1867 in architecture
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
Buildings and structures
|
The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May 12 — Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.[1]
- May 20 — 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 Teoría 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 opened
- January 1 — The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
- May 11 — St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
- July 30 — Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan[3]
- July 31 — St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated)
- September 27 — 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 — Charles Texier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture — Émile Bénard.
Births
- March 10 — Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
- June 8 — Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator (died 1959)
- June 22 — John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect (died 1940)[5]
- November 24 — Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)
- Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect (murdered 1935)
Deaths
- March 25 — Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
- April 18 — Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)
References
- ↑ "Catedral". Toluca.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Frankfort North Breakwater Light". Seeing the Light. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Kvæfjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ↑ Tate, Alan (2001-08-13). Great City Parks. Taylor & Francis. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-419-24420-2. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ John A Pearson at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.