Energy and Buildings in the 20th Century; a project of the U.S. Department of Energy's Efficiency and Renewable Energy program.

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1967
Habitat at Expo '67
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Architect: Moshe Safdie

At first, Habitat looks a lot like a pile of building blocks, but its staggered and cantilevered platforms provide an innovative apartment building. It combines sunshine, fresh air, privacy,

1967 Habitat at Expo '67, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

and suburban amenities in an urban setting. The entire structure consists of 15 different floor plans in 158 separate apartments, all made from insulated pre-fabricated concrete boxes.

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1960 First laser device developed by U.S. scientists

1961 Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space

1962 John Glenn orbits earth

1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marches for black equality in Selma, AL

1965 Electric power in most of Northeast U.S.

1967 Microwave oven

1969 Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on the Moon

1969 Internet

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