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1881 in architecture

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The year 1881 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík, Iceland, designed by Ferdinand Meldahl, is opened to house the Althing (national parliament)
British Museum (Natural History) in London, England, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, is opened
Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College, Egham in England, designed by William Henry Crossland, is completed
Tweed Courthouse is completed by Leopold Eidlitz in New York City
The National Theatre (Prague), designed in 1865–68 by Josef Zítek, is opened officially
Construction of St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, England, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, is begun

Awards

RIBA Royal Gold Medal – George Godwin.
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Henri Deglane.

Births

March 29 – Raymond Hood, American Art Deco architect (died 1934)
August 2 – Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architect (died 1961)
date unknown – Nikolai Ladovsky, Russian avant-garde architect and educator, leader of the rationalist movement in 1920s architecture (died 1941)

Deaths

January 25 – Konstantin Thon, official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Tsar Nicholas (born 1794)
April 20 – William Burges, English architect and designer (born 1827)
December 14 – Decimus Burton, English architect and garden designer (born 1800)
December 18 – George Edmund Street, English architect (born 1824)

References

"Discovering the Natural History Museum".
Not related to [[Rationalism (architecture). rationalism]] of 18th-19th centuries
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