1867 in architecture
The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Buildings and structures
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Events
- May 12 – Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.[1]
- May 20 – Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
- Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.
- Ildefons Cerdà publishes Teoría General de la Urbanización ("General Theory of Urbanization").
- The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.[2]
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- January 1 – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
- May 11 – St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
- July 30 – Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan[3]
- July 31 – St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated)
- September 27 – Zagreb Synagogue (consecrated)
Buildings completed
- Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska
- Grande halle de la Villette (abattoir), Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier[4]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Texier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Émile Bénard.
Births
- February 2 - Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (died 1946)
- March 10 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
- April 27 – Charles Nicholson, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1949)
- June 8 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator (died 1959)
- June 22 – John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect (died 1940)[5]
- August 15 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and academic (died 1967)
- October 11 – Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect (murdered 1935)
- October 17 – Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan Spanish Modernista architect (died 1956)
- November 24 – Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)
Deaths
- March 6 – József Hild, Hungarian architect (born 1789)
- March 25 – Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
- April 18 – Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)
References
- "Catedral". Toluca.gob.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- Pepper, Terry. "Frankfort North Breakwater Light". Seeing the Light. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- "Kvæfjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- Tate, Alan (2001-08-13). Great City Parks. Taylor & Francis. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-419-24420-2. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- John A Pearson at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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