Editing 1888 in architecture

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The year '''1888 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* Roof and dome of [[Seville Cathedral]] collapse in an earthquake.
* [[Friedrich von Schmidt]] is ennobled.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1888}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus).jpg|thumb|[[Victoria Terminus]], [[Bombay]]]]
[[File:Barcelona - Castell dels Tres Dragons (1).JPG|thumb|[[Castle of the Three Dragons]], Barcelona]]
* [[January 5]] – The [[State Opera (Prague)|Neues deutsches Theater, Prague]], designed by [[Fellner & Helmer]] with [[Baron Karl von Hasenauer]] and Alfons Wertmüller.
* [[April 11]] – The [[Concertgebouw, Amsterdam|Concertgebouw]] in [[Amsterdam]], designed by Adolf Leonard van Gendt.<ref>{{cite Monumentenregister|monumentID=288|name=Concertgebouw|accessdate=9 February 2012}}</ref>
* May – [[Victoria Terminus]] station building, designed by [[Frederick William Stevens]] for the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]], in [[Bombay]]'s [[Bori Bunder]] district (modern-day: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai).
* [[August 12]] – [[Plaza de Toros de El Bibio]], [[Gijón]], Asturias, Spain.<ref>[http://www.mundotoro.com/plazas/plaza.aspx?value=378 Profile at Mundotoro] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200740/http://www.mundotoro.com/plazas/plaza.aspx?value=378 |date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Castle of the Three Dragons]] for [[1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition]], Spain, designed by [[Lluís Domènech i Montaner]].<ref>[http://w10.bcn.cat/APPS/gmocataleg_monum/FitxaMonumentAc.do?idioma=ES&codiMonumIntern=2193&cerca=true Escudos del Castell dels Tres Dragons]{{dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – [[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof]], designed by [[Hermann Eggert]] and [[Johann Wilhelm Schwedler]].
* [[September 20]] – [[Ghazanchetsots Cathedral]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church]]), designed by Simon Ter-Hakobian(ts).
* [[October 2]] – [[Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv]], Ukraine, designed by Mikhail Lovtsov.
* [[October 4]] – [[Princes Bridge]], [[Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[John Harry Grainger]].
* [[October 14]] – [[Burgtheater]], [[Ringstraße]], [[Vienna]], designed by [[Gottfried Semper]] and [[Baron Karl von Hasenauer]].
* [[October 20]] – [[Zappeion]], Athens, designed by [[Theophil Hansen]].
* Autumn – [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[Atlanta]], Georgia, USA (as the "Georgia School of Technology"), with [[Tech Tower]] used for classrooms.<ref>{{cite news|first=Karl|last=Guertin|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7750|title=Tech's moniker reveals its true history|newspaper=[[The Technique]]|volume=89|issue=23|page=8|date=2004-02-13|hdl=1853/7750 |access-date=2009-01-27}}</ref>

===Buildings completed===
[[File:TexasStateCapitol-Nov2007.JPG|thumb|[[Texas State Capitol]], [[Austin, Texas]], USA]]
* [[St. Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam]], Malaysia.
* [[Cathedral of Melo]], Uruguay.
* Conquest Plantation, [[Pointe Coupee, Louisiana]], USA, built in [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] style.
* [[Illinois State Capitol]], [[Springfield, Illinois]], USA.
* [[Ponce de León Hotel]], [[St. Augustine, Florida]], USA, designed by [[Carrère and Hastings|John Carrere and Thomas Hastings]].
* [[Texas State Capitol]], [[Austin, Texas]], USA, designed by [[Elijah E. Myers]].
* [[Allegheny County Courthouse]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], designed by [[H.H. Richardson]].
* [[High Royds Hospital]] (West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum) near [[Leeds]], England, designed by J. Vickers Edwards.
* Several buildings for the [[International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry]] held in Glasgow, key architect being [[James Sellars]].
* [[Elizabeth Plankinton House]], [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], USA, designed by [[E. Townsend Mix]].
* [[Casino Notabile]], [[Mdina]], [[Malta]], designed by [[Webster Paulson]].

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Theophil Freiherr von Hansen]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[:fr:Albert Tournaire|Albert Tournaire]].

==Births==
* [[January 20]] – [[Léon Azéma]], French architect (died [[1978 in architecture|1978]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrimoine.asso.fr/contenu/azema/azema.htm|publisher=Fédération Nationale du Patrimoine|first=Philippe|last=Chaplain|title=Léon Azéma|access-date=2012-01-02|archive-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210045542/http://www.patrimoine.asso.fr/contenu/azema/azema.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] - [[Romuald Gutt]], Polish architect (died [[1974 in architecture|1974]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Piero Portaluppi]], Italian architect (died [[1967 in architecture|1967]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Gordon Kaufmann]], English-born US architect (died [[1949 in architecture#Deaths|1949]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/architects/306/|title=Pacific Coast Architecture Database|access-date=2014-06-10}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Antonio Sant'Elia]], Italian Futurist architectural theorist (killed in action [[1916 in architecture|1916]])
* [[June 24]] – [[Gerrit Rietveld]], Dutch furniture designer and architect (died [[1964 in architecture|1964]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Gustavo R. Vincenti]], Maltese architect and developer (died [[1974 in architecture|1974]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Muscat|first1=Mark Geoffrey|title=Maltese Architecture 1900–1970: Progress and Innovations|date=2016|publisher=Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti|location=[[Valletta]]|isbn=9789990932065|page=72}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] – [[Kaare Klint]], Danish architect and furniture designer (died [[1954 in architecture|1954]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 10]] – [[James Campbell Walker]], Scottish architect (born [[1821 in architecture|1821]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Thomas Thomas (architect)|Thomas Thomas]], Welsh chapel architect and minister (born [[1817 in architecture|1817]])
* [[March 25]] – [[William Eden Nesfield]], English domestic revival architect (born [[1835 in architecture|1835]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Edmund Wright (architect)|Edmund Wright]], Australian architect, engineer and businessman (born [[1824 in architecture|1824]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Christian Jank]], scenic painter and stage designer, commissioned by [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] to create concepts for architectural projects (born [[1833 in architecture#Births|1833]])<ref>{{citation|editor1-last=Thieme|editor1-first=Ulrich|editor2-last=Becker|editor2-first=Felix|title=Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart|volume=15|year=1925}}</ref>

==References==
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