1883 in architecture#Births
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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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- March 10 – The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."{{cite web |title=A Centennial History of Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 1883-1983 |url=https://www.amesfreelibrary.org/1883-1983-first-century |website=Ames Free Library |publisher=Ames Free Library |access-date=27 October 2018 |quote=Saturday, March 10, 1883 - opening day at Ames Free Library}} Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
- May 1 – The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.{{cite book|last1=Whyte|first1=William|title=Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style 1835–1924|date=2006|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-929658-3|page=53 & 56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97YUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|language=en}}
- May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Maurice|title=How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra|date=2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5666-0|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NP39oQbRpwQC&pg=PA20|language=en}}
- May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
- August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.{{cite web|title=Dunfermline, Abbot Street, Carnegie Central Library {{!}} Canmore|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/97117/dunfermline-abbot-street-carnegie-central-library|website=canmore.org.uk|access-date=7 June 2017|language=en}}
- Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
- Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
- The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
- The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
- Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
- Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
- Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
- Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
- Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
- New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.{{cite web|title=The Concrete Church|publisher=The Norwood Society|year=1994|url=https://www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/articles/137-the-concrete-church.html|access-date=2020-07-14}}
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Francis Penrose.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.
Births
- January 8 – Robert Atkinson, English Art Deco architect (died 1952)
- February 15 – Richard Konwiarz, German architect (died 1960)
- May 18 – Walter Gropius, German modernist architect (died 1969)
- May 28 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (died 1978)
- June 25 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (died 1973)
- August 23 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (died 1954)
- August 30 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch De Stijl architect (died 1931)
- December 19 – Barry Byrne, American Prairie School architect (died 1967)
Deaths
- June 3 – Emilio De Fabris, Italian architect (born 1808)
- October 22 – John Henry Chamberlain, English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born 1831)