1881 in architecture
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The year 1881 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings
- Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík, Iceland, designed by Ferdinand Meldahl, is opened to house the Althing (national parliament)
- British Museum (Natural History) in London, England, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, is opened
- Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College, Egham in England, designed by William Henry Crossland, is completed
- Tweed Courthouse is completed by Leopold Eidlitz in New York City
- The National Theatre (Prague), designed in 1865-68 by Josef Zítek, is opened officially
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - George Godwin.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Henri Deglane.
Births
- March 29 - Raymond Hood, American Art Deco architect (died 1934)
- August 2 - Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architect (died 1961)
- date unknown - Nikolai Ladovsky, Russian avant-garde architect and educator, leader of the rationalist[1] movement in 1920s architecture (died 1941)
Deaths
- January 25 - Konstantin Thon, official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Tsar Nicholas (born 1794)
- April 20 - William Burges, English architect and designer (born 1827)[2]
- December 14 - Decimus Burton, English architect and garden designer (born 1800)
- December 18 - George Edmund Street, English architect (born 1824)
References
- ↑ Not related to rationalism of 18th-19th centuries
- ↑
Wroth, Warwick William (1886). "Burges, William". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.