One building from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order.
1901: Annunciation Cathedral of Kharkiv, Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov
1/100
1902: Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest, designed by Imre Steindl
2/100
1903: Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, Ohio, designed by Elzner & Anderson
3/100
1904: Kek Lok Si in Penang, Malaysia, construction led by Beow Lean
4/100
1905: Antwerp Central Railway Station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie
5/100
1906: Palace of the Argentine National Congress, designed by Vittorio Meano
6/100
1907: Constantin Mihail Palace in Craiova, Romania, designed by Paul Gottereau
7/100
1908: The Paasitorni in Helsinki, Finland, designed by Karl Lindahl
8/100
1909: Wiesen Viaduct in Switzerland, designed by Henning Friedrich
9/100
1910: Steiner House in Vienna, designed by by Adolf Loos
10/100
1911: Metropolis Building in Madrid, designed by Jules and Raymond Février
11/100
1912: Casa Milà in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi
12/100
1913: Grand Central in New York, designed by Reed and Stem
13/100
1914: Sacré-Cœur in Paris, designed by Paul Abadie
14/100
1915: Kumarakottam Temple in Tamil Nadu, India (rebuilt)
15/100
1916: Regensburg Synagogue in Regensburg, Germany (rebuilt; originally 13th century)
16/100
1917: Fire Fighting Tower in Tabriz, Iran
17/100
1918: Australia House in London, designed by the Dove Brothers
18/100
1919: The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, designed by Rudolf Steiner
19/100
1920: Former Presidential Palace, now Museum of the Revolution, in Cuba, designed by Rodolfo Maruri and Paul Belau
20/100
1921: Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, construction led by Leung Renyan
21/100
1922: Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California
22/100
1923: Chilehaus in Hamburg, designed by Fritz Höger
23/100
1924: American Radiator Building in New York, designed by Raymond Hood and André Fouilhoux
24/100
1925: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, designed by Alexander Pomerantsev
25/100
1926: Bauhaus Building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius
26/100
1927: Palacio Salvo in Buenos Aires, designed by Mario Palanti
27/100
1928: Stockholm Public Library, designed by Gunnar Asplund
28/100
1929: Zuev Workers' Club in Moscow, designed by Ilya Golosov
29/100
1930: Castle Drogo in the United Kingdom, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens
30/100
1931: Empire State Building in New York, designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
31/100
1932: Chapel of Our Lady of Help in Bahia, Brazil, designed by Julio Conti
32/100
1933: 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, designed by Raymond Hood
33/100
1934: Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, designed by Adamo Boari and Federico Mariscal
34/100
1935: The Glaspaleis in Heerlen, the Netherlands, designed by Frits Peutz
35/100
1936: Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, designed by Walter Seymour Allward
36/100
1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, designed by Joseph Strauss
37/100
1938: National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, designed by Iosif Langbard
38/100
1939: La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, by José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič, and Raúl Bes
39/100
1940: Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
40/100
1941: Wat Phra Si Mahathat in Bangkok
41/100
1942: Palazzo delle Scienze in Catania, by Vincenzo Patane
42/100
1943: Casa Malaparte in Capri, Italy, by Curzio Malaparte
43/100
1944: Malmö Opera in Sweden, by Sigurd Lewerentz
44/100
1945: Edifico Herdocia in Costa Rica, by Luis Llach Llagostera
45/100
1946: Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos
46/100
1947: Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja, Azerbaijan
47/100
1948: Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City, by Luis Barragán
48/100
1949: Las Lajas Shrine in Ipiales, Colombia
49/100
1950: Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
50/100
1951: Centro Svizzero in Milan, by Armin Meili
51/100
1952: Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow
52/100
1953: Main building of Moscow State University, by Lev Rudnev
53/100
1954: UNAM Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico, by Vladimir Kaspé and J. Hanhausen
54/100
1955: Battersea Power Station in London, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
55/100
1956: The San Siro in Milan, originally built 1925; redesigned by Armando Ronca and Ferruccio Calzolari
56/100
1957: Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge in Wuhan, China
57/100
1958: Seagram Building in New York, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
58/100
1959: Ten Great Buildings Project in Beijing (Great Hall of the People pictured here)
59/100
1960: Hooper House II in Maryland, by Marcel Breuer
60/100
1961: The Berlin Wall
61/100
1962: Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh, India, by Le Corbusier
62/100
1963: Kobe Port Tower in Japan, by Nikken Sekkei Company
63/100
1964: Executive Mansion, Monrovia
64/100
1965: Post Office Tower in London, by Eric Bedford
65/100
1966: Kingsgate Bridge and Dunelm House in Durham, United Kingdom, by Sir Ove Arup
66/100
1967: HABITAT 67 in Montreal, by Moshe Safdie
67/100
1968: Robarts Library in Toronto, by Mathers & Haldenby, Warner Burns Toan & Lunde, and Diamond Schmitt Architects
68/100
1969: Torres Blancas in Madrid, by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
69/100
1970: Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer
70/100
1971: The Cinderella Castle, Florida
71/100
1972: Trellick Tower in London, by Erno Goldfinger
72/100
1973: Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon
73/100
1974: Cinema and Film Studio in Moçâmedes, Angola
74/100
1975: Al Zaqura Building in Baghdad, by Saeed Ali Madhlum and CP Kukreja Associates
75/100
1976: Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka, by Tadao Ando
76/100
1977: Pompidou Centre in Paris, by Richard Rogers, Su Rogers, Renzo Piano, and Gianfranco Franchini
77/100
1978: United Nations City in Vienna by Johann Staber
78/100
1979: Western City Gate of Belgrade, by Mihajlo Mitrović
79/100
1980: The Humber Bridge in Lincolnshire, the United Kingdom, by Bernard Wex
80/100
1981: Buzluzhda Monument in Bulgaria by Georgi Stoilov
81/100
1982: National Assembly Building of Bangladesh in Dhaka by Louis Kahn
82/100
1983: Williams Tower in Houston, Texas, by John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson
83/100
1984: The Pavilions of Futuroscope in Poitiers by Denis Laming
84/100
1985: Central State Museum of Kazakhstan in Almaty
85/100
1986: Faisal Mosque in Islamabad by Vedat Dalokay
86/100
1987: Parque Cristal in Caracas, Venezuela, by Jimmy Alcock
87/100
1988: Cairo Opera House
88/100
1989: Louve Pyramid in Paris by I.M. Pei
89/100
1990: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, by Pierre Fakhoury
90/100
1991: Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, India, by Charles Correa
91/100
1992: National Theatre of Ghana in Accra by Cheng Taining
92/100
1993: Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, (construction halted)
93/100
1994: Public housing in Frankfurt-Schwanheim by Frank Gehry
94/100
1995: Évry Cathedral in France by Mario Botta
95/100
1996: The Dancing House in Prague by Vlado Milunić
96/100
1997: Shakespeare's Globe in London by Pentagram
97/100
1998: Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan by Satoshi Kashima
98/100
1999: Burj Al Arab in Dubai, designed by Tom Wright of WKK Architects
99/100
2000: Sultant Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, by Edgard Bali, Quad Design, and Mohamed Makiya
100/100
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