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Milestone Buildings of the 20th Century

1980-1989

1981
Carlisle House
Boston, MA

Architect: Steve Strong

This was the first building integrated solar electric private house. It has super-insulated walls and ceilings, and looks just like other suburban homes with all the same modern conveniences-but only a fraction of the energy bills!

1981 Carlisle House, Boston, MA

Technologies, Innovations, and Quality of Life
1981   First Space Shuttle, "Columbia", a reusable space craft
1981   First introduction of the personal computer
1983   Sally Ride becomes first American woman to travel in space, on the shuttle "Challenger"
1983   Compact disk "C"
1984   Macintosh computer with mouse is launched
1988   GM "Sunraycer" solar car wins 1,950 mile race across Austrailian desert
1989   Fall of the Berlin Wall


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