Editing 1887 in architecture

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The year '''1887 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* Construction work begins on
** [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary|Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary]], [[Rosario]], Argentina.
** [[Provinciaal Hof]], [[Bruges]], Flanders, designed by [[Louis Delacenserie]] and René Buyck.
** [[Ponce de León Hotel]], [[St. Augustine, Florida]], designed by [[Carrère and Hastings]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1887}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:AMSTERDAM HOLLAND APRIL 2013 (8711705082).jpg|thumb|[[Basilica of St. Nicholas, Amsterdam]]]]
[[File:Paulskirken.jpg|thumb|upright|[[St Paul's Church, Aarhus]]]]
* [[March 29]] – [[Peebles Old Parish Church]], [[Scotland]], designed by [[William Young (architect)|William Young]] (dedicated).
* [[April 23]] – [[Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași]], Romania, completed by [[Alexandru Orăscu]] (dedicated).
* [[June 20]] – [[Victoria Terminus]] of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] in [[Bombay]], designed by [[Frederick William Stevens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/945rev.pdf|title=Advisory Body Evaluation: Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (India)|work=UNESCO – World heritage – documents associated with listing|year=2004|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|access-date=2008-12-03}}</ref>
* [[December 1]] – [[Raffles Hotel]], [[Singapore]].

===Buildings completed===
* [[Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral]], designed by [[Pugin & Pugin]].
* New façade of [[Florence Cathedral]], designed by [[Emilio De Fabris]] (died [[1883 in architecture|1883]]).
* [[Basilica of St. Nicholas, Amsterdam]], designed by [[Adrianus Bleijs]].
* [[St Paul's Church, Aarhus]], designed by [[Vilhelm Theodor Walther]].
* [[Cluj-Napoca Neolog Synagogue]], Romania, designed by engineer Izidor Hegner.
* [[Eldridge Street Synagogue]], New York City, designed by Peter and Francis William Herter.
* [[Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo]], designed by [[Josip Vancaš]].
* Rebuilt [[Gare Saint-Lazare]] terminus of Chemins de fer de l'Ouest in Paris, designed by [[Juste Lisch]].
* Clock tower of [[Rochdale Town Hall]] in England, designed by [[Alfred Waterhouse]].

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Ewan Christian]].

==Publications==
* [[MacGibbon and Ross]] begin publication of ''The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century''.
* G. A. Wayss publishes ''Das System Monier-Eisengerippe mit Cementumhüllung-in seiner Anwendung auf das gesammte Bauwesen'' in Berlin, one of the first books on [[reinforced concrete]] (using [[Joseph Monier]]'s system).

==Births==
* [[March 21]] – [[Erich Mendelsohn]], German-Jewish Expressionist architect (died [[1953 in architecture|1953]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/374782/Erich-Mendelsohn|title=Erich Mendelsohn|access-date=January 15, 2012|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] – [[Herbert James Rowse]], English architect noted for work in Liverpool (died [[1963 in architecture|1963]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Philip Tilden]], English domestic architect (died [[1956 in architecture|1956]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Oliver Hill (architect)|Oliver Hill]], English architect (died [[1968 in architecture|1968]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Eric Francis (architect)|Eric Francis]], British architect and painter (died [[1976 in architecture|1976]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Le Corbusier]] (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and pioneer of modern architecture (died [[1965 in architecture|1965]])
[[File:Horace Jones, by Walter William Ouless.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Horace Jones (architect)|Horace Jones]]]]
==Deaths==
* [[April 13]] – [[David Stirling (architect)|David Stirling]], Scottish-born Canadian architect (born [[1822 in architecture|1822]])<ref>{{DictCanbio|ID=5853}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Thomas Stevenson]], Scottish lighthouse engineer (born [[1818 in architecture|1818]])
* [[May 21]] – Sir [[Horace Jones (architect)|Horace Jones]], English architect (born [[1819 in architecture|1819]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Webster Paulson]], English civil engineer (born [[1837 in architecture|1837]])

==References==
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