1870 in architecture
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The year 1870 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The University of GlasgowUniversity of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, designed by George Gilbert ScottGeorge Gilbert ScottSir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...
. - Melbourne Town HallMelbourne Town HallMelbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the State of Victoria. It is located on the northeast corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, in the central business district. It is the seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne...
, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Awards
- Royal Gold MedalRoyal Gold MedalThe Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
- Benjamin FerreyBenjamin FerreyBenjamin Ferrey, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. was an English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival.-Family:Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr, a draper who became Mayor of Christchurch. He was educated at Wimborne Grammar School....
. - Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert-Félix-Théophile ThomasAlbert-Félix-Théophile ThomasAlbert-Félix-Théophile Thomas was a French architect.Thomas was born in Marseilles, and was a student of Alexis Paccard and Leon Vaudoyer at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the first Prix de Rome in 1870, and became the youngest winner of the French Academy in Rome from February 15, 1871...
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Births
- 17 April - Max BergMax BergMax Berg was a German architect and urban planner.Berg was born in Stettin in Prussian Pomerania. He attended the Technical University in Charlottenburg, where he was taught by Carl Schäfer who favoured Gothic architecture...
(died 19471947 in architectureThe year 1947 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Berkeley Building, or "Old" John Hancock Tower in Boston, Massachusetts, United States is completed.-Awards:*AIA Gold Medal - Eliel Saarinen...
) - 10 December - Adolf LoosAdolf LoosAdolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was a Moravian-born Austro-Hungarian architect. He was influential in European Modern architecture, and in his essay Ornament and Crime he repudiated the florid style of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau...
(died 19331933 in architectureThe year 1933 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Completion of the Myer Emporium renovation, on Bourke Street, Melbourne....
) - 15 December - Josef HoffmannJosef HoffmannJosef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods.- Biography :...
born in BrtniceBrtniceBrtnice is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 3,700 inhabitants.The town consists of the main centre, Brtnice , and 9 town districts named: Dolní Smrčné , Jestřebí , Komárovice , Malé , Panská Lhota , Přímělkov , Příseka ,...
, MoraviaMoraviaMoravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
(died 19651956 in architectureThe year 1956 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Capitol Records Building completed in Hollywood, California, as the worlds first round office building, by architect Welton Becket....
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Deaths
- March 24 - Ferdinand StadlerFerdinand StadlerFerdinand Stadler was a Swiss architect of the generation before Gottfried Semper. All his buildings are in Switzerland, mainly Zurich, except for the Christuskirche in Nazareth and an apartment in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. His most notable designs include the City Church in Glarus and the...
(born 1813) - Philip HardwickPhilip HardwickPhilip Hardwick was an eminent English architect, particularly associated with railway stations and warehouses in London and elsewhere...
(born 17921792 in architectureThe year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* October 13 - Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C.* Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, now the Soane Museum.-Births:...
) - Ignatius BonomiIgnatius BonomiIgnatius Bonomi was an English architect and surveyor, with Italian origins by his father, strongly associated with Durham in north-east England....
(born 17871787 in architectureThe year 1787 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* In Charleston, SC, the Unitarian Universalist Church is built ....
) - William BurnWilliam BurnWilliam Burn was a Scottish architect, pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style.He was born in Edinburgh, the son of architect Robert Burn, and educated at the Royal High School. After training with the architect of the British Museum, Sir Robert Smirke, he returned to Edinburgh in 1812...
(born 17891789 in architectureThe year 1789 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Panthéon, Paris, designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot was completed.* In Rhode Island, the First Methodist Church is built, with a 160-foot spire....
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