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1880 in architecture
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The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new 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, Germany, is completed after 632 years, rajabai Clock Tower in South Mumbai, India is opened. Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is opened, Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed. Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed, royal Gold Medal - John Loughborough Pearson. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Louis Girault, january 27 - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect May 25 - Richard Lane, English architect August 22 - Benjamin Ferrey, English architect
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1882 in architecture
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The year 1882 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. June 29 - Russian Monument, Sofia, unveiled, september 8 - St. Marys Basilica, Bangalore, India, designed by Rev. L. E. Kleiner, consecrated. October 10 - Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, designed by Arthur Blomfield, december 25 - Hotel Roanoke, a luxury hotel in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, built by the Norfolk and Western Railway. Hotel Gaillard, Paris, designed by Jules Février, pro-Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul in Tunis. Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, a six-story architectural folly, Elephant Bazaar, later renamed as Lucy the Elephant, constructed by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, United States. Royal Gold Medal - Baron von Ferstel
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1883 in architecture
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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events. May 1 - The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, may 24 - Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed. May 26 - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated, Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in Richardsonian Romanesque style, is completed. The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney, the Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed. Hotel Windsor, Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed, cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is 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. Royal Gold Medal - Francis Cranmer Penrose, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Gaston Redon
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1884 in architecture
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The year 1884 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona, Washington Monument in Washington, D. C. designed by Robert Mills, is completed. Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest, designed by Miklós Ybl, is opened, garabit viaduct in France, engineered by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin, is completed. The Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, cornerstone of Statue of Liberty laid in New York Harbor. Royal Gold Medal - William Butterfield, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Hector dEspouy
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1885 in architecture
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The year 1885 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. May - The original wooden structures of Hobson Block, West Union, Iowa, USA, are destroyed by fire, W. D. Caröe is appointed architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. Construction of the Altare della Patria in Rome, designed by Giuseppe Sacconi, begins, july 13 - New building for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, designed by Pierre Cuypers. November 30 - London Pavilion variety theatre, designed by Robert Worley, december 27 - Church of St. Peter, Leipzig, designed by August Hartel and Constantin Lipsius. Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Busovača, Bosnia-Herzegovina, metropole Hotel, London, designed by Francis Fowler and James Ebenezer Saunders. Autumn - The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, with ten floors and a fireproof weight-bearing metal frame, it is regarded as the first skyscraper. Holloway Sanatorium near Virginia Water in England, designed by William Henry Crossland, sway Tower in Hampshire, England, designed by Andrew Peterson using concrete made with Portland cement. It remains the worlds tallest non-reinforced concrete structure, house for Kate Greenaway, Frognal, London, designed by Richard Norman Shaw. Rebuilt Framingham Railroad Station in Framingham, Massachusetts, designed by H. H. Richardson, royal Gold Medal - Heinrich Schliemann. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, François Paul André
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1886 in architecture
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The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Patrick Manogue, Sacramentos first bishop, acquires the land to build the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, june 30 - Founders Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland. July - Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, october 28 - Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin. October 31 - Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig, iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard National Assembly building in Sofia, hotel Cecil, London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed. Oulu City Hall, Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg, Royal Gold Medal - Charles Garnier. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Albert Louvet, W. Godwin, English architect and designer November 4 - George Devey, English country house architect
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1887 in architecture
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The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Construction work begins on Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, Rosario, provinciaal Hof, Bruges, Flanders, designed by Louis Delacenserie and René Buyck. Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, designed by Carrère, march 29 - Peebles Old Parish Church, Scotland, designed by William Young. April 23 - Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași, Romania, completed by Alexandru Orăscu, june 20 - Victoria Terminus of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway in Bombay, designed by Frederick William Stevens. December 1 - Raffles Hotel, Singapore, cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, designed by Pugin & Pugin. New façade of Florence Cathedral, designed by Emilio De Fabris, basilica of St. Nicholas, Amsterdam, designed by Adrianus Bleijs. St Pauls Church, Aarhus, designed by Vilhelm Theodor Walther, cluj-Napoca Neolog Synagogue, Romania, designed by engineer Izidor Hegner. Rebuilt Gare Saint-Lazare terminus of Chemins de fer de lOuest in Paris, RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Ewan Christian. MacGibbon and Ross begin publication of The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, G. A. Wayss publishes Das System Monier-Eisengerippe mit Cementumhüllung-in seiner Anwendung auf das gesammte Bauwesen in Berlin, one of the first books on reinforced concrete
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1888 in architecture
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The year 1888 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Roof and dome of Seville Cathedral collapse in an earthquake, january 5 - The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, designed by Fellner & Helmer with Baron Karl von Hasenauer and Alfons Wertmüller. April 11 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt, may - Victoria Terminus station building, designed by Frederick William Stevens for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in Bombays Bori Bunder district. August 12 - Plaza de Toros de El Bibio, Gijón, Asturias, august 17 - Castle of the Three Dragons for 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. August 18 - Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, designed by Hermann Eggert and Johann Wilhelm Schwedler, october 2 - Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov. October 14 - Burgtheater, Ringstraße, Vienna, designed by Gottfried Semper, autumn - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with Tech Tower used for classrooms. St. Annes Church, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia, conquest Plantation, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA, built in Victorian style. Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, USA, ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings. Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA, designed by Elijah E. Myers, allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed by H. H. Richardson. High Royds Hospital near Leeds, England, designed by J. Vickers Edwards, several buildings for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held in Glasgow, key architect being James Sellars. Elizabeth Plankinton House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, designed by E. Townsend Mix, royal Gold Medal - Theophil Freiherr von Hansen. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Albert Tournaire
