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The year '''1883 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Buildings and structures==
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===Buildings===
[[File:Home Insurance Building.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Home Insurance Building]], Chicago]]
[[File:Waddesdon Manor North Façade, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|[[Waddesdon Manor]], England]]
* [[March 10]] – The [[Ames Free Library]] opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."<ref>{{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}}</ref> Designed by [[Henry Hobson Richardson]].
* May 1 – The [[Examination Schools]] of the [[University of Oxford]], designed by [[Thomas G. Jackson]], are formally opened.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* May 24 – [[Brooklyn Bridge]], designed by [[John A. Roebling]], is completed.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[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 (architect)|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 (architect)|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, Vermont|Burlington]], designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
* New Church, [[Anerley]], London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Francis Penrose]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Gaston Redon]].

==Births==
[[File:WalterGropius-1919.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Walter Gropius]]]]
* January 8 – [[Robert Atkinson (architect)|Robert Atkinson]], English Art Deco architect (died [[1952 in architecture|1952]])
* February 15 – [[Richard Konwiarz]], German architect (died [[1960 in architecture|1960]])
* May 18 – [[Walter Gropius]], German modernist architect (died [[1969 in architecture|1969]])
* May 28 – [[Clough Williams-Ellis]], British architect (died [[1978 in architecture|1978]])
* June 25 – [[Paul Bartholomew]], American architect (died [[1973 in architecture|1973]])
* August 23 – [[Alker Tripp]], English town planner (died [[1954 in architecture|1954]])
* August 30 – [[Theo van Doesburg]], Dutch ''[[De Stijl]]'' architect (died [[1931 in architecture|1931]])
* December 19 – [[Barry Byrne]], American Prairie School architect (died [[1967 in architecture|1967]])

==Deaths==
* June 3 – [[Emilio De Fabris]], Italian architect (born [[1808 in architecture|1808]])
* October 22 – [[John Henry Chamberlain]], English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born [[1831 in architecture|1831]])

==References==
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