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The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia. The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 15.6 million.
Beaux-Artsarchitecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass. It was an important style in France until the end of the 19th century. It also had a strong influence on architecture in the United States, because of the many prominent American architects who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, including Henry Hobson Richardson, John Galen Howard, Daniel Burnham, and Louis Sullivan.
The year 1969 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
The year 1977 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
The year 2001 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
The year 1950 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
The year 1921 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
The year 1892 in architecture involved some significant events.
The year 1936 in architecture involved some significant events.
The year 1814 in architecture involved some significant events.
Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It functions as the administrative center of Kherson Oblast (province). Designated as a city of oblast significance. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. As of 2015 it had a population of 294,941 (2015 est.).
The Golghar or Gol Ghar (गोलघर), is a large granary located to the west of the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, capital of Bihar state, India.
The Kavanagh Building is a famed skyscraper in Retiro, Buenos Aires. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a pinnacle of modernist architecture. At the time of its inauguration in 1936, the Kavanagh was the tallest building in Latin America, as well as the tallest building in the world with a reinforced concrete structure.
The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the city center, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia streets, in the San Nicolás neighbourhood. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the primatial church of Argentina.
The year 1815 in architecture involved some significant events.
The year 1716 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Argentina–Germany relations are foreign relations between Argentina and Germany. The free city-state of Hamburg was the first German state to establish diplomatic relations with Argentina in 1829. The first ambassador of Germany to Argentina was sent on 7 May 1871.
Amancio Williams was an Argentine architect and among his country's leading exponents of modern architecture.
The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Juan Kurchan was an Argentine architect and designer and a mentor of the Modern Movement in Argentina. He designed a portable seat known as the BKF Chair or butterfly chair. He was part of a group working with Le Corbusier on a plan for redevelopment of the city of Buenos Aires, and later entered the city administration and designed many new buildings there. He later became a director of the National Endowment for the Arts.