1887 in architecture

The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• December 1 - Raffles Hotel opened - Located Singapore
• Beginning of construction of Ponce de León Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida by architects John Carrere and Thomas Hastings.
• Old Parish Church of Peebles in Peebles, Scotland is dedicated.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Ewan Christian.

Publications

• MacGibbon and Ross begin publication of The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century.
• A.G. Wayss publishes one of the first books on reinforced concrete.

Births

• March 21 - Erich Mendelsohn (died 1953)
• October 6 - Le Corbusier (died 1965)

Deaths

• Sir Horace Jones (born 1819)