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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

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1902: Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest, designed by Imre Steindl

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1903: Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, Ohio, designed by Elzner & Anderson

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1904: Kek Lok Si in Penang, Malaysia, construction led by Beow Lean

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1905: Antwerp Central Railway Station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie

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1906: Palace of the Argentine National Congress, designed by Vittorio Meano

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1907: Constantin Mihail Palace in Craiova, Romania, designed by Paul Gottereau

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1908: The Paasitorni in Helsinki, Finland, designed by Karl Lindahl

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1909: Wiesen Viaduct in Switzerland, designed by Henning Friedrich

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1910: Steiner House in Vienna, designed by by Adolf Loos

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1911: Metropolis Building in Madrid, designed by Jules and Raymond Février

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1912: Casa Milà in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi

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1913: Grand Central in New York, designed by Reed and Stem

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1914: Sacré-Cœur in Paris, designed by Paul Abadie

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1915: Kumarakottam Temple in Tamil Nadu, India (rebuilt)

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1916: Regensburg Synagogue in Regensburg, Germany (rebuilt; originally 13th century)

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1917: Fire Fighting Tower in Tabriz, Iran

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1918: Australia House in London, designed by the Dove Brothers

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1919: The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, designed by Rudolf Steiner

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1920: Former Presidential Palace, now Museum of the Revolution, in Cuba, designed by Rodolfo Maruri and Paul Belau

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1921: Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, construction led by Leung Renyan

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1922: Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California

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1923: Chilehaus in Hamburg, designed by Fritz Höger

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1924: American Radiator Building in New York, designed by Raymond Hood and André Fouilhoux

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1925: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, designed by Alexander Pomerantsev

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1926: Bauhaus Building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius

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1927: Palacio Salvo in Buenos Aires, designed by Mario Palanti

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1928: Stockholm Public Library, designed by Gunnar Asplund

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1929: Zuev Workers' Club in Moscow, designed by Ilya Golosov

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1930: Castle Drogo in the United Kingdom, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens

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1931: Empire State Building in New York, designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon

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1932: Chapel of Our Lady of Help in Bahia, Brazil, designed by Julio Conti

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1933: 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, designed by Raymond Hood

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1934: Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, designed by Adamo Boari and Federico Mariscal

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1935: The Glaspaleis in Heerlen, the Netherlands, designed by Frits Peutz

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1936: Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France, designed by Walter Seymour Allward

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1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, designed by Joseph Strauss

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1938: National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, designed by Iosif Langbard

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1939: La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, by José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič, and Raúl Bes

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1940: Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

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1941: Wat Phra Si Mahathat in Bangkok

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1942: Palazzo delle Scienze in Catania, by Vincenzo Patane

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1943: Casa Malaparte in Capri, Italy, by Curzio Malaparte

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1944: Malmö Opera in Sweden, by Sigurd Lewerentz

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1945: Edifico Herdocia in Costa Rica, by Luis Llach Llagostera

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1946: Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos

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1947: Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja, Azerbaijan

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1948: Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City, by Luis Barragán

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1949: Las Lajas Shrine in Ipiales, Colombia

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1950: Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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1951: Centro Svizzero in Milan, by Armin Meili

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1952: Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow

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1953: Main building of Moscow State University, by Lev Rudnev

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1954: UNAM Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico, by Vladimir Kaspé and J. Hanhausen

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1955: Battersea Power Station in London, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

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1956: The San Siro in Milan, originally built 1925; redesigned by Armando Ronca and Ferruccio Calzolari

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1957: Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge in Wuhan, China

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1958: Seagram Building in New York, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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1959: Ten Great Buildings Project in Beijing (Great Hall of the People pictured here)

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1960: Hooper House II in Maryland, by Marcel Breuer

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1961: The Berlin Wall

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1962: Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh, India, by Le Corbusier

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1963: Kobe Port Tower in Japan, by Nikken Sekkei Company

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1964: Executive Mansion, Monrovia

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1965: Post Office Tower in London, by Eric Bedford

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1966: Kingsgate Bridge and Dunelm House in Durham, United Kingdom, by Sir Ove Arup

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1967: HABITAT 67 in Montreal, by Moshe Safdie

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1968: Robarts Library in Toronto, by Mathers & Haldenby, Warner Burns Toan & Lunde, and Diamond Schmitt Architects

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1969: Torres Blancas in Madrid, by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza

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1970: Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer

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1971: The Cinderella Castle, Florida

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1972: Trellick Tower in London, by Erno Goldfinger

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1973: Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon

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1974: Cinema and Film Studio in Moçâmedes, Angola

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1975: Al Zaqura Building in Baghdad, by Saeed Ali Madhlum and CP Kukreja Associates

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1976: Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka, by Tadao Ando

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1977: Pompidou Centre in Paris, by Richard Rogers, Su Rogers, Renzo Piano, and Gianfranco Franchini

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1978: United Nations City in Vienna by Johann Staber

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1979: Western City Gate of Belgrade, by Mihajlo Mitrović

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1980: The Humber Bridge in Lincolnshire, the United Kingdom, by Bernard Wex

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1981: Buzluzhda Monument in Bulgaria by Georgi Stoilov

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1982: National Assembly Building of Bangladesh in Dhaka by Louis Kahn

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1983: Williams Tower in Houston, Texas, by John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson

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1984: The Pavilions of Futuroscope in Poitiers by Denis Laming

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1985: Central State Museum of Kazakhstan in Almaty

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1986: Faisal Mosque in Islamabad by Vedat Dalokay

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1987: Parque Cristal in Caracas, Venezuela, by Jimmy Alcock

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1988: Cairo Opera House

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1989: Louve Pyramid in Paris by I.M. Pei

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1990: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, by Pierre Fakhoury

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1991: Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, India, by Charles Correa

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1992: National Theatre of Ghana in Accra by Cheng Taining

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1993: Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, (construction halted)

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1994: Public housing in Frankfurt-Schwanheim by Frank Gehry

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1995: Évry Cathedral in France by Mario Botta

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1996: The Dancing House in Prague by Vlado Milunić

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1997: Shakespeare's Globe in London by Pentagram

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1998: Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan by Satoshi Kashima

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1999: Burj Al Arab in Dubai, designed by Tom Wright of WKK Architects

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2000: Sultant Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, by Edgard Bali, Quad Design, and Mohamed Makiya

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