1880 in architecture

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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)
• May 25 - Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967)
• 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

1. A look at the Czech architect who built Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hall — today's A-Bomb Dome.
2. Stamp, Gavin (2004). "Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (1880–1960)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60773. Retrieved 2016-03-23. (subscription or UK public library membership required)