1880 in architecture

List of years in architecture (table)
... 1870 ^. 1871 ^. 1872 ^. 1873 ^. 1874 ^. 1875 ^. 1876 ... 1877 1878 1879 -1880- 1881 1882 1883 ... 1884 ^. 1885 ^. 1886 ^. 1887 ^. 1888 ^. 1889 ^. 1890 ...

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The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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)
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, George Gilbert (1839–1897), architect and scholar", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60773