1880 in architecture
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- August 14 – Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, is completed after 632 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station) in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, is built.
- Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr, India, is completed.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Loughborough Pearson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Girault.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Births
- April 1 – Louis Laybourne Smith – Australian architect (died 1965)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
- April 9 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925)<ref>A look at the Czech architect who built Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hall — today's A-Bomb Dome.</ref>
- May 4 – Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (died 1938)
- May 19 – Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 25 – Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 15 – Aymar Embury II, American architect (died 1966)
- October 23 – Dominikus Böhm, German church architect (died 1955)
- November 9 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, son of George Gilbert Scott, Jr. (died 1960)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
Deaths
- January 27 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (born 1830)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 25 – Richard Lane, English architect (born 1795)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 22 – Benjamin Ferrey, English architect (born 1810)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Developments
- Margaret Hicks became the first woman to graduate from an architecture course at an American university.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>