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Overview of the events of 1878 in architecture
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The year
1878 in architecture
involved some significant events.
Contents
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Awards
Developments
Births
Deaths
References
Buildings and structures
See also:
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1878
Buildings
Semperoper
in
Dresden
, Germany
Work begins on the
Herrenchiemsee
in
Bavaria
, designed by
Georg Dollman
.
The
Semperoper
in
Dresden
, designed by
Gottfried Semper
, is completed.
The Tower House
,
Kensington
, designed by
William Burges
for himself, is completed.
The White House and No. 1
Tite Street
,
Chelsea, London
, designed by
Edward William Godwin
, are completed.
The
Michigan State Capitol
in
Lansing, Michigan
is completed.
Construction begins on the
Indiana Statehouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
Rajabai Clock Tower
in
South Mumbai
,
India
is opened.
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Awards
RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Alfred Waterhouse
.
Grand Prix de Rome
, architecture:
Victor Laloux
.
Developments
Thaddeus Hyatt
introduces a patent for
reinforced concrete
to the United States.
Births
May 3 –
Ralph Knott
, English architect (died
1929
)
May 21 –
Arthur Joseph Davis
, English
Beaux-Arts
architect and interior designer (died
1951
)
June 24 –
James Chapman-Taylor
, New Zealand
Arts and Crafts
domestic architect (died
1958
)
September 29 –
Mārtiņš Nukša
, Latvian architect and diplomat (executed
1942
)
Violet Morris, English architect (died 1958)
Deaths
March 27 – Sir
George Gilbert Scott
, English
Gothic Revival
architect (born
1811
)
References
↑
"Re-setting the time"
.
The Hindu
. 3 January 2012
. Retrieved
18 January
2018
.
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