvar Aalto and theBrazilian Pavilion byLucio Costa andOscar Niemeyer.
• 1938 – Frank Lloyd Wright purchases 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land 26 miles away fromPhoenix, and begins to buildTaliesin West, his winter home, inScottsdale, Arizona, US
• 1937 – Wright completes his houseFallingwater, atBear Run, Pennsylvania.
• 1936 – Frank Lloyd Wright designs his monumental inward-lookingJohnson Wax Headquarters inRacine, Wisconsin, US.
• 1935 –Cass Gilbert'sUnited States Supreme Court Building is posthumously finished.
• 1934 – Frank Lloyd Wright draws up plans for hisBroadacre City, a decentralized urban metropolis.
• 1933 – TheBauhaus closes underNazi pressure.
• 1932 – TheMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York holds its exhibition on modern architecture, coining the term "International Style."
• 1931 – TheEmpire State Building, designed byShreve, Lamb and Harmon, becomes the tallest building in the world.
• 1930 –William Van Alen completes theChrysler Building, an Art Decoskyscraper inNew York City, US.

• 1929 –Barcelona Pavilion designed byLudwig Mies van der Rohe.
• 1929 –Villa Savoye designed byLe Corbusier.
• 1928 –Hector Guimard builds his last house in Paris.
• 1927 – TheWeissenhof Estate, an exhibition of apartment houses designed by leading modern architects, held atStuttgart, Germany.
• 1926 –Bauhaus Dessau building, designed byWalter Gropius, opened. Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die.
• 1925 –Government House of Thailand, in Bangkok, opened
• 1924 –Gerrit Rietveld completes theSchröder House inUtrecht.
• 1923 – Le Corbusier publishesVers une architecture (Toward an Architecture), a summary of his ideas.
• 1922 –Monument to the Third International designed byVladimir Tatlin (unbuilt).
• 1921 – Frank Lloyd Wright completes hisHollyhock House forAline Barnsdall inLos Angeles, begun in 1917.
• 1920 – TheEinstein Tower inPotsdam, designed byErich Mendelsohn, is completed.

• 1919 –Bauhaus design school founded inWeimar, Germany
• 1918 – Birth ofJørn Utzon, designer of theSydney Opera House.
• 1917 –Georges Biet'sArt Nouveau house and apartment building inNancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle is severely damaged by combat shells, but will be rebuilt nearly exactly as before in 1922.
• 1916 –De Stijl movement founded in the Netherlands.
• 1915 – Le Corbusier completes studies for hisDom-ino Houses.
• 1914 – Walter Gropius designs hisFagus Factory.
• 1913 – Cass Gilbert completes theWoolworth Building in New York.
• 1912 – Frank Lloyd Wright begins work on theAvery Coonley Playhouse,Riverside, Illinois.
• 1911 – Josef Hoffmann completes theStoclet Palace in Brussels.
• 1910 – Gaudí finishes theCasa Milà in Barcelona.

• 1909 – Frank Lloyd Wright completes theRobie House near Chicago.
• 1908 –Adolf Loos publishes his essay "Ornament and Crime".
• 1907 – Gaudí completes theCasa Batlló in Barcelona.
• 1906 –Lucien Weissenburger completes his own house, a striking example of theArt Nouveau style inNancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.
• 1905 – Wright designsUnity Temple inOak Park, Illinois.
• 1904 –Otto Wagner completes hisPost Office Savings Bank Building in Vienna.
• 1903 –Josef Hoffmann finishes theMoser House inVienna.
• 1902 –Otto Wagner'sViennese Stadtbahn railway system is completed.
• 1901 –John McArthur Jr., completes theSecond Empire-stylePhiladelphia City Hall, the world's tallest masonry building.
• 1900 – The Gare d'Orsay, later the famousMusée d'Orsay, is built in Paris byVictor Laloux.

• 1899 –Hector Guimard is commissioned to design the edicules for the ParisMétropolitain, which have become a hallmark of Art Nouveau design.
• 1898 – Victor Horta designs his own house, later theHorta Museum.
• 1897 –Hendrik Berlage designs hisAmsterdam Stock Exchange.
• 1896 –Eugène Vallin completes his own house and studio inNancy (France), which is the first of many Art Nouveau structures built there by the members of theÉcole de Nancy.
• 1895 – TheBiltmore Estate, the largest house in the US, is completed for theVanderbilt family inAsheville, North Carolina.
• 1894 – Louis Sullivan builds theGuaranty Building in Buffalo, NY, US.
• 1893 –Victor Horta builds what is widely considered the first full-fledgedArt Nouveau structure, theHôtel Tassel, inBrussels.
• 1892 – Birth of Modernist architectRichard Neutra.
• 1891 –Louis Sullivan completes hisWainwright Building inSaint Louis.
• 1890 – Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler build theAuditorium Building inChicago.

• 1889 – The1889 Paris exhibition showcases some of the new technologies of iron, steel, and glass, including theEiffel Tower.
• 1888 – TheExposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) displays many buildings byLluís Domènech i Montaner and other Catalan architects.
• 1887 – H. H. Richardson'sMarshall Field Store in Chicago is completed.
• 1886 – Birth ofLudwig Mies van der Rohe.
• 1885 –William Le Baron Jenney builds the first metal-frame skyscraper, theHome Insurance Building, in Chicago.
• 1884 – Gaudí is given the commission for theSagrada Família church in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926.
• 1883 – Antoni Gaudí completes hisCasa Vicens in Barcelona.
• 1881 – TheNatural History Museum in London opens.
• 1880 –Cologne Cathedral is finally completed after 632 years.

• 1879 – Louis Sullivan joins Dankmar Adler's firm in Chicago.
• 1878 – Work begins on theHerrenchiemsee inBavaria, designed byGeorg Dollman. Death of Sir George Gilbert Scott.
• 1877 –St Pancras railway station in London, by SirGeorge Gilbert Scott, is completed.
• 1876 – Construction is finished on theBayreuth Festspielhaus, designed byGottfried Semper.
• 1875 – TheOpéra Garnier is completed in Paris.
• 1874 – Completion of theCalifornia State Capitol inSacramento,California.
• 1873 –Scots' Church inMelbourne, Australia is finished.
• 1872 – TheAlbert Memorial in London, designed by SirGeorge Gilbert Scott, is opened.
• 1871 – TheGreat Chicago Fire destroys most of the city, sparking a building boom there; TheRoyal Albert Hall is completed in London.
• 1870 – Birth ofAdolf Loos.

• 1869 – Birth ofGeorges Biet.
• 1868 – Birth ofPeter Behrens andCharles Rennie Mackintosh.
• 1868 – TheGyeongbokgung ofKorea is reconstructed.
• 1867 – Birth ofFrank Lloyd Wright.William Le Baron Jenney opens his architectural practice in Chicago.
• 1866 – Completion of theSt Pancras Hotel in London bySir George Gilbert Scott.
• 1865 – Birth of French architectPaul Charbonnier.
• 1864 – Birth of French Art Nouveau architectJules Lavirotte.
• 1863 –United States Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• 1862 – Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's reading room at theBibliothèque Nationale de France (siteRichelieu).
• 1861 – Birth ofVictor Horta.
• 1860 – Construction onLongwood, the largestoctagonal residence in the US, is begun inNatchez, Mississippi.

• 1859 – Birth ofLouis Majorelle andCass Gilbert.
• 1858 – The competition to designCentral Park in New York is won byFrederick Law Olmsted andCalvert Vaux.
• 1857 – Founding of theAmerican Institute of Architects.
• 1856 –Louis Sullivan andEugène Vallin are born.
• 1855 – ThePalais d'Industrie is built for the World's Fair in Paris.
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• 1853 –Baron Haussmann becomes prefect of the Seinedépartement and begins his vast urbanrenovations of Paris.
• 1852 – Birth ofAntoni Gaudí.
• 1851 –The Crystal Palace designed byJoseph Paxton.
• 1850 –Lluis Domènech í Montaner andJohn W. Root are born.

• 1849 –John Ruskin'sThe Seven Lamps of Architecture is published.
• 1848 – Construction begins on theWashington Monument inWashington, D.C., though it will not be completed until 1885.
• 1847 – 24 August, birth ofCharles Follen McKim (died 1909).
• 1846 – 4 September, birth ofDaniel Burnham of the firm Burnham and Root.
• 1845 –Trafalgar Square in London, designed by Charles Barry andJohn Nash, is completed.
• 1844 –Uspensky Cathedral inKharkiv, Ukraine is completed.
• 1843 – Construction begins onHenri Labrouste'sBibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris.
• 1842 – TheÉglise de la Madeleine is finally consecrated in Paris as achurch.
• 1841 – Birth of Otto Wagner.
• 1840 – Construction begins on theHouses of Parliament in London, designed bySir Charles Barry andAugustus Welby Northmore Pugin.

• 1839 – Birth ofFrank Furness inPhiladelphia.
• 1838 –Rideau Hall is built by Scottish architectThomas McKay.
• 1837 – TheRoyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is founded.
• 1836 – A.W.N. Pugin publishes hisContrasts, a treatise on the morality of Catholic, Gothic architecture.
• 1835 – TheNew Orleans Mint,Dahlonega Mint, andCharlotte Mint are all designed byWilliam Strickland and begin producing. coins in three years.
• 1834 –Alfred B. Mullet, designer of both theSan Francisco and theCarson City Mints in the US, is born in Britain.
• 1833 – William Strickland completes the firstPhiladelphia Mint building.
• 1832 – Birth ofWilliam Le Baron Jenney.
• 1830 – TheAltes Museum in Berlin, designed byKarl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed after seven years of construction.

• 1829 – The panopticon-designEastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, designed byJohn Havilland, opens.
• 1828 – Completion of theMarble Arch in London, designed by John Nash.
• 1827 – Birth of British Gothic Revial architectWilliam Burges.
• 1826 – TheMenai Suspension Bridge over theMenai Strait, inWales, designed byThomas Telford, is completed.
• 1825 – The front and rear porticoes of the White House are added to the building.
• 1824 – TheShelbourne Hotel inDublin, Ireland is completed.
• 1823 – Work begins on theBritish Museum in London, designed by (Sir)Robert Smirke.
• 1822 – Birth of landscape architectFrederick Law Olmsted.
• 1821 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel completeds hisSchauspielhaus in Berlin andBenjamin Latrobe'sBaltimore Basilica is completed.
• 1820 – Death ofBenjamin Latrobe.

• 1819 – Birth of English architectHorace Jones.
• 1818 – Birth of American architectJames Renwick Jr.
• 1817 –Dulwich Picture Gallery in London is designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery.
• 1816 –Regent's Bridge, crossing theRiver Thames in central London, designed byJames Walker, is opened.
• 1815 –Brighton Pavilion is redesigned byJohn Nash for the futureKing George IV.
• 1814 – British troops burn theWhite House in Washington, D.C., gutting it completely.
• 1813 – Death ofAlexandre-Théodore Brongniart.
• 1812 – TheEgyptian Hall in London, designed by P. F. Robinson, is completed.
• 1811 – TheUnited States Capitol, designed byBenjamin Latrobe, is completed. Birth ofGeorge Gilbert Scott.
• 1810 –Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, designed byJean-François Thomas de Thomon, is completed.

• 1809 – Birth of city plannerBaron Haussmann.
• 1808 – Construction begins on theParis Bourse, designed by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart.
• 1807 – TheTemplo de la Virgen del Carmen inCelaya, Guanajuato, Mexico is completed.
• 1806 –Arc de Triomphe, Paris fromJean Chalgrin commissioned byNapoleon Bonaparte.
• 1805 – TheEllesmere Canal, designed byThomas Telford, is completed.
• 1804 – Completion of theGovernment House in theBahamas.
• 1803 – TheRaj Bhavan inKolkata, West Bengal, India is finished.
• 1802 – TheTemple of Saint Philip Neri inGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is completed.
• 1801 – Birth of Henri Labrouste.
• 1800 – TheWhite House inWashington, D.C. is completed by team of clientGeorge Washington, plannerPierre L'Enfant, and architectJames Hoban.

• 1799 – Death of French neoclassicistÉtienne-Louis Boullée.
• 1798 –Karlsruhe Synagogue, usually regarded as the first building of theEgyptian Revival architecture, built byFriedrich Weinbrenner inKarlsruhe.
• 1797 –Ditherington Flax Mill, inShrewsbury, England, the world's oldest surviving iron-framed building, is completed.
• 1796 –Somerset House inLondon, designed byWilliam Chambers, is completed.
• 1795 – Birth of English architectCharles Barry.
• 1794 –Hwaseong Fortress inSuwon, Korea, begins.
• 1793 –Old East, the oldest publicuniir John Soane's Museum.
• 1791 –Brandenburg Gate inBerlin is completed
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• 1789 –Jacques-Germain Soufflot'sPanthéon in Paris is completed by his studentJean-Baptiste Rondelet.
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• 1782 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart is named architect and controller-general of theÉcole Militaire in Paris.
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• 1779 –Fridericianum inKassel (Hesse), designed bySimon Louis du Ry, completed.
• 1778 –La Scala opera house inMilan (Lombardy), designed byGiuseppe Piermarini, is opened
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• 1769 –St Clement's Church, Moscow is completed
• 1768 –Petit Trianon atVersailles is completed.
• 1767 –Arg of Karim Khan
• 1766 –Horace Walpole'sStrawberry Hill House in London is completed.
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• 1759 –Royal Palace of Riofrío in Spain, designed by Virgilio Rabaglio completed.
• 1758 – The royal water garden ofTaman Sari (Yogyakarta) onJava, designed by Tumenggung Mangundipura, is begun.
• 1757 –Vorontsov Palace (Saint Petersburg), designed byFrancesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is completed.
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• 1755 –Nuruosmaniye Mosque inIstanbul, designed by Mustafa Ağa and Simeon Kalfa, is completed
• 1754 –Tomb of Safdar Jang inDelhi is completed.
• 1753 – The Georgian-Style Pennsylvania State House, (Independence Hall) is completed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1752 –Valletta Waterfront on Malta is built
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• 1749 – TheRadcliffe Camera inOxford, England, designed byJames Gibbs, is opened as a library.^[2]
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• 1704 –St Magnus-the-Martyr in London is completed.
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• 1690s –Potala Palace is completed in Tibet.
• 1690s – The city ofNoto, Italy, onSicily, is devastated by an earthquake (1693), and a rebuilding program begins in theBaroque style.
• 1680s – Church ofLes Invalides, Paris is built byJules Hardouin-Mansart.
• 1670s – TheRoyal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed byChristopher Wren is completed (1676).
• 1660s –Louis XIV, with the architectJules Hardouin-Mansart, begins to enlarge thePalace of Versailles (1661); foundation stone ofPetersberg Citadel, Erfurt, Germany laid (1665).
• 1650s – Completion of the churchSant'Agnese in Agone in Rome, designed by Borromini andCarlo Rainaldi.
• 1640s – Borromini builds the churchSant'Ivo alla Sapienza in Rome.
• 1630s – EmperorShah Jahan constructTaj Mahal inAgra, India.
• 1630s – Borromini builds the churchSan Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome.
• 1620s –St. Peter's Basilica is completed inVatican City (1626).
• 1610s – Mohammadreza Isfahani buildsNaghsh-i Jahan Square inIsfahan, Iran.
• 1600s –33 pol bridge is constructed in Isfahan, Iran.

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• 1520s –Santhome Church was built inChennai.
• 1510s – Construction begins onChateau Chambord.
• 1500s – Construction begins onSt. Peter's Basilica. Birth ofAndrea Palladio.

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• 1260s –Fakr Ad-Din Mosque is finished in theSultanate of Mogadishu
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• 1190s – Construction ofQutb Minar started in India
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• 1100s –Yingzao Fashi written byLi Jie published during midSong dynasty, an important set of building standards.

• 1090s –Durham Cathedral founded;Old Synagogue (Erfurt), Germany, one of the oldest synagogue buildings in Europe (1094)
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• 1070s –St Albans Cathedral commenced; built from the ruins of RomanVerulamium.
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• 1050s –Greensted Church built, oldest surviving wooden church (extensively repaired) in the world, possibly the oldest wooden building in Europe.
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• 1030s –Gangaikonda Cholapuram built by the kingdom ofRajendra Chola I underChola dynasty.
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• 1000s –Brihadisvara Temple built by the kingdom ofRajaraja I underChola dynasty. Construction of stone buildings inGreat Zimbabwe begins.

• 905 –Aachen Cathedral consecrated (major renovations in the10th century).
• 900s –Akhtala Monastery built, intended as a fortress.
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• 880 – TheNea Ekklesia is inaugurated inConstantinople, setting the model for all latercross-in-square Orthodox churches.
• 848 –San Miguel de Lillo built in theAsturian pre-romanesque style ofSpain.
• 700s –Seokguram of Korea is constructed.
• 605 –Anji Bridge, China, the world's oldest known open-spandrel segmental stone arch bridge, is completed.
• 600s –St. Hripsime Church, Echmiadzin, one of the world's oldest surviving churches, constructed.
• 500s –Hagia Sophia built in its present form. Oldest known surviving roof truss inSaint Catherine's Monastery.
• 495–504 –Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna.^[3]
• 470 –Basilica of St. Martin, Tours.^[3]
• 432–40 –Santa Maria Maggiore^[3] andSanta Sabina in Rome.^[3]
• 400s –Mahabalipuram, an ancient port city of south east India, constructed underMahendravarman I & his sonNarasimhavarman I of the Pallava Kingdom, Tamil Nadu, South India.
• 391 –Serapeum of Alexandria is destroyed in a conflict between Christians and pagans.
• c.330 –Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome.^[3]
• 325 –Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.^[3]
• 320 – Construction ofArchbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, begun using standards that will be followed in future basilica designs.^[3]
• 315 –Arch of Constantine in Rome dedicated to theBattle of Milvian Bridge.
• 312 –Aula Palatina (Basilica of Constantine) atTrier, the brick audience hall, completed.^[4]
• 307–312 –Basilica of Maxentius^[4] and Catacomb of theVia Latina in Rome begun.
• 300s –Nalanda, an ancient center of higher learning, is built inGupta Empire in India.
• 296–306 –Baths of Diocletian in Rome.^[4]
• 262 –Arch of Gallienus inRome completed.
• 231 –Dura-Europos church inSyria, a house built c.200 converted into aChristian Church.^[3]
• 224 –Dura-Europos synagogue one of the oldestsynagogues.
• 211 –Arch of Drusus in Rome completed.
• 203 –Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome completed.
• 212–16 –Baths of Caracalla in Rome.^[4]
• 200s –
• 200 –Pyramid of the Sun inTeotihuacan is constructed.
• 193 – Column of Marcus Aurelius dedicated inRome.
• 134 –Ponte Sant'Angelo across theTiber in Rome completed.
• 118–28 – Pantheon, Rome is completed, an early full dome.^[4]
• 113 –Trajan's Column in Rome dedicated.
• 104–6 –Alcántara Bridge, aRoman multiple arched bridge over theTagus River in Spain.
• 82 –Arch of Titus in Rome an artifact from the 'Temple Period' and the beginning of theJewish Diaspora.
• 100s –Pantheon, Rome is completed.
• 70–80 –Colosseum in Rome built under EmperorsVespasian andTitus.
• 60–69 –Domus Aurea in Rome begun.
• 52 –Porta Maggiore (Porta Prenestina) inRome built. A subterraneanNeopythagoreanbasilica nearby also dates to this century.
• 47–50 – Romans establish the city ofLondinium in Britain.
• 40 – Lighthouse atBoulogne built.
• 3 –Gungnae City ofGoguryeo completed.

• 1-99 BC –Vitruvius writesDe architectura (c. 15 BC). Expansion ofHerod the Great's temple begins (c. 37 BC).Pont du Gard (c. 50 BC),Provence,France.^[4]Pons Fabricius, oldest functional stoneRoman bridge inRome, Italy (62 BC).Maison CarréeRoman temple is constructed (c. 16 BC).Mausoleum of Augustus is completed (28 BC).
• 100s – Across theTiber in Italy:Ponte Milvio is the second bridge at this location (115 BC);Pons Aemilius is the oldest stoneRoman bridge inRome (126 BC).
• 200s –Erechtheion inAthens completed (206 BC).Lighthouse of Alexandria inEgypt completed and is the tallest man-made structure in existence at the time (c. 246 BC). The city ofDjenné-Djenno is first occupied (250 BC).Colossus of Rhodes is completed (280 BC).
• 300s –University of ancient Taxila, one of the first institutes of learning, is established.Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of theSeven Wonders of the Ancient World, is completed (350 BC).Alexander the Great founds the city ofAlexandria and plans its layout (331 BC). The city ofAntioch is founded (300 BC).
• 400s – Completion of the final form of theParthenon inAthens (432 BC). Construction ofPataliputra (modern dayPatna) in theMagadha empire (Indian Subcontinent) begun (490 BC).
• 500s – Construction of theTemple of Artemis inEphesus begins (c. 500 BC).Second Templein Jerusalem completed (February 25, 515 BC). Work begins onPersepolis (515 BC).Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus completed inRome (509 BC).
• 600s – Port city ofNaucratis is founded in Egypt (c. 625 BC). Massalia (modern-dayMarseille) is founded (c. 600 BC).
• 700s – According to legend, the city of Rome is founded (753 BC).
• 800s –
• 900s – The earliest Greek temple built atSamos with some timber framing based on theMycenaeanmegaron^[5]

• 1000s BC –
• 1100s –
• 1200s –Chogha Zanbil built. End ofHarappan architecture
• 1300s –
• 1400s –
• 1500s –
• 1600s – Final construction ofStonehenge in England^[6]
• 1700s –
• 1800s – LastEgyptian pyramid built inHawara
• 1900s –

• 2000s BC –Ziggurat of Ur construction takes place
• 2100s –
• 2200s –
• 2300s –
• 2400s –
• 2500s –
• 2600s – Ancient city ofMohenjo-daro is built in modern dayPakistan.Great Pyramid of Giza andPyramid of Djoser built inEgypt.
• 2700s –
• 2800s –
• 2900s – (2900 – 1600 BC) theLongshan culture in China. Examples inShandong,Henan, and southernShaanxi andShanxi provinces.

• 4th millennium BC –Harappa ancient city built.
• 5th millennium BC – (5000–3000 BC)Yangshao culture in China.
• 6th millennium BC – (6000–2000 BC) Emergence of wooden frames inChinese architecture including the use ofmortise and tenon joinery to build wood beamed houses.
• 7th millennium BC –Çatalhöyük inAnatolia constructed without streets.
• 8th millennium BC – Lahuradewa architecture in Ganges plains ofIndia. EarlyMehrgarh settlements are established near theBolan Pass inPakistan. Earliest town sites with simple residential neighbourhoods inJarmo,Jericho, andAin Ghazal on the Levant.
• 10th millennium BC –Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, an ancient structure believed to be the first place of worship.

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