1872 in architecture
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The year 1872 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Work begins on the building of the Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, England, designed by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner.
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
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- July – The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened by Queen Victoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Albertopolis/TheStoryOf/AlbertMemorial/MemorialUnderConstruction.aspx|title=Construction of the memorial|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|access-date=17 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302020453/http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Albertopolis/TheStoryOf/AlbertMemorial/MemorialUnderConstruction.aspx|archive-date=2012-03-02|url-status=dead}}
- December 12 – Church of San Agustin, Laredo, Texas, is opened
- The Ancoats Hospital, an enlargement of the existing building, in Manchester, England, designed by Lewis and Crawcroft, begins construction.{{cite book|author1=Hartwell, Clare |author2=Hyde, Matthew |author3=Pevsner, Nikolaus |year=2001|title=Lancashire: Manchester And The South-East|series=Pevsner Architectural Guides|location=New Haven; London|publisher=Yale University Press|page=379|isbn=978-0-300-10583-4}}
=Buildings completed=
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain (nearly two hundred years after it was begun).{{cite book|first=Juan Antonio|last=Gracia Gimeno|title=The Pillar of Saragossa|date=March 1999|publisher=Editorial Escudo de Ora, S.A|isbn=84-378-1301-8}}
- St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London, designed by George Edmund Street, originally completed.
- St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina, designed by John Henry Devereux, dedicated.
- The Egyptian Halls, a pioneering iron-framed commercial building in Glasgow designed by Alexander Thomson.{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptianhalls.co.uk/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916084155/http://www.egyptianhalls.co.uk/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2011 |title=History |publisher=egyptianhalls.co.uk |date=1 April 2011 }}
- Palacio Federal Legislativo, Caracas, Venezuela, designed by Luciano Urdaneta.[http://caracas.ciberturista.com/palacio-federal-legislativo-de-venezuela/ "Palacio Federal Legislativo de Venezuela (Capitolio Federal)"], Caracas Ciberturista.com. {{in lang|es}} Retrieved 22 May 2013.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Friedrich von Schmidt.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Bernier.
Births
- January 8 – Antonio Palacios, Spanish architect (died 1945)
- January 20 – Julia Morgan, California-based architect (died 1957)
- January 23 – Jože Plečnik, Slovene architect (died 1957)
- February 9 – Charles Klauder, American architect known for university buildings (died 1938)
- May 26 – Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago architect (died 1946)
- Clarence Perry, American town planner (died 1944)
Deaths
- January 13 – William Scamp, English architect (born 1801)
- February 20 – Andrew Petrie, builder, architect and Australian pioneer (born 1798)
- June 22 – Frederick Marrable, first Chief Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works (London) (born 1819)
- December 14 – Robert Richardson Banks, English architect, partner of Charles Barry, Jr. (born 1812)
- December 17 – William Slater, London-based architect (born 1819){{cite web|url=http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/324/40/|title=Architects and Artists S|access-date=21 November 2012|publisher=Sussex Parish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218073758/http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/324/40|archive-date=2013-02-18|url-status=dead}}