| Technique: Gothic vaulting | Caen, St. Etienne, 11c |
| Anzy-le-Duc, Sainte-Trinite, 12c. | Aulnay, St. Pierre, 12c |
| Technique: Flying Buttresses | *Bourges, St. Etienne, 12c |
| *Louis Sullivan, Wainright Building, St. Louis, 1891 7.21 | Technique: Steel Frame 7.5 |
| William van Allen, Chrysler Building, NY, 1930 7.23 | |
| Technique: Cantilever 7.15 | *Frank Lloyd Wright, Falling Water, PA, 1936 7.16 |
| *Buckminster Fuller, U.S. Pavilion, Expo '67, 1967 7.7 | Joern Utzon, Sydney Opera House, 1972 |
| *Renzo Piano/Richard Rogers, Pompidou Center, Paris, 1978 7.6 | *Team Disney Building, Orlando, Arata Isozaki Associates, 1991 |
| Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 1997 | Best Stores Showroom, Houston, SITE Projects, Inc., 1975 |
flying buttress
steel frame
cantilever
geodesic dome