1880 in architecture
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The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Casa Vicens, Barcelona - Gaudí's first significant work
Buildings
- Casa Vicens in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí is completed.
- The Natural History Museum in London, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and Francis Fowke is completed.
- Cologne Cathedral in Cologne is completed after 632 years.
- Rajabai Clock Tower in South Mumbai, India is opened.
- Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed.
- Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - John Loughborough Pearson.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Girault.
Births
- April 1 - Louis Laybourne Smith - Australian architect (died 1965)
- April 9 - Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925)[1]
- May 19 - Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died 1964)
- May 25 - Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967)
- November 9 - Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (died 1960)[2]
Deaths
- January 27 - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (born 1830)
- May 25 - Richard Lane, English architect (born 1795)
References
- ↑ A look at the Czech architect who built Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hall — today's A-Bomb Dome.
- ↑ Stamp, Gavin (2004). "Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (1880–1960)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60773. Retrieved 2016-03-23. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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