| 1867/07/16 |
Joseph Monier is awarded a patent for an iron-reinforced trough for gardens. |
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| 1873/08/13 |
Joseph Monier files an addendum to his 1867 patent entitled "Application to the construction of bridges and walkways of all sizes". |
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| 1875/00/00 |
Architect Alfred Dauvergne hires Joseph Monier to erect a reinforced concrete bridge of his own design to span the moat at the Chateau de Chazelet. |
Monier Bridge, Chazelet
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| 1903/00/00 |
Discovering that concrete is stronger under compression, Julius Kahn patents an industrial construction technique of reinforced concrete. |
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| 1914/00/00 |
Harrods Depository Riverside Warehouse opens. The wedge-shaped building features an elaborate Baroque-style facade with keyed architraves to tripartite windows and a flight of 15 steps flanked by bronze uplighters. |
Harrods Depository Riverside Warehouse To East, Barnes
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| 1928/09/18 |
Richard E Dill is awarded United States patent No 1684663 for a design for concrete "Prestressed channel plank modules." |
Richard E Dill House, Alexandria
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| 1960/00/00 |
Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the Richards Medical Research Laboratories opens. Built of load bearing, prefabricated, reinforced concrete elements, the design advanced the state of the art for reinforced concrete. |
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratories and David Goddard Laboratories Buildings, Philadelphia, PA
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