1882 in architecture
The year 1882 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings opened
- March 4 – Forth Bridge, Scotland opened.
- June 29 – Russian Monument, Sofia, unveiled.
- September 8 – St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore, India, designed by Rev. L. E. Kleiner, consecrated.
- October – Conservative Club, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson.
- October 10 – Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, designed by Arthur Blomfield.
- December 25 – Hotel Roanoke, a luxury hotel in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, built by the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Buildings completed
- Hotel Gaillard, Paris, designed by Jules Février.
- Palmenhaus Schönbrunn in Vienna.
- Pro-Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul in Tunis.
- Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
- Normand Memorial Hall, Dysart, Scotland, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson.
- A six-story architectural folly, Elephant Bazaar, later renamed as "Lucy the Elephant", constructed by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, United States.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Heinrich von Ferstel.
Births
- January 2 – Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, prolific Nevada architect
- January 3 – David Adler, Jewish-American architect practising in Chicago
- May 17 – Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter
- July 2 – Francis Conroy Sullivan, Canadian architect
- July 25 – Wolff Schoemaker, Dutch Art Deco architect
- October 12 – Leslie Wilkinson, Australian architect
- December 12 – Edward Maufe, English architect
Deaths
- June 29 – Joseph Hansom, English Gothic Revival architect
- December 4 – Virginio Vespignani, Italian architect
