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Roman building ingenuity extended over bridges, aqueducts, and covered amphitheatres. Their sewerage and water-supply works were remarkable and some systems are still in operation today. The only aspect of Roman construction for which very little evidence survives is the form of timber roof structures, none of which seem to have survived intact.
1863 – United States Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., is completed. 1862 – Construction begins on Henri Labrouste's reading room at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (site Richelieu). 1861 – Birth of Victor Horta. 1860 – Construction on Longwood, the largest octagonal residence in the US, is begun in Natchez, Mississippi.
For an overview, see Timeline of architecture Contents Top 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
This timeline shows the periods of various architectural styles in a graphical fashion. 6000 BC–present. 8000 years – the last 1000 years (fine grid) is expanded ...
Elevators allowed buildings to rise above the four or five stories that people were willing to climb by stairs for normal occupancy. An 1868 competition decided the design of New York City's six story Equitable Life Building, which would become the first commercial building to use an elevator. Construction commenced in 1873.
The list of construction methods covers the processes and techniques used in the construction process. The construction method is essential for civil engineers; utilizing it appropriately can help to achieve the desired results. The term building refers to the creation of physical structures such as buildings, bridges or railways. One of the ...
After years of planning, a multi-story 45,000-square-foot climbing gym and housing project has a timeline for construction in downtown Bellingham.
Buildings reflected the structure and preoccupations of the societies that constructed them, with considerable symbolic detail. Technically, most buildings in Oceania were no more than simple assemblages of poles held together with cane lashings; only in the Caroline Islands were complex methods of joining and pegging known. Fakhua shen, Taboa ...