User:Mcginnly/core hitlist
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Top tens from various sources should help focus on what's important with our coverage.
[edit] Ancient
[edit] 1000-1900
| Number | Date | Building | Current Status | Importance to arch development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1137 | Saint Denis Basilica in Saint-Denis | B-class (low) | First gothic building |
| 2 | 1205 - 1260 | Chartres Cathedral Reconstruction | B-class (high) | Perfect of gothic |
| 3 | 1406 - 1420 | The Forbidden City, Beijing | B-class (mid) | The largest and best-preserved palace complexes in the world |
| 4 | 1546 and Later | The Louvre, Paris | A-class | Pure classicism |
| 5 | 1549 and Later | Basilica Palladiana | Stub | Humanist values of the Renaissance period. |
| 6 | 1632 to 1648 | Taj Mahal | WP:GA | The most beautiful building in the world? |
| 7 | 1768 to 1782 | Monticello, Virginia, USA | B-class (mid) | American neo-palladianism |
| 8 | 1889 | The Eiffel Tower, Paris | B-Class (mid) | Expressive engineering |
| 9 | 1890 | The Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri | Stub | Proto modern 'skyscraper' form follows function |
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[edit] 1900-present
| Number | Date | Building | Current Status | Importance to arch development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1919-? | Bauhaus | B-class | |
| 2 | 1924 | Rietveld Schröder House | Start | exploding the planes |
| 3 | 1910 | Robie House | Start | Open plan - prairrie style |
| 4 | 1935 | Fallingwater | B (low) | Organic, international style flavour FLW |
| 5 | 1929 | Villa Savoye | stub/start | |
| 6 | 1950-54 | Notre Dame du Haut | start | Late corb |
| 7 | 1958-1963 | Sydney Opera House | B-class (high) |
