1867 in architecture

Events

• May 12 – Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.
• May 20 – Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
• Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.
• Ildefons Cerdà publishes Teoría General de la Urbanización.
• The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.

  Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• January 1 – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
• May 11 – St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria
• July 30 – Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
• July 31 – St Giles Church, Willenhall, England
• September 27 – Zagreb Synagogue

Buildings completed

• Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska
• Grande halle de la Villette, Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier

  Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Texier.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Émile Bénard.

  Births

• March 10 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect
• April 27 – Charles Nicholson, English ecclesiastical architect
• June 8 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator
• June 22 – John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect
• October 11 – Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect
• October 17 – Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan Spanish Modernista architect
• November 24 – Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect

  Deaths

• March 6 – József Hild, Hungarian architect
• March 25 – Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris
• April 18 – Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect