1878 in architecture

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The year 1878 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Semperoper, Dresden

• Work begins on the Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman.
• The Semperoper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, is completed.
• The Tower House, Kensington, designed by William Burges for himself, is completed.
• The White House and No. 1 Tite Street, Chelsea, London, designed by Edward William Godwin, are completed.
• The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan is completed.
• Construction begins on the Indiana Statehouse Indianapolis, Indiana

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Alfred Waterhouse.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Victor Laloux.

Developments

• Thaddeus Hyatt introduces a patent for reinforced concrete to the United States.

Births

• May 3 - Ralph Knott, English architect (died 1929)
• May 21 - Arthur Joseph Davis, English Beaux-Arts architect and interior designer (died 1951)
• June 24 - James Walter Chapman-Taylor, New Zealand Arts and Crafts domestic architect (died 1958)
• September 29 - Mārtiņš Nukša, Latvian architect and diplomat (executed 1942)
• Violet Morris, English architect (died 1958)

Deaths

• March 27 - Sir George Gilbert Scott, English Gothic revival architect (born 1811)