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Leopoldo C. Artucio (1903–1976), modern architecture in Uruguay; Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architectural history; John Summerson (1904–1992), author of The Classical Language of Architecture and Architecture in Britain: 1530–1830; Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980), Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture
[48] [49] The Sialk ziggurat was built around 3000 BCE. Dolmen de Bagneux: France: Europe: 3000 BCE Dolmen This is the largest dolmen in France, and perhaps the world; the overall length of the dolmen is 23 m (75 ft), with the internal chamber at over 18 m (59 ft) in length and at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. [50] [51] [52] Grey Cairns of Camster
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...
Articles relating to Gilded Age mansions, mansions and lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack of both governmental ...
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in North America between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The term is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period.
Drumthwacket, the official mansion of residence for the governor of New Jersey Gelbensande Manor, an 1885 Gründerzeit style mansion built for hunting, near Rostock, Germany. A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to ...
In England, the Red Hall at Bourne, Lincolnshire, is built. In India, the Jahangir Mahal, Orchha, is built. 1607 January 19 – San Agustin Church (Manila), designed by Juan Macías, is completed. 1608 In England, The Great Hall, the first part of the mansion house of Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, is constructed. In Korea, Jongmyo is ...