2000s

• 2007 - Construction begins on the New Academic Center at Westminster School (Connecticut).
• 2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower, a replacement for the World Trade Center
• 2005 - Xanadu House demolished.
• 2004 - 30 St Mary Axe designed by Norman Foster.
• 2003 - Taipei 101, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, becomes the tallest building in the world.
• 2002 - Simmons Hall dormitory at MIT completed.
• 2001 - Jewish Museum Berlin designed by Daniel Libeskind opens to the public.
• 2000 - The Emirates Towers are both completed.

1990s

• 1999 - Jewish Museum Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind is completed.
• 1998 - Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by César Pelli is completed. World tallest building 1998-2004.
• 1998 - Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects, opens to the public.
• 1997 - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao designed by Frank Gehry.
• 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.
• 1980 - Santa Monica Place was constructed by Frank Gehry.

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.
• 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 Dakka, 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, and 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 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, 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 - 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 Brasilia, new capital of Brazil.

1950s

• 1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York 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 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.
• 1954 - Louis Kahn finishes his Yale University Art Center in New Haven, CT, USA.
• 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 Marseilles.
• 1951 - Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive Apartments completed in Chicago.
• 1950 - Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe finished.

1940s

• 1949 - Charles and Ray Eames build the Eames House, also known as Case Study House #8, in Pacific Palisades, CA, USA.
• 1948 - Pietro Belluschi completes the Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon.
• 1947 - Alvar Aalto builds his Baker House at MIT.
• 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 and 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 - Le Corbusier offers his services to the Vichy regime.
• 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, USA
• 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, USA.
• 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, USA.

1920s

• 1929 - Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
• 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 - Antoni Gaudí and Louis Majorelle die.
• 1925 - Bauhaus at Dessau designed by Walter Gropius.
• 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 - Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus 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, France 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 Shoe Factory.
• 1913 - Cass Gilbert completes the Woolworth Building in New York.
• 1912 - Frank Lloyd Wright begins work on the Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois.
• 1911 - Josef Hoffmann completes the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
• 1910 - Gaudí finishes the Casa Milà in Barcelona.

1900s

• 1909 - Frank Lloyd Wright completes the Robie House near Chicago.
• 1908 - Adolf Loos publishes his essay "Ornament and Crime".
• 1907 - Gaudí completes the Casa Batlló in Barcelona.
• 1907 - Otto Wagner completes the Art Nouveau churche Kirche am Steinhof (also called the Church of St. Leopold) in Vienna.
• 1906 - Lucien Weissenburger completes his own house, a striking example of the Art Nouveau style in Nancy, France.
• 1905 - Wright designs Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.
• 1904 - Otto Wagner completes his Post Office Savings Bank Building in Vienna.
• 1903 - Josef Hoffmann finishes the Moser House in Vienna.
• 1902 - Otto Wagner's Viennese Stadtbahn railway system is completed.
• 1901 - Peter Behrens completes his house at the Art Nouveau colony at Darmstadt, Germany.
• 1900 - The Gare d'Orsay, now the famous Musée d'Orsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux.

1890s

• 1899 - Hector Guimard is commissioned to design the edicules for the Paris Métropolitain, which have become a hallmark of Art Nouveau design.
• 1898 - Victor Horta designs his own house, now the Horta Museum.
• 1897 - Hendrik Berlage designs his Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
• 1896 - Eugène Vallin completes his own house and studio in Nancy (France), which is the first of many Art Nouveau structures built there by the members of the École de Nancy.
• 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 what is widely considered the first full-fledged Art Nouveau structure, the Hôtel Tassel, in Brussels.
• 1892 - Modernist architect Richard Neutra is born.
• 1891 - Louis Sullivan completes his Wainwright Building in Saint Louis.
• 1890 - Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler build the Auditorium Building in Chicago.

1880s

• 1889 - The 1889 Paris exhibition showcases some of the new technologies of iron, steel, and glass, including the Eiffel Tower.
• 1888 - The 1888 World's Fair in Barcelona displays many buildings by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and other Catalan architects.
• 1887 - H. H. Richardson's Marshall Field Store in Chicago is completed.
• 1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is born.
• 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 Família in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926.
• 1883 - Antoni Gaudí completes his Casa Vicens in Barcelona.
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• 1881 - The Natural History Museum in London opens.
• 1880 - Cologne Cathedral is finally completed after 632 years.

1870s

• 1879 - Louis Sullivan joins Dankmar Adler's firm in Chicago.
• 1878 - Work begins on the Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman.
• 1877 - St Pancras railway station in London, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is completed.
• 1876 - Construction is finished on the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, designed by Gottfried Semper.
• 1875 - The Opéra Garnier is completed in Paris.
• 1874 - Completion of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California.
• 1873 - Scots' Church in Melbourne, Australia is finished.
• 1872 - The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire destroys most of the city, sparking a building boom there.
• 1870 - Birth of Adolf Loos.

1860s

• 1869 - Birth of Georges Biet.
• 1868 - Peter Behrens is born.
• 1867 - William Le Baron Jenney opens his architectural practice in Chicago.
• 1866 - Completion of the St Pancras Hotel in London by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
• 1865 - Birth of French architect Paul Charbonnier.
• 1864 - French Art Nouveau architect Jules Lavirotte is born.
• 1863 - U. S. Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• 1862 - Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's reading room at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (site Richelieu).
• 1861 - Victor Horta is born.
• 1860 - Construction on Longwood, the largest octagonal residence in the USA, is begun in Natchez, Mississippi.

1850s

• 1859 - Birth of Louis Majorelle and Cass Gilbert.
• 1858 - The competition to design Central Park in New York is won by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
• 1857 - Founding of the American Institute of Architects.
• 1856 - Louis Sullivan and Eugène Vallin are born.
• 1855 - The Palais d'Industrie is built for the World's Fair in Paris.
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• 1853 - Baron Haussmann becomes prefect of the Seine département and begins his vast urban renovations of Paris.
• 1852 - Antoni Gaudí is born.
• 1851 - The Crystal Palace designed by Joseph Paxton.
• 1850 - Lluis Domènech í Montaner andJohn W. Root are born.

1840s

• 1849 - John Ruskin's The Seven Lamps of Architecture is published.
• 1848 - Construction begins on the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., though it will not be completed until 1885.
• 1847 - August 24, birth of Charles Follen McKim (died 1909).
• 1846 - September 4, birth of Daniel Burnham of the firm Burnham and Root.
• 1845 - Trafalgar Square in London, designed by Charles Barry and John Nash, is completed.
• 1844 - Uspensky Cathedral in Kharkiv, Ukraine is completed.
• 1843 - Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris.
• 1842 - The Église de la Madeleine is finally consecrated in Paris as a church.
• 1841 - Birth of Otto Wagner.
• 1840 - Construction begins on the Houses of Parliament in London, designed by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin.

1830s

• 1839 - Birth of Frank Furness in Philadelphia.
• 1838 - Rideau Hall is built by Scottish architect Thomas McKay.
• 1837 - The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is founded.
• 1836 - A.W.N. Pugin publishes his Contrasts, a treatise on the morality of Catholic, Gothic architecture.
• 1835 - The New Orleans Mint, Dahlonega Mint, and Charlotte Mint are all designed by William Strickland and begin producing coins in three years.
• 1834 - Alfred B. Mullet, designer of both the San Francisco and the Carson City Mints in the USA, is born in Britain.
• 1833 - William Strickland completes the first Philadelphia Mint building.
• 1832 - William Le Baron Jenney is born.
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• 1830 - The Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed after seven years of construction.

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• 1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait, in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford, is completed.
• 1825 - The front and rear porticoes of the White House are added to the building.
• 1824 - The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland is completed.
• 1823 - Work begins on the British Museum in London, designed by (Sir) Robert Smirke.
• 1822 - Birth of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
• 1821 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel completeds his Schauspielhaus in Berlin.
• 1820 - Death of Benjamin Latrobe.

1810s

• 1819 - Birth of Sir Horace Jones.
• 1818 - Birth of American architect James 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 the River Thames in central London, designed by James Walker, was opened.
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• 1814 - British troops burn the White House in Washington, D.C., gutting it completely.
• 1813 - Death of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart.
• 1812 - The Egyptian Hall in London, designed by P. F. Robinson, is completed.
• 1811 - The United States Capitol, designed by Benjamin Latrobe is completed.
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1800s

• 1809 - Birth of city planner Baron Haussmann.
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• 1807 - The Templo de Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico is completed.
• 1806 - Arc de Triomphe, Paris from Jean Chalgrin commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte.
• 1805 - The Ellesmere Canal, designed by Thomas Telford, is completed.
• 1804 - Completion of the Government House in the Bahamas.
• 1803 - The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India is finished.
• 1802 - The Temple of Saint Philip Neri in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is completed.
• 1801 - Birth of Henri Labrouste.
• 1800 - The White House in Washington D.C. is completed by team of client George Washington, planner Pierre L'Enfant, and architect James Hoban.

1790s

• 1799 - Death of French neoclassicist Étienne-Louis Boullée.
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• 1796 - Somerset House in London, designed by William Chambers is completed.
• 1795 - Birth of architect Charles Barry.
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• 1793 - Old East, the oldest public university building in the USA, is erected on the campus of the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• 1792 - Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, now the Soane Museum.
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• 1789 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot's Panthéon in Paris is completed by his student Jean-Baptiste Rondelet.
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• 1780 - August 29 - Death of Jacques-Germain Soufflot (b. 1713).

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