Architecture timeline
British architects Arnold Powell and John Moya design the Skylon as a central feature for the Festival of Britain
British architect Basil Spence wins the competition to design a new cathedral for Coventry
British art historian Nikolaus Pevsner undertakes a massive task, a county-by-county description of The Buildings of England
Henri Matisse completes the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, with every detail designed by himself
Le Corbusier's completes his most massive modernist development, the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles
US architect Louis Kahn makes his reputation with the Yale Art Gallery in New Haven
Le Corbusier completes the reinforced-concrete pilgrimage church of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp
Danish architect Jørn Utzon wins the competition to design Sydney Opera House
Oscar Niemeyer is appointed chief architect for his country's new capital, Brasilia
Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson complete a skyscraper for Seagram in New York
Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum opens in New York after seventeen years of work on the project
The Brazilian government moves to Brasilia, into public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Coventry's new cathedral is inaugurated, enhanced by a wide range of work by leading British artists
Finnish-born US architect Eero Saarinen completes his TWA terminal for New York's Kennedy airport
Young British architects Norman Foster and Richard Rogers work together as Team 4
Construction work begins on the twin towers for the World Trade Center in New York, designed by US architect Minoru Yamasaki
The US pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal is a geodesic dome by the architect Buckminster Fuller
The Sears Tower opens in Chicago, displacing the Empire State as the tallest building in the world
The Sydney Opera House opens with a performance by Australian Opera of Prokofiev's War and Peace
German-born British art historian Nikolaus Pevsner completes his monumental 46-volume Buildings of England
The Willis Faber building, by English architect Norman Foster, is completed in Ipswich
Britain's new National Theatre, designed by Denys Lasdun, opens on the South Bank in London,
The Pompidou Centre, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opens in Paris
Philip Johnson completes the A.T. & T. skyscraper in New York, an early example of Post-Modernism
British architects James Stirling and Michael Wilford complete a new art gallery for Stuttgart