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.
Contents Summary of events in architecture – by year21st Century: 2000s – 2010s – 2020s20th Century: 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s19th Century: 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s18th Century: 1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790sPre-18th Century: 1000s – 1100s – 1200s – 1300s – 1400s – 1500s – 1600s Neolithic – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium AD __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. 2025 – Universal Epic Universe opened in Orlando, Florida. 2024 – The Arch of Reunification in North Korea is demolished. 2023 – The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City designed by Studio Gang opened to the public. 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, California. 2016 – MahaNakhon opens in Bangkok, Zaha Hadid dies. 2015 – Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest building in the world, gets completed, Charles Correa dies. 2014 – One World Trade Center opens in New York City. 2013 – Gran Torre Santiago is completed in Santiago. 2012 – The Tokyo Skytree opens in Tokyo, The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is open in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Oscar Niemeyer dies. 2011 – Al Hamra Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Kuwait, is completed. 2010 – Burj Khalifa became the tallest man-made structure in the world, at . 2010 - Bridge of Peace is completed in Tbilisi, Georgia.
2000s 2009 – CityCenter opens on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, 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 in Beijing, completed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. 2007 – Tarald Lundevall completes the Oslo Opera House in Oslo, Norway. 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower, on the site of the former World Trade Center. 2005 – Casa da Música opens in Porto, Portugal, designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with Office for Metropolitan Architecture. 2004 - Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi becomes the largest and tallest church in Georgia and the third tallest church building in the world. 2004 – 30 St Mary Axe (also known as "the Gherkin" and the Swiss Re Building), designed by Norman Foster, completed in the City of London. 2003 – Taipei 101, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010 is topped out. 2002 – Simmons Hall dormitory, designed by architect Steven Holl, completed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2001 – Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Libeskind opens to the public. 2000 – The Emirates Towers are both completed in Dubai, The London Eye is open in London.
1990s 1999 – Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind is completed. 1998 – Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by César Pelli completed (world tallest building 1998–2004). Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl opens to public. 1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Frank Gehry. Sky Tower (Auckland) completed. 1996 – Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil. 1996 – Aronoff Center for Design and Art, University of Cincinnati completed by Peter Eisenman. 1995 – Steven Holl Architects begin construction of St. Ignatius Chapel at Seattle University. 1994 – Building of the Basel Signal Box by Herzog and de Meuron 1993 – The Umeda Sky Building in Osaka City, Japan is completed. 1992 – The Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina is completed. 1991 – Stansted Airport terminal building in Essex, England, designed by Norman Foster, is completed. 1990 – Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota completed by Frank Gehry.
1980s 1989 – I. M. Pei's pyramid addition to the Louvre is opened. 1988 – MOMA Exhibition called Deconstructivist architecture opens. 1987 – The Riga Radio & TV Tower in Riga, Latvia is completed. 1986 – The Lloyd's Building in London, designed by Richard Rogers, is completed. 1985 – The HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, China by Norman Foster, is completed. 1984 – Philip Johnson's AT&T Building opens in New York City 1983 – Xanadu House in Kissimmee opened. 1982 – Design competition is held for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. 1981 – Richard Serra installs Tilted Arc in the Federal Plaza in New York City. The sculpture is removed in 1989. 1980 – Santa Monica Place constructed by Frank Gehry.
1970s 1979 – Charles Moore designs the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans. 1978 – United Nations City in Vienna, Austria is completed. 1977 – The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini, is opened.Fondazione Renzo Piano. Retrieved 2014-06-09. 1976 – The Barbican Estate, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, opens in the City of London. 1976 – The CN Tower in Toronto opens as the tallest freestanding structure on land. 1975 – Completion of the Seoul Tower in Seoul, South Korea. 1974 – National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh is completed. 1973 – The World Trade Center towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, are opened in New York. 1972 – The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, designed by William Pereira, is completed. 1971 – Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, designed by Mark Rothko and Philip Johnson is completed. 1970 – Construction begins on the Sears Tower in Chicago, designed by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan (of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill).
1960s 1969 – Fernsehturm Berlin opens. 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 Montreal 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 St. Louis, Missouri. 1965 – NASA's Cape Canaveral VAB, the Niagara Skylon Tower, Philadelphia's LOVE Park, the Tel Aviv Shalom Meir tower and the Salk Institute all open. 1964 – The Unisphere heads New York World's Fair. 1963 – The Palace of Assembly at Chandigarh, India, is finished. 1962 – Orinda Orinda House & by Charles W. Moore is completed. 1962 – Seattle Space Needle & TWA Terminal by Saarinen at JFK are opened. 1961 – Louis Kahn finishes the Richards Medical Building at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. 1960 – Lucio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer plan buildings of Brasília, new capital of Brazil. The Television Centre for the BBC is opened in London.
1950s 1959 – Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York City is finished after 16 years of work on the project. 1958 – The Seagram Building in New York designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson is completed. 1957 – The Interbau 57 exposition 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 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, designed by Mies van der Rohe, is finished. 1955 – Completion of Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel at Ronchamp, France and Disneyland (the world's first theme park) in Anaheim, California. 1954 – Louis Kahn finishes his Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, US. 1953 – Completion of the United Nations Headquarters in New York by a design team headed by Wallace Harrison and Max Abramowitz. 1952 – Le Corbusier completes his Unité d'Habitation in Marseille. 1951 – Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive Apartments completed in Chicago. 1950 – Eames House completed in Santa Monica, California, designed by Charles and Ray Eames.
1940s 1949 – Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut designed by Philip Johnson. 1948 – Pietro Belluschi completes the Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon. 1947 – Alvar Aalto builds the Baker House dormitories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1946 – Le Corbusier draws up plans for La Rochelle-La Pallice, while his efforts to redesign Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (both cities in France) are foiled. 1945 – John Entenza launches the Case Study Houses Program through his post as editor of Arts & Architecture magazine. 1944 – Frank Lloyd Wright builds the research tower for his Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin. 1943 – Oscar Niemeyer completes his Pampulha project in Brazil. 1942 – Vichy rejects Le Corbusier's Obus E plan for Algiers. 1941 – Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, completed. 1940 – Peter Behrens dies.
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 – Frank Lloyd Wright purchases of land 26 miles away from Phoenix, and begins to build Taliesin West, his winter home, in Scottsdale, Arizona, US 1937 – Wright completes his house Fallingwater, at Bear Run, Pennsylvania. 1936 – Frank Lloyd Wright designs his monumental inward-looking Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, US. 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. 1933 – The Bauhaus closes under Nazi pressure. 1932 – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York holds its exhibition on modern architecture, 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 City, US.
1920s 1929 – Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 1929 – Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier. 1928 – Hector Guimard builds his last house in Paris. 1927 – The Weissenhof Estate, an exhibition of apartment houses designed by leading modern architects, held at Stuttgart, Germany. 1926 – Bauhaus Dessau building, designed by Walter Gropius, opened. Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die. 1925 – Government House of Thailand, in Bangkok, opened 1924 – Gerrit Rietveld completes the Schröder House in Utrecht. 1923 – Le Corbusier publishes Vers une architecture (Toward an Architecture), a summary of his ideas. 1922 – Monument to the Third International designed by Vladimir Tatlin (unbuilt). 1921 – Frank Lloyd Wright completes his Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall in Los Angeles, begun in 1917. 1920 – The Einstein Tower in Potsdam, designed by Erich Mendelsohn, is completed.
1910s 1919 – Bauhaus design school founded in Weimar, Germany 1918 – Birth of Jørn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House. 1917 – Georges Biet's Art Nouveau house and apartment building in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle is severely damaged by combat shells, but will be rebuilt nearly exactly as before in 1922. 1916 – De Stijl movement founded in the Netherlands. 1915 – Le Corbusier completes studies for his Dom-ino Houses. 1914 – Walter Gropius designs his Fagus Factory.