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Musée d'Orsay is built
This building was originally known as the Gare d'Orsay, and is a Renaissance style building that is one of the premier art museums in France -
Woolworth Building completed
This building, designed by Cass Gilbert, is one of the first "modern" style buildings and is in New York, NY -
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium is built
This stadium is home to the Ole Miss Rebels football team and rated the 19th best stadium in the country by bleacherreport.com. This stadium is of more of a modern style, as most of the seats are metal bleachers, and there are a lot of geometric shapes in the stadium. The stadium is located in Oxford, MS. -
Chrysler Building Created
The Chrysler Building is a mix between the renaissance and modern styles. The building is built to be very much like the shape of a Chrysler car. -
Supreme Court Building finished
This building envelopes the Greek style that most buildings in Washington, D.C. use. It houses the U.S. Supreme court, and is their first and only home. -
Guggenheim Museum completed
The Guggenheim Museum was, an art deco building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This building a museum of Modern Art in New York, NY -
Cape Canaveral opens in Florida
Cape Canveral goes back to the modern style of architecture to create NASA's launch pad. -
I.M. Pei completes his addition to the Louvre
Pei's pyramids really added a modern style contrast to the Renaissance era museum. -
Burj Khalifa completed
This post-modern building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merill, when completed, was given the title of world's tallest building and is located in Dubai, UAE -
Shanghai Tower completed
Shanghai tower is the quinessential post-modern building. It twists and follows the 'anything goes' part of post-modern architecture.
