1880 in architecture

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

Buildings and structures

August 14 – Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, is completed after 632 years.{{cite web|title=Cologne Cathedral|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/292|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en}}
Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof (railway station) in Berlin, Germany, rebuilt by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is completed.{{cite web|title=Anhalter Bahnhof (Berlin-Kreuzberg, 1880)|url=https://structurae.de/bauwerke/anhalter-bahnhof|website=Structurae|access-date=19 January 2018|language=de}}
Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England is completed.{{cite web|last1=Britton|first1=Paul|title=Guided tour will track history of former station|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/guided-tour-manchester-central-track-2597173|website=men|access-date=19 January 2018|date=15 April 2013}}
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne is completed.{{cite web|title=Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1131 |website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=19 January 2018|language=en}}
Yıldız Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, is built.
Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr, India, is completed.

RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Loughborough Pearson.{{cite web|last1=Goold|first1=David|title=John Loughborough Pearson – Dictionary of Scottish Architects |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202441|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Girault.{{cite book|last1=Gelis-Didot|first1=Pierre|title=Paris Mansions and Apartments 1893: Facades, Floor Plans and Architectural Details|date=2012|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-15431-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7_BdMN3yuoC&pg=PR5|language=en}}

April 1 – Louis Laybourne Smith – Australian architect (died 1965){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Irwin|first1=J. C.|title=Smith, Louis Laybourne (1880–1965) |id2=smith-louis-laybourne-8479|access-date=19 January 2018}}
April 9 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925)[http://www.radio.cz/en/issue/69210 A look at the Czech architect who built Hiroshima's Industrial Promotion Hall — today's A-Bomb Dome.]
May 4 – Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (died 1938)
May 19 – Albert Richardson, English architect, writer, and professor of architecture (died 1964){{cite web|title=Sir Albert Richardson|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/albert-richardson-pra|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}
May 25 – Eižens Laube, Latvian architect (died 1967){{cite web|title=Eižens Laube|url=https://nekropole.info/en/Eizens-Laube |website=nekropole.info|access-date=19 January 2018|language=en}}
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){{cite ODNB|title=Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (1880–1960)|author-link=Gavin Stamp|first=Gavin|last=Stamp|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/60773|year=2004 |access-date=2016-03-23|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35987}}

January 27 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (born 1830){{cite web|title=Royal Academy of Arts Collections – Person |url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=&person=5511|website=www.racollection.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}
May 25 – Richard Lane, English architect (born 1795){{cite web|title=Richard Lane |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=204713|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}
August 22 – Benjamin Ferrey, English architect (born 1810){{cite web|title=Benjamin Ferrey |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201133|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=19 January 2018}}

Margaret Hicks became the first woman to graduate from an architecture course at an American university.{{cite web |title=The History of Cornell AAP |url=https://aap.cornell.edu/about/history |website=Cornell University Architecture Art and Planning |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=10 July 2018}}