1880 in architecture

The year 1880 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1880

Buildings

Royal Exhibition Building

• August 14 – Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, is completed after 632 years.^[1]
• Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station) in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is completed.^[2]
• Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed.^[3]
• Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.^[4]
• Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, is built.
• Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr, India, is completed.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Loughborough Pearson.^[5]
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Girault.^[6]

Births

• April 1 – Louis Laybourne Smith – Australian architect (died 1965)^[7]
• April 9 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925)^[8]
• May 4 – Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (died 1938)
• May 19 – Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died 1964)^[9]
• May 25 – Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967)^[10]
• 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)^[11]

Deaths

• January 27 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (born 1830)^[12]
• May 25 – Richard Lane, English architect (born 1795)^[13]
• August 22 – Benjamin Ferrey, English architect (born 1810)^[14]

Developments

• Margaret Hicks became the first woman to graduate from an architecture course at an American university.^[15]