1873 in architecture
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The year 1873 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May 1–October 31 – 1873 Vienna World's Fair (Weltausstellung 1873 Wien) is staged with the Rotunde as centrepiece. Architect for the exposition is Karl von Hasenauer, who is created Freiherr for his services; engineer for the Rotunda roof is John Scott Russell.
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1873}}
=Buildings opened=
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- May 5 – Midland Grand Hotel in London, England, is substantially completed and opened, the largest hotel in the world at this time.{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=583&storycode=3141089&c=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028002435/http://www.building.co.uk/sleeping-beauty-awakes-the-st-pancras-midland-grand-hotel/3141089.article|archive-date=2010-10-28|title=Sleeping beauty awakes: the St Pancras Midland Grand hotel|publisher=building.co.uk |date=2009-05-22|first=Thomas|last=Lane}}
- August 22 – Garrett Theatre, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.{{cite book|last=Baptista de Lima|first=João|title=Póvoa de Varzim – Monografia e Materiais para a sua história |publisher=Na Linha do horizonte – Biblioteca Poveira CMPV|year=2008}}
- September 2 – The Berlin Victory Column in Berlin, Germany.
- September 29 – Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Ontario-s-Places-of-Worship/Inventory/Search-results-details.aspx?ItemID=196 |title=Heritage Trust. |access-date=2014-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410122148/http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Ontario-s-Places-of-Worship/Inventory/Search-results-details.aspx?ItemID=196 |archive-date=2015-04-10 |url-status=dead }}
=Buildings completed=
- Ørskog Church, Norway, by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.
- Rua Augusta Arch in Lisbon, built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake.{{cite book|last=De Macedo|first=Joaquim|title=A Guide to Lisbon and Its Environs Including Cintra and Mafra with a Large Plan of Lisbon|publisher=Read Books|year=2010|pages=passim|isbn=978-1-4455-5194-4}}
- Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, designed by H. H. Richardson.
- Rood Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- 549 Lordship Lane: the "Concrete House", East Dulwich, London.
- Buckley Arms hotel, Dinas Mawddwy, Wales, built in reinforced concrete.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebuckleyarms.co.uk/Hotel_Snowdonia_Wales.asp?ID=6&level1ID=0&Level2ID=0|title=The Buckley Arms|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314041710/http://www.thebuckleyarms.co.uk/Hotel_Snowdonia_Wales.asp?ID=6&level1ID=0&Level2ID=0|date=2012-03-14|archive-date=2012-03-14|accessdate=2022-03-02|via=Wayback Machine}}
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Thomas Henry Wyatt
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Marcel Lambert
Births
- February 2 – Oskar Kaufmann, Hungarian-Jewish architect (died 1956)
- August 20 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish art deco architect (died 1950)
- November 10 – David Lynn, US architect, Architect of the Capitol 1923–1954 (died 1961){{cite web|publisher=Architect of the Capitol|title=David Lynn |url=http://www.aoc.gov/architect-of-the-capitol/david-lynn|access-date=2012-11-28}}
- date unknown – Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, Catalan architect (died 1954)
Deaths
- May 2 – Samuel Sanders Teulon, English Gothic Revival architect (born 1812){{cite book|chapter=Samuel Sanders Teulon, Fellow|title=Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects, Session 1872–73|year=1873|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygotAAAAYAAJ&q=Samuel+Sanders+Teulon|pages=215–7}}
- date unknown – Sampson Kempthorne, English architect and workhouse designer also practising in New Zealand (born 1809)