1887 in architecture
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The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Construction work begins on the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, Rosario, Argentina.
- Construction work begins on the Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, designed by Carrère and Hastings.
Buildings opened
- March 29 - Peebles Old Parish Church, Scotland, designed by William Young (dedicated).
- April 23 - Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași, Romania, completed by Alexandru Orăscu (dedicated).
- December 1 - Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
Buildings completed
- Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, designed by Pugin & Pugin.
- New façade of Florence Cathedral, designed by Emilio De Fabris (d. 1883).
- Basilica of St. Nicholas, Amsterdam, designed by Adrianus Bleijs.
- St Paul's Church, Aarhus, designed by Vilhelm Theodor Walther.
- Cluj-Napoca Neolog Synagogue, Romania, designed by engineer Izidor Hegner.
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Awards
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, German-Jewish Expressionist architect (died 1953)[1]
- August 30 - Eric Francis, British architect and painter (died 1976)
- October 6 - Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and pioneer of modern architecture (died 1965)
Deaths
- April 13 - David Stirling, Scottish-born Canadian architect (born 1822)[2]
- May 8 - Thomas Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1818)
- May 21 - Sir Horace Jones, English architect (born 1819)
References
- ^ "Erich Mendelsohn". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ "1887 in architecture". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.