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Oct 31, 2022 • 100 tweets • 25 min read • Read on X

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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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