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Building Image Location State First built Use Notes Ancestral Puebloan dwellings: New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah: NM AZ CO UT 750 – Pueblo construction began in AD 750, and ended around 1300 AD with the third era of the Pueblo people.
This article lists the oldest known surviving buildings constructed in the Americas, including on each of the regions and within each country. "Building" is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for this list a structure must: be a recognisable ...
A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for this list, a structure must: be a recognisable building; incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height;
Wright developed the concept of "organic architecture", the architecture that responds to the setting and the needs of the users. His style was marked by the novel uses of materials such as steel and concrete. The buildings listed include residential buildings (Fallingwater pictured), a church, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright's ...
Its Meeting House, built from 1774 to 1775, was the largest building project in New England at that time and would seat 1,200 people, which equaled a third of Providence's population ...
This canyon site was inhabited from the 9th to 12th centuries by the Ancestral Puebloans, who built the largest pre-colonial buildings in the US, including the great houses Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl. Their architecture, archaeological artifacts, and petroglyphs, show the sophistication of this former economic center. [118] Chesapeake and ...
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pyramid of Khafre: Giza: Egypt: 475: 143: c. 2530 BC: Strasbourg Cathedral: Strasbourg: France: 472: 142: 1439: Highest building between 1647 and 1874, between the St. Mary's Church spire collapse and the construction of the Church of St. Nicholas. Halsbrücker Esse: Halsbrücke: Germany: 459: 140: ...
National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment. Since its founding in 1916, the NPS sought to design ...