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Architecture Timeline
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. __FORCETOC__ 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. *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, California. *2016 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok, Zaha Hadid dies. *2015 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. The term comes ; ; . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. The practice, which began in the prehistoric era, has been used as a way of expressing culture for civilizations on all seven continents. For this reason, architecture is considered to be a form of art. Texts on architecture have been written since ancient times. The earliest surviving text on architectural theories is the 1st century AD treatise '' De architectura'' by the Roman architect Vitruvius, according to whom a good building embodies , and (durability, utility, and beauty). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
