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Years In Architecture
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. __NOTOC__ Articles for each year (in bold text, below) are summarized here with a significant event as a reference point. 2020s *2026 – The Sagrada Família is expected to be finished. *2024 – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished. *2022 – 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey, the longest suspension bridge in the world, is completed. *2021 – Central Park Tower in New York City, the tallest residential building in the world, is completed. *2020 – Torres Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico the tallest skyscraper in Latin America, completed. 2010s *2019 – Notre-Dame fire *2017 – Apple's new headquarters Apple Park, designed by Norman Foster, opened in Cupertino, Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s
File:1990s decade montage.png, From top left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth after it was launched in 1990; American jets fly over burning oil fields in the 1991 Gulf War; the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993; the World Wide Web gains History of the World Wide Web#1994–2004: Open standards, going global, massive popularity worldwide; Boris Yeltsin greets crowds after the failed August Coup, which leads to the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell; the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, funeral procession of Diana, Princess of Wales, who Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a 1997 car crash, and was mourned by millions; hundreds of thousands of Tutsi people are killed in the Rwandan genocide of 1994, upright=1.4, thumb rect 1 1 385 312 Hubble Space Telescope rect 392 1 1101 312 Gulf War rect 477 318 1101 718 Oslo Accords rect 723 724 1101 108 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720s
The 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to December 31, 1729. In Europe it was a decade of comparative peace following a lengthy period of near continuous warfare with treaties ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War. Both Britain and France saw major financial crashes at the beginning of the decade with the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Company respectively. Nonetheless it was a decade of stability in both countries under the leadership of Robert Walpole and Cardinal Fleury and the two nations, recently enemies, formed the Anglo-French Alliance. Stylistically the decade was part of the Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ... era. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1720s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700s
1700s may refer to: * The century from 1700 to 1799, almost synonymous with the 18th century The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to ch ... (1701–1800) * 1700s (decade), the period from 1700 to 1709 {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s
The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "Gay Nineties, gay nineties" ("''gay"'' meaning carefree or cheerful). In the British Empire, the 1890s epitomised the late Victorian era, Victorian period. As European powers continued their colonial expansion, the decade saw the defeat of Edi Expedition, Edi (1890), 1893 Franco-Siamese crisis, Siam (1893), First Melillan campaign, Morocco (1894), Franco-Dahomean Wars (other), Dahomey (1894), Congo Arab war, Arab-Swahili warlords (1894), Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem, Lombork (1894), Pahang Uprising, Pahang (1895), Second Madagascar expedition, Merina (1895), Anglo-Zanzibar War, Zanzibar (1896), Khaua-Mbandjeru rebellion, Khaua and Mbandjeru (1896), Anglo-Ashanti wars#Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War, 1895–1896, Ashanti (1896), Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880s
The 1880s (pronounced "eighteen-eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1880, and ended on December 31, 1889. The period was characterized in general by economic growth and prosperity in many parts of the world, especially Europe and the Americas, with the emergence of modern cities signified by the foundation of many long-lived corporations, franchises, and brands and the introduction of the skyscraper. The decade was a part of the Gilded Age (1874–1907) in the United States, the Victorian Era in the British Empire and the Belle Époque in France. It also occurred at the height of the Second Industrial Revolution and saw numerous developments in science and a sudden proliferation of electrical technologies, particularly in mass transit and telecommunications. The last living person from this decade, María Capovilla, died in 2006. Politics and wars Wars * Aceh War (1873–1904) * War of the Pacific (1879–1884) * First Boer War (1880–1881) * Mahdist War (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870s
The 1870s (pronounced "eighteen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. The trends of the previous decade continued into this one, as great new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia. The United States was recovering from the American Civil War, though the Reconstruction era introduced its own legacies of bitterness and racial segregation in the country. Germany unified as a nation in 1871 and became the German Empire. Changing social conditions led workforces to cooperate in the form of labor unions in order to demand better pay and working conditions, with strikes occurring worldwide in the later part of the decade and continuing until World War I. The decade was also a period of significant technological advancement; the phonograph, telephone, and electric light bulb were all invented during the 1870s, though it would take several more decades before they became household items. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860s
The 1860s (pronounced "eighteen-sixties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1860 and ended on December 31, 1869. The decade was noted for featuring numerous major societal shifts in the Americas. In North America, the election of Abraham Lincoln and slavery, Free Soiler Abraham Lincoln to the President of the United States, presidency in 1860 United States presidential election, 1860 in the United States led to the Secession in the United States, secession of eleven Southern United States, southern U.S. state, states as the Confederate States of America (CSA). The resulting American Civil War (1861–1865) would be among the first industrial wars, featuring advanced technology such as steel warships and machine guns. The victory of the Union (American Civil War), Union and subsequent abolitionism, abolition of Slavery in the United States, slavery would contribute to the decline of the Atlantic slave trade, global slave trade. Conflict in Mexico en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
