1883 in architecture
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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- March 10 â The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."[1] Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
- May 1 â The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.[2]
- May 24 â Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.[3]
- May 26 â Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
- August 29 â Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.[4]
- Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
- Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
- The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
- The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
- Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
- Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
- Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
- Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
- Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
- New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.[5]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Francis Penrose.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.
Births
- January 8 â Robert Atkinson, English Art Deco architect (died 1952)
- February 15 â Richard Konwiarz, German architect (died 1960)
- May 18 â Walter Gropius, German modernist architect (died 1969)
- May 28 â Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (died 1978)
- June 25 â Paul Bartholomew, American architect (died 1973)
- August 23 â Alker Tripp, English town planner (died 1954)
- August 30 â Theo van Doesburg, Dutch De Stijl architect (died 1931)
- December 19 â Barry Byrne, American Prairie School architect (died 1967)
Deaths
- June 3 â Emilio De Fabris, Italian architect (born 1808)
- October 22 â John Henry Chamberlain, English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born 1831)