1882 in architecture#Births

The year 1882 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

March 19 – Construction work begins on the church of Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, to the design of Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano; it is scheduled for completion to the design of Antoni Gaudí in 2026.
September 30 – Dedication of Hearthstone House, in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, the first residential building to be powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.
Construction work begins on the Catholic church of St John the Baptist, Norwich, England, to the design of George Gilbert Scott Jr., who converted to Catholicism two years earlier; it will be consecrated in 1910, and again as a cathedral in 1976.

March 4 – Forth Bridge, Scotland opened.{{cite web |title=On this day 1890: Forth Rail Bridge opens |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/on-this-day-1890-forth-rail-bridge-opens-1-3708265 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=23 October 2019 |language=en}}
June 29 – Russian Monument, Sofia, unveiled.
September 8 – St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore, India, designed by Rev. L. E. Kleiner, consecrated.{{cite news|url=http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900270200.htm |title=Home to all faiths |first=K. |last=Chandramouli |edition=Online |work=The Hindu |date=2002-08-29 |access-date=2007-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182513/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/29/stories/2002082900270200.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead}}
October – Conservative Club, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson.
October 10 – Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, designed by Arthur Blomfield.
December 25 – Hotel Roanoke, a luxury hotel in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, built by the Norfolk and Western Railway.

Hotel Gaillard, Paris, designed by Jules Février.
Palmenhaus Schönbrunn (palm house) in Vienna.
Pro-Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul in Tunis.
Church of St Mary Magdalene, East Moors, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England, completed by Temple Moore to a design by George Gilbert Scott Jr.{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Mary Magdalene|num=1149272 |date=1985-03-18|accessdate=2023-12-09}}
Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
Normand Memorial Hall, Dysart, Scotland, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson.
A six-story architectural folly, Elephant Bazaar, later renamed as "Lucy the Elephant", constructed by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, United States.

January 2 – Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, prolific Nevada architect (died 1969)[http://www.library.unr.edu/specoll/mss/NC1215.html A Guide to the Frederic J. Delongchamps Architectural Drawings And Papers Collection], University of Nevada, Reno
January 3 – David Adler, Jewish-American architect practising in Chicago (died 1949){{cite web |url=http://www.adlercenter.org/index.php/about-us/history/ |title=David Adler |publisher=David Adler Center for Music and Arts |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-date=2011-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105010816/http://www.adlercenter.org/index.php/about-us/history/ |url-status=dead }}
May 17 – Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (died 1965)
July 2 – Francis Conroy Sullivan, Canadian architect (died 1929)
July 25 – Wolff Schoemaker, Dutch Art Deco architect (died 1949)
October 12 – Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect (died 1973)
December 12 – Edward Maufe, English architect (died 1974)