Overview of the events of 1888 in architecture
The year 1888 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings opened
- January 5 – The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, designed by Fellner & Helmer with Baron Karl von Hasenauer and Alfons Wertmüller.
- April 11 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt.[1]
- May – Victoria Terminus station building, designed by Frederick William Stevens for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in Bombay's Bori Bunder district (modern-day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai).
- August 12 – Plaza de Toros de El Bibio, Gijón, Asturias, Spain.[2]
- August 17 – Castle of the Three Dragons for 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.[3]
- August 18 – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, designed by Hermann Eggert and Johann Wilhelm Schwedler.
- September 20 – Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Church), designed by Simon Ter-Hakobian(ts).
- October 2 – Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov.
- October 4 – Princes Bridge, Melbourne, Australia, designed by John Harry Grainger.
- October 14 – Burgtheater, Ringstraße, Vienna, designed by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer.
- October 20 – Zappeion, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen.
- Autumn – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (as the "Georgia School of Technology"), with Tech Tower used for classrooms.[4]
Buildings completed
- St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia.
- Cathedral of Melo, Uruguay.
- Conquest Plantation, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA, built in Victorian style.
- Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
- Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings.
- Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA, designed by Elijah E. Myers.
- Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed by H.H. Richardson.
- High Royds Hospital (West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum) near Leeds, England, designed by J. Vickers Edwards.
- Several buildings for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held in Glasgow, key architect being James Sellars.
- Elizabeth Plankinton House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, designed by E. Townsend Mix.
- Casino Notabile, Mdina, Malta, designed by Webster Paulson.
Awards
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