1867 in architecture
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The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May 12 â Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.[1]
- May 20 â Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
- Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.
- Ildefons Cerdà publishes TeorÃa General de la Urbanización ("General Theory of Urbanization").
- The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.[2]
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- January 1 â The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
- May 11 â St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
- July 30 â Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan[3]
- July 31 â St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated)
- September 27 â Zagreb Synagogue (consecrated)
Buildings completed
- Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska
- Grande halle de la Villette (abattoir), Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier[4]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Charles Texier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture â Ãmile Bénard.
Births
- February 2 - Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (died 1946)
- March 10 â Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
- April 27 â Charles Nicholson, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1949)
- June 8 â Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator (died 1959)
- June 22 â John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect (died 1940)[5]
- August 15 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and academic (died 1967)
- October 11 â Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect (murdered 1935)
- October 17 â Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan Spanish Modernista architect (died 1956)
- November 24 â Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)
Deaths
- March 6 â József Hild, Hungarian architect (born 1789)
- March 25 â Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
- April 18 â Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)