1883 in architecture
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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
Home Insurance Building, Chicago
- May 1 - The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.
- 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.
- The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
- The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
- Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), 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.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Francis Cranmer Penrose.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.
Waddesdon Manor, England
Births
- January 8 - Robert Atkinson (died 1952)
- February 15 - Richard Konwiarz (died 1960)
- May 18 - Walter Gropius (died 1969)
- June 25 - Paul Bartholomew (died 1973)
- August 30 - Theo van Doesburg (died 1931)
- December 19 - Barry Byrne (died 1967)
Deaths
- October 22 - John Henry Chamberlain (born 1831)
- Emilio De Fabris (born 1808)