1880 in architecture

1880 in architecture
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List of years in architecture (Table)
… 1870 • 1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 • 1876 • 1877 • 1878 • 1879 – 1880 – 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1877 • 1878 • 1879 – 1880 – 1881 • 1882 • 1883 … … 1850s • 1860s • 1870s – 1880s – 1890s • 1900s • 1910s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century …
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The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Events
2 Buildings
3 Awards
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Buildings

Casa Vicens in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi 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 9 - Jan Letzel (died 1925)
May 19 - Albert Richardson - English architect, writer, and Professor of Architecture (died 1694)
November 9 - Giles Gilbert Scott (died 1960)

Deaths

January 27 - Edward Middleton Barry (born 1830)
May 25 - Richard Lane (born 1795)

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