1884 in architecture
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The year 1884 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings
- Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona.
- Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., designed by Robert Mills, is completed.
- Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest, designed by Miklós Ybl, is opened.
- Garabit viaduct in France, engineered by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin, is completed.
- The Dakota apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, is completed.
- Cornerstone of Statue of Liberty laid in New York Harbor.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - William Butterfield.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Hector d'Espouy.
Births
- February 6 - Vlastislav Hofman, Czech artist and Cubist-influenced architect (died 1964)[1][2]
- July 6 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch Modernist architect (died 1974)
- August 27 - Alfredo Baldomir, Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician (died 1948)
- September 26 - Antonio Barluzzi, Italian Franciscan monk and architect, known as the "Architect of the Holy Land" (died 1960)
Deaths
- February 10 - Richard Shackleton Pope, English architect working in Bristol (born 1793)
- March 26 - Edward Milner, English landscape architect (born 1819)
- July 27 - Frigyes Feszl, Hungarian architect, a significant figure in the romantic movement (born 1821)
- August 3 - Paul Abadie, French architect and building restorer (born 1812)[3]
- date unknown - Eugenius Birch, English naval architect, engineer and noted pier builder (born 1818)[4]
References
- ↑ Douglas Cooper, The Cubist Epoch, London, Phaidon Press, 1970.
- ↑ Neil Cox, Cubism, London, Phaidon Press, 2000.
- ↑ "Paul Abadie, architecte".
- ↑ "Eugenius Birch" (PDF). eastlondonhistory.com. 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
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