1886 in architecture
The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.Events
Buildings opened
- June 30 – Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland.
- July – Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, although incomplete.
- October 28 – Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin.
- October 31 – Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig.
Buildings completed
- Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard
- National Assembly building in Sofia, designed by Konstantin Jovanović.
- Hotel Cecil, London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed.
- Hawick :File:Hawick 06.jpg|Town Hall, Scotland, designed by James Campbell Walker.
- Oulu City Hall, Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Garnier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Louvet.
Births
- March 24 – Robert Mallet-Stevens, French architect
- March 27
- * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect
- * Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and stage designer
- June 17 – George Howe, American International Style architect and educator
- July 27 – Ernst May, German architect and city planner
- Yehuda Magidovitch, Ukrainian-born Israeli architect
Deaths
- April 18 – Sancton Wood, English railway station architect
- April 27 – Henry Hobson Richardson, American architect
- July 17 – David Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer
- October 6 – E. W. Godwin, English architect and designer
- November 4 – George Devey, English country house architect
