Timeline of 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.

ContentsSummary of events in architecture – by year
21st Century:2000s – 2010s - 2020s
20th Century:1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s
19th Century:1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s
18th Centary:1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s
Pre-18th Century:1000s – 1100s – 1200s – 1300s – 1400s – 1500s – 1600s
3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium AD

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.

2010s

2000s

1990s

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

1960s

1950s

1940s

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 800 acres (3.2 km2) 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.
  • 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.
  • 1906 – Lucien Weissenburger completes his own house, a striking example of the Art Nouveau style in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.
  • 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 – John McArthur, Jr., completes the Second Empire-style Philadelphia City Hall, the world's tallest masonry building.
  • 1900 – The Gare d'Orsay, later 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, later 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 US, is completed for the Vanderbilt family in Asheville, North Carolina.
  • 1894 – Louis Sullivan builds the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, NY, US.
  • 1893 – Victor Horta builds what is widely considered the first full-fledged Art Nouveau structure, the Hôtel Tassel, in Brussels.
  • 1892 – Birth of Modernist architect Richard Neutra.
  • 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 Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) 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 – Birth of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
  • 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 church in Barcelona, which he will work on until 1926.
  • 1883 – Antoni Gaudí completes his Casa Vicens in Barcelona.
  • 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. Death of Sir George Gilbert Scott.
  • 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; The Royal Albert Hall is completed in London.
  • 1870 – Birth of Adolf Loos.

1860s
  • 1869 – Birth of Georges Biet.
  • 1868 – Birth of Peter Behrens and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
  • 1868 – The Gyeongbokgung of Korea is reconstructed.
  • 1867 – Birth of Frank Lloyd Wright. 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 – Birth of French Art Nouveau architect Jules Lavirotte.
  • 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 – Birth of Victor Horta.
  • 1860 – Construction on Longwood, the largest octagonal residence in the US, is begun in Natchez, Mississippi.

1850s

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 – 24 August, birth of Charles Follen McKim (died 1909).
  • 1846 – 4 September, 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 US, is born in Britain.
  • 1833 – William Strickland completes the first Philadelphia Mint building.
  • 1832 – Birth of William Le Baron Jenney.
  • 1830 – The Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is completed after seven years of construction.

1820s
  • 1829 – The panopticon-design Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, designed by John Havilland, opens.
  • 1828 – Completion of the Marble Arch in London, designed by John Nash.
  • 1827 – Birth of British Gothic Revial architect William Burges.
  • 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 and Benjamin Latrobe's Baltimore Basilica is completed.
  • 1820 – Death of Benjamin Latrobe.

1810s
  • 1819 – Birth of English architect 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, is opened.
  • 1815 – Brighton Pavilion is redesigned by John Nash for the future King George IV.
  • 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. Birth of George Gilbert Scott.
  • 1810 – Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, designed by Jean-François Thomas de Thomon, is completed.

1800s

1790s
  • 1799 – Death of French neoclassicist Étienne-Louis Boullée.
  • 1798 – Karlsruhe Synagogue, usually regarded as the first building of the Egyptian Revival architecture, built by Friedrich Weinbrenner in Karlsruhe.
  • 1797 – Ditherington Flax Mill, in Shrewsbury, England, the world's oldest surviving iron-framed building, is completed.
  • 1796 – Somerset House in London, designed by William Chambers, is completed.
  • 1795 – Birth of English architect Charles Barry.
  • 1794 – Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, Korea, begins.
  • 1793 – Old East, the oldest public uniir John Soane's Museum.
  • 1791 – Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is completed
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1780s
  • 1789 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot's Panthéon in Paris is completed by his student Jean-Baptiste Rondelet.
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  • 1786 – Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, designed by Philipp Daniel Boumann, is completed.
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  • 1782 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart is named architect and controller-general of the École Militaire in Paris.
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  • 1780 – 29 August – Death of Jacques-Germain Soufflot (b. 1713).

1770s
  • 1779 – Fridericianum in Kassel (Hesse), designed by Simon Louis du Ry, completed.
  • 1778 – La Scala opera house in Milan (Lombardy), designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, is opened
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1760s
  • 1769 – St Clement's Church, Moscow is completed
  • 1768 – Petit Trianon at Versailles is completed.
  • 1767 – Arg of Karim Khan
  • 1766 – Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House in London is completed.
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  • 1764 – Construction begins on church of La Madeleine, Paris.
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1750s
  • 1759 – Royal Palace of Riofrío in Spain, designed by Virgilio Rabaglio completed.
  • 1758 – The royal water garden of Taman Sari (Yogyakarta) on Java, designed by Tumenggung Mangundipura, is begun.
  • 1757 – Vorontsov Palace (Saint Petersburg), designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is completed.
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  • 1755 – Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Istanbul, designed by Mustafa Ağa and Simeon Kalfa, is completed
  • 1754 – Tomb of Safdarjung in Delhi 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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  • 1750 – Rang Ghar in eastern India.

1740s
  • 1749 – The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs, is opened as a library.[2]
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  • 1743 – Dresden Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany, completed.
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1730s
  • 1739 – Birth of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart.
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  • 1735 – Buckingham Palace built
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  • 1731 – Basilica of Superga in the vicinity of Turin built, and designed by Filippo Juvarra
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1720s
  • 1729 – Christ Church, Spitalfields in London is completed.
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  • 1726 – The remaining ruins of Liverpool Castle are demolished.
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  • 1724 – The construction of Blenheim Palace is completed.
  • 1723 – Mavisbank House in Loanhead, Scotland is designed. Death of Christopher Wren.
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1710s
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  • 1713 – Vizianagaram fort in South India is built.
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1700s
  • 1709 –
  • 1708 – St. Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
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  • 1705 – November: In Williamsburg, capital of the Virginia colony in America, construction of the Capitol building is completed.
  • 1704 – St Magnus-the-Martyr in London is completed.
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  • 1702 – The Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany is completed.
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17th century
  • 1690s – Potala Palace is completed in Tibet.
  • 1690s – The city of Noto, Italy, on Sicily, is devastated by an earthquake (1693), and a rebuilding program begins in the Baroque style.
  • 1680s – Church of Les Invalides, Paris is built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
  • 1670s – The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed (1676).
  • 1660s – Louis XIV, with the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, begins to enlarge the Palace of Versailles (1661); foundation stone of Petersberg Citadel, Erfurt, Germany laid (1665).
  • 1650s – Completion of the church Sant'Agnese in Agone in Rome, designed by Borromini and Carlo Rainaldi.
  • 1640s – Borromini builds the church Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza in Rome.
  • 1630s – Emperor Shah Jahan construct Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
  • 1630s – Borromini builds the church San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome.
  • 1620s – St. Peter's Basilica is completed in Vatican City (1626).
  • 1610s – Mohammadreza Isfahani builds Naghsh-i Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran.
  • 1600s – 33 pol bridge is constructed in Isfahan, Iran.

16th century

15th century
  • 1490s –
  • 1480s – Vitruvius' treatise De architectura and Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria were published, having previously existed only in manuscript.
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  • 1450s – Architecture of the Ottoman Empire after capturing Constantinople
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  • 1420s – The Forbidden City of China is completed
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  • 1400s – The Changdeokgung of Korea is completed.

14th century
  • 14th Century architecture

13th century
  • 1290s –
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  • 1270s – St. Augustine's Monastery (Erfurt), Germany begun 1277
  • 1260s – Fakr ad-Din Mosque is finished in the Sultanate of Mogadishu
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  • 1240s – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is laid.
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12th century
  • 1190s – Construction of Qutub Minar started in India
  • 1190s – Construction begins on the present form of Chartres Cathedral after a fire.
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  • 1140s – Abbot Sugar supervises the reconstruction of St. Denis in the Gothic style
  • 1130s – Work begins on the Basilique Saint-Denis in France.
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  • 1100s – Yingzao Fashi written by Li Jie published during mid Song Dynasty, an important set of building standards.

11th century
  • 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 Roman Verulamium.
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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 of Rajendra Chola I under Chola dynasty.
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  • 1000s – Brihadeeswarar Temple built by the kingdom of Raja Raja Chola I under Chola dynasty. Construction of stone buildings in Great Zimbabwe begins.

1st millennium AD
  • 905 – Aachen Cathedral consecrated (major renovations in the 10th century).
  • 900s – Akhtala monastery built, intended as a fortress.
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  • 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
  • 848 – San Miguel de Lillo built in the Asturian pre-romanesque style of Spain.
  • 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 in Saint 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] and Santa Sabina in Rome.[3]
  • 400s – Mahabalipuram, an ancient port city of south east India, constructed under Mahendravarman I & his son Narasimhavarman 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 of Archbasilica 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 the Battle of Milvian Bridge.
  • 312 – Aula Palatina (Basilica of Constantine) at Trier, the brick audience hall, completed.[4]
  • 307–312 – Basilica of Maxentius[4] and Catacomb of the Via Latina in Rome begun.
  • 300s – Nalanda, an ancient center of higher learning, is built in Gupta Empire in India.
  • 296–306 – Baths of Diocletian in Rome.[4]
  • 262 – Arch of Gallienus in Rome completed.
  • 231 – Dura-Europos church in Syria, a house built c.200 converted into a Christian Church.[3]
  • 224 – Dura-Europos synagogue one of the oldest synagogues.
  • 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 in Teotihuacan is constructed.
  • 193 – Column of Marcus Aurelius dedicated in Rome.
  • 134 – Ponte Sant'Angelo across the Tiber 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, a Roman multiple arched bridge over the Tagus River in Spain.
  • 82 – Arch of Titus in Rome an artifact from the 'Temple Period' and the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora.
  • 100s – Pantheon, Rome is completed.
  • 70–80 – Colosseum in Rome built under Emperors Vespasian and Titus.
  • 60–69 – Domus Aurea in Rome begun.
  • 52 – Porta Maggiore (Porta Prenestina) in Rome built. A subterranean Neopythagorean basilica nearby also dates to this century.
  • 47–50 – Romans establish the city of Londinium in Britain.
  • 40 – Lighthouse at Boulogne built.
  • 3 – Gungnae City of Goguryeo completed.

1st millennium BC
  • 1–99 BC – Vitruvius writes De Architectura (c. 15 BC). Expansion of Herod the Great's temple begins (c. 37 BC). Pont du Gard (c. 50 BC), Provence, France.[4] Pons Fabricius, oldest functional stone Roman bridge in Rome, Italy (62 BC). Maison Carrée Roman temple is constructed (c. 16 BC). Mausoleum of Augustus is completed (28 BC).
  • 100s – Across the Tiber in Italy: Ponte Milvio is the second bridge at this location (115 BC); Pons Aemilius is the oldest stone Roman bridge in Rome (126 BC).
  • 200s – Erechtheion in Athens completed (206 BC). Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt completed and is the tallest man-made structure in existence at the time (c. 246 BC). The city of Djenné-Djenno is first occupied (250 BC). Colossus of Rhodes is completed (280 BC).
  • 300s – University of ancient Taxila, one of the first institute of learning (according to some historian), built in the Indian Subcontinent. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is completed (350 BC). Alexander the Great founds the city of Alexandria and plans its layout (331 BC). The city of Antioch is founded (300 BC).
  • 400s – Completion of the final form of the Parthenon in Athens (432 BC). Construction of Pataliputra (modern day Patna) in the Magadha empire (Indian Subcontinent) begun (490 BC).
  • 500s – Construction of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus begins. Work begun on Persepolis (515 BC). Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus completed in Rome (509 BC).
  • 600s – Port city of Naucratis is founded in Egypt (c. 625 BC). Massalia (modern day Marseille) is founded (c. 600 BC).
  • 700s – According to legend, the city of Rome is founded (753 BC).
  • 800s –
  • 900s – The earliest Greek temple built at Samos with some timber framing based on the Mycenaean megaron[5]

2nd millennium BC
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  • 1200s – Chogha Zanbil built. End of Harappan architecture
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  • 1600s – Final construction of Stonehenge in England[6]
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  • 1800s – Last Egyptian pyramid built in Hawara
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3rd millennium BC

Neolithic
  • 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 in Chinese architecture including the use of mortise and tenon joinery to build wood beamed houses.
  • 7th millennium BC – Çatal Hüyük in Anatolia constructed without streets.
  • 8th millennium BC – Lahuradewa architecture in Ganges plains of India. Early Mehrgarh settlement sites in Indian subcontinent. Earliest town sites with simple residential neighbourhoods in Jarmo, Jericho, and Ain Ghazal on the Levant.
  • 10th millennium BC – Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, an ancient structure believed to be the first place of worship.

References
  1. Fondazione Renzo Piano. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. Guest, Ivor (1991). Dr. John Radcliffe and His Trust. London: The Radcliffe Trust. p. 149. ISBN 0-9502482-1-5.
  3. Calkins, Robert G. (1998). "2, Early Christian Buildings". Medieval Architecture in Western Europe, From A.D. 300 to 1500. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 14–30.
  4. Calkins, Robert G. (1998). "1, Classical Antecedents". Medieval Architecture in Western Europe, From A.D. 300 to 1500. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1–13.
  5. Norwich, John Julius, ed.. great architecture of the world: from ancient times to the present, with more than 800 diagrams, drawings, and photographs. 2001. 68. ISBN 0306810425
  6. Stonehenge#After the monument (1600 BC on)

See also
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