1867 in architecture

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The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Buildings
2 Awards
3 Developments
4 Births
5 Deaths

Buildings

January 1 — The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky is formally opened.
May 20 — Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H.Y. Darracott Scott.
July 31 — St Giles Church in Willenhall is completed and consecrated.
September 27 — Zagreb Synagogue is completed and consecrated.

Awards

RIBA Royal Gold Medal — Charles Texier.
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Émile Bénard.

Developments

Joseph Monier patented reinforced concrete.

Births

March 10 — Hector Guimard (died 1942)
June 8 — Frank Lloyd Wright (died 1959)
June 22 — John A. Pearson (died 1940)

Deaths

March 25 — Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (b. 1792)
April 18 — Robert Smirke (b. 1781)