1880 in architecture
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The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- August 14 â Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, is completed after 632 years.[1]
- Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station) in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is completed.[2]
- Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed.[3]
- Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.[4]
- Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, is built.
- Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr, India, is completed.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â John Loughborough Pearson.[5]
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Girault.[6]
Births
- April 1 â Louis Laybourne Smith â Australian architect (died 1965)[7]
- April 9 â Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925)[8]
- May 4 â Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (died 1938)
- May 19 â Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died 1964)[9]
- May 25 â Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967)[10]
- June 15 â Aymar Embury II, American architect (died 1966)
- October 23 â Dominikus Böhm, German church architect (died 1955)
- November 9 â Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (died 1960)[11]
Deaths
- January 27 â Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (born 1830)[12]
- May 25 â Richard Lane, English architect (born 1795)[13]
- August 22 â Benjamin Ferrey, English architect (born 1810)[14]
Developments
- Margaret Hicks became the first woman to graduate from an architecture course at an American university.[15]
