1880-1889

Main Milestones

1881 - Methodology of Regional Survey. Patrick Geddes. [ENV, SPL]

1882 - Linear City, Arturio Soria y Mata. [URB, PPP]

1886 - Local Government Act, UK. [LEG, TDC]

1889 - Der Städtebau nach seinen Künstlerischen Grundsätzen (City Planning According to Artistic Principles). Camillo Site. [URB]

List of Milestones

1880 - First electric elevator, Werner von Siemens, Germany. [INF]

1880 - 1910 - Arts and Craft Movement. [TDC]

1881 - Methodology of Regional Survey. Patrick Geddes. [ENV, SPL]

1882 - Linear City, Arturio Soria y Mata. [URB, PPP]

1882 - Forth Rail Bridge, Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. [HIS]

1882 - Municipal Corporation Act, UK. [TDC]

1882 - Pearl Street, Manhattan, generating station's electrical power distribution system, Thomas Edison. [INF]

1883 - Brooklyn Bridge, John A. Roebling and Washington A. Roebling. [HIS]

1883 - Munstead Wood Garden, on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, Gertrude Jekyll design. [GRE]

1883 – The English Flower Garden, William Robinson, John Murray. [GRE]

1884 - Gabarit Viaduct, Alexandre Gustav Eiffel. [INF]

1885 - The 10-story Home Insurance Building, Chicago, using a steel frame and new elevator, it is reputed to be the first skyscraper. [HOU, INF]

1886 - First automobile, Karl Benz, Germany. [HIS]

1886 - Local Government Act, UK. [LEG, TDC]

1886 - 1894 - Tower Bridge, London. [HIS]

1887 - Port Sunlight, promoted by William Hesketh Lever, planned by Thomas Mawson, experiment in social reforme. [HOU, PPP, INF]

1887 - Radio waves, Heinrich Hertz. [HIS]

1888 - Liquid crystals, Friedrich Reinitzer. [HIS]

1888 - Cologne incorporated nine neighbouring settlements. [URB]

1889 - Der Städtebau nach seinen Künstlerischen Grundsätzen (City Planning According to Artistic Principles). Camillo Site. [URB]

1889 - Eiffel Tower, Paris, Alexandre Gustav Eiffel. [HIS]

1889 - La Plata Master Plan, Pedro Benoit. [PPP]

1889 - The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud. [HIS]