1880 in architecture

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• Casa Vicens in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi 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.
• G-Mex in Manchester, England is completed.
• Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.

[edit] Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - John Loughborough Pearson

[edit] Births

• April 9 - Jan Letzel (died 1925)
• November 9 - Giles Gilbert Scott (died 1960)

[edit] Deaths

• January 27 - Edward Middleton Barry (born 1830)