Editing 1878 in architecture

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The year '''1878 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1878}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Dresden Semperoper 02.JPG|thumb|[[Semperoper]] in [[Dresden]], Germany]]
* Work begins on the [[Herrenchiemsee]] in [[Bavaria]], designed by [[Georg Dollman]].
* The [[Semperoper]] in [[Dresden]], designed by [[Gottfried Semper]], is completed.
* [[The Tower House]], [[Kensington]], designed by [[William Burges]] for himself, is completed.
* The White House and No. 1 [[Tite Street]], [[Chelsea, London]], designed by [[Edward William Godwin]], are completed.
* The [[Michigan State Capitol]] in [[Lansing, Michigan]] is completed.
* Construction begins on the [[Indiana Statehouse]] [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
* [[Rajabai Clock Tower]] in [[South Mumbai]], [[India]] is opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re-setting the time|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/resetting-the-time/article2769290.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=18 January 2018|language=en-IN|date=3 January 2012}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Alfred Waterhouse]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Victor Laloux]].

==Developments==
* [[Thaddeus Hyatt]] introduces a patent for [[reinforced concrete]] to the United States.

==Births==
* May 3 – [[Ralph Knott]], English architect (died [[1929 in architecture|1929]])
* May 21 – [[Arthur Joseph Davis]], English [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] architect and interior designer (died [[1951 in architecture|1951]])
* June 24 – [[James Chapman-Taylor]], New Zealand [[Arts and Crafts]] domestic architect (died [[1958 in architecture|1958]])
* September 29 – [[Mārtiņš Nukša]], Latvian architect and diplomat (executed [[1942 in architecture|1942]])
* Violet Morris, English architect (died 1958)

==Deaths==
* March 27 – Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]], English [[Gothic revival]] architect (born [[1811 in architecture|1811]])

==References==
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[[Category:1878 works|Architecture]]
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[[Category:19th-century architecture]]